My love for curling is almost as well documented as my hatred of Germans. That being said, I'm going insano right now because curling has already started. Forget waiting until tonight to see the replays, I have to follow along on the NBC Olympics website. It's the only thing that keeps me from having a full-on breakout of Olympic Fever.
In the first game of the Round Robin, the US Men's team scored a program-changing upset over defending gold medal winner, Norway, winning 11-5. Currently, the men are just beginning their second match of the day, against Finland, who beat the US during the Round Robin at the 2002 games in Salt Lake. I think I speak for everyone when I say that payback is a motherfucker. Just ask the Norwegians. Click on this link to follow the action (the US is currently up 2-0 after two ends -- an end is to curling as an inning is to baseball).
The US Women's team, led by the tenacious Johnson sisters, Cassie and Jamie, suffered a crushing come-from-behind defeat at the hands of Norway, losing 11-6. After leading 6-4 at the conclusion of the sixth end, the ladies were outscored 7-0 in the last four ends. They have a day to regroup before they face their archnemesis, Canada, tomorrow at 9am TT (Torino time, 3am EST) and the always dangerous and sometimes crass Japanese team at 7pm TT (1pm EST). Granted, there are a lot of stones left to be thrown, but the last thing America's sexy skip Cassie Johnson can do is let her team fall into an 0-3 hole.
Tune into GMYH for curling updates throughout these, the 20th Winter Olympiad.
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