Gushue falls to U.S. for 2nd round-robin loss at curling worldsCanada's Brad Gushue lost 10-6 to Korey Dropkin of the United States in the men's world curling championship Thursday. The U.S. scored four points in the fifth end for a 7-2 lead, which proved too large a deficit for the Canadians to overcome.

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Canada's Brad Gushue lost 10-6 to Korey Dropkin of the United States in the men's world curling championship Thursday.

The U.S. scored four points in the fifth end for a 7-2 lead, which proved too large a deficit for the Canadians to overcome.

Canada (7-2) was to face Soo-Hyuk Kim of South Korea (5-3) in the evening draw.

The top six teams at the conclusion of the round robin Friday advance to the playoffs.

The top two seeds gets byes to Saturday evening's semifinals with third to sixth playing off earlier that day to join them.

The medal games are Sunday.

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United States drops Canada with 4-point end at men's curling worlds

11 hours agoDuration 0:51American skip Korey Dropkin scored four points in the 5th end, as they beat Canada 10-6 in 9 ends at the world men's curling championship in Las Vegas.Gushue's short-handed Wild Card One team beats Alberta's Koe in extra end to win Brier

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