Eight Ends is your daily one-stop shop for all things curling with news, notes, insight and analysis through the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. We’re even up late so you don’t have to be. First End: Canada’s Brad Gushue bounced back into the win column big-time with a 10-5 victory over John Shuster of the United States during the Sunday morning draw in Beijing at the Winter Olympic Games. The 2006 gold medallist, Gushue improved to a 3-2 record in the men’s curling tournament after consecutive losses to Switzerland and Sweden. Gushue needed that rebound to get back on track, especially with a logjam starting to form in the middle of the standings with teams bunching up at 3-2 and 2-3 records as we cross the midway point of the event. Second End: A Canadian team started with the hammer? Yup, that actually happened, as rare as it’s been in Beijing, although Gushue had to settle for a single in the first despite some early struggles from the American team. You’ve heard of a s...