Chinese Curler Wang Fengchun Not Having Fun Tonight
I know. I know. Curling was that bridesmaid you wanted to pass the time with for a handful of days. You never intended your relationship to get serious, the moment has passed and you wish they’d stop insinuating themselves back in your life.
I get it. Really. You don’t care about curling anymore. You never really cared about curling. You especially don’t care about Chinese curling.
But maybe you should care for just one more story, because it involves your country.
The Day The Canucks Synchronized Their Tinkles
The water utility company in Edmonton, Canada released a water consumption chart on Monday, just eight days after America’s neighbors to the North triumphed in the gold medal game. The chart details the water consumption (or non-consumption) during the game. The big revelation? Nothing that any true sports fan couldn’t already assume:
Pole Dancers Think Pole Dancing A Natural Fit For Olympics
If you’ve watched any of this year’s Vancouver Olympics, you’ve no doubt bumped into at least a little of the curling events. And if you’ve indeed seen curling, you’ve indeed mumbled to yourself that this is why the Summer Games are superior to the winter Games.
First of all, no one likes a mumbler. Second of all, these curling shenanigans are the fastest growing sport in this year’s Olympics. Even moreso than the freestyle snowboarding that the kids tell me is hip.
The point here is, there’s just no way to tell which Olympic sports are going to catch fire with the masses – something members of the International Pole Dancing Fitness Association are counting on.
How should NHL fans translate to Olympic hockey teams?
The Winter Games put an interesting strain on the loyalty of an NHL fan. It’s when you realize that not only is half of your favorite team Canadian, but 90 percent of those remaining affiliate themselves somewhere across the ocean. Clearly your first loyalties should lie with Team USA, but many fans would do well to pick up a second team.
In fact, some countries almost still look like your favorite team.
The Indecisiveness of Jana Rawlinson
Track and field’s hurdles events ask very little of its competitors. Run, jump, repeat. Speed with a dash of timing to make it more interesting. That’s it. While hurdling might be difficult to accomplish at a word-class level, it’s easy to understand. It’s clear among the hurdlers what is necessary and how to go about it successfully. No one is more thankful for this clarity of goal than Australia’s Jana Rawlinson.
Jana Rawlinson has trouble sticking with her decisions.
