Author: Dena Rosenberry
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BLOG: MACA Playdowns – Game 1
Well, Game One is over and done, and we’re one game closer to Fargo. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Rock by rock, game by game. The ice is keener than usual, which is great for our team. And it’s the best way to get ready for ice at nationals. Three men’s teams from…
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BLOG: So you think you can curl
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The sport of curling is easy to learn but takes years to master. Members of the Broadmoor Curling Club will teach you the basics of the game and get you into your first game in…
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BLOG: So you think you can curl
The sport of curling is easy to learn but takes years to master. Members of the Broadmoor Curling Club will teach you the basics of the game and get you into your first game in a couple of hours. And for just $30. You’re guaranteed to learn something new and have a great afternoon, so…
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Is this the path to the Olympic podium?
We’re trying something new in our quest for a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics: sponsored curlers. The U.S. doesn’t yet have the financial backing to commit to full-time curlers like some other countries do – Great Britain, China, Russia, for example. Our curlers still work and/or go to school, usually full time. But we’ve…
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A new national team?
The Sochi Games are over, but curling continues around the world! The World Junior Championships are underway in Switzerland, the Paralympic Games are about to begin in Sochi (first wheelchair curling game is March 8), and the U.S. National Championships began Saturday evening in Aston, Pa., just outside Philadelphia. The USA men’s Olympic team is…
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Ode to Norway’s curling pants
“Like so many of the beautiful things we lose too soon, perhaps these pants were simply too good – too original, too sophisticated in concept and style – for this harsh and unforgiving world,” writes Sam Laird for Mashable as he takes a spin through the week of shocking slacks sported by Norway’s men’s curling…
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Curling is hot at Winter Olympics
#Curling! #Curling! #Curling! You may be mystified, you may be entranced, you may be in love. But whatever you are, you’re watching, Facebooking, tweeting, pinning and “sharing” curling. According to NBC Sports research chief Alan Wurtzel, curling is scoring again in the Olympics. In a teleconference with the Sherman Report, Wurtzel said more than 5…
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Love these curling videos!
I really enjoyed this video feature that sportscaster and former pro tennis player Mary Carillo did for NBC on the history of curling. I can’t wait for the big freeze! http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/curling-quirky-not-quiet And this one on the “shrieks and screams” is funny: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/shrieks-and-screams-coming-ice-cube-center Denmark’s skip Lene Nielsen shouts instructions at her teammates during the…
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Curling 101: Touching a stone
(From our Gazette archives during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.) I received another great question early this morning from ReillyMama2: “What happens if you knock the other teams curl (stone) with either the broom or your foot?” Because there are specific rules about touching, or “burning,” stones, I expanded the question. What happens when you…
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Curling 101: How far do you throw the rock?
(From our Gazette archives during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.) Yet another great question, this time from Corinna, via Facebook. “I heard someone say you have to throw the rock 150 feet to the target area. It doesn’t look that far on TV. How far is it?” How big is a curling sheet? Each sheet…