This weekend Erin and I became curling fans. It was a random trip through the dial on a lazy Saturday afternoon that put us there. It was the US women’s team vs Italy and it was surprisingly interesting. Unlike most other Olympic games, curling seems to be about 80% strategy and 20% execution. It’s not high stakes like skiing and the announcer seldom gets excited unlike, say, skating. It’s more or less chess on ice. It’s the slow pace combined with the uncertainty of what will happen (you never really know what those 44lb stones will do) that keeps it interesting enough. And we’re not alone
So if you’re intrigued enough to watch, the men’s curling comes to an end Friday. The US team is already in the semifinals.
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Joel,
I, too, have found curling to be a very interesting sport. The men’s US team did very well with winning the bronze.
Sarah