LAS VEGAS — Canada’s Brad Gushue settled for silver at the world men’s curling championship on Sunday after dropping an 8-6 decision to Sweden’s Niklas Edin at the Orleans Arena. Gushue nosed a blank attempt in the ninth end to give Edin the hammer in the 10th with the game tied. Sweden scored a pair when Gushue couldn’t get his stone to roll underneath two Swedish rocks on the top of the four-foot ring. It was the fourth straight world crown for Edin and his sixth overall. The victory came less than two months after he won Olympic gold – beating Gushue in the semifinal – at the Beijing Games. Gushue and his St. John’s-based team of Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker had the first seed and opened the game with hammer. But Edin worked a force in the opening end and kept the pressure on all game, taking advantage of Canadian mistakes. Gushue tried for a blank in the ninth end but nosed it for a single and Walker hogged his second stone in the 10th. Italy’s Joel Retornaz ...