USA Curling Team

melvin289 · February 17, 2010 12:36PM

This is probably not the year there will be Olympic cards made for the USA Curling teams.
Have had no sleep for the last couple of days watching them compete. I work night shift.

Men 0 & 3
Women 0 & 1

Ron

richtree · February 17, 2010 12:41PM

good idea, they would have to be inserts , with limited numbers in say the A and G set...

like good medal winners with real pieces of gold., etc....

corvette1340 · February 17, 2010 12:44PM

3 of the 4 members of the US women's team could get a shot at the title and the other one could on a good weekend night.

melvin289 · February 17, 2010 12:58PM

Now there's a blonde on the Great Britain team that would rate a card of her own.

Jeter4mvpNYC · February 17, 2010 1:22PM

CURLING IS THE GREATEST SPORT OF ALL TIME!!

mtcards · February 17, 2010 1:29PM

That blonde chick from GB team is as hot as that blonde on "V"

The anchor on the mens team has gagged 3 for 3 on game winning shots so far

72skywalker · February 17, 2010 9:28PM

It is very addicting once you get watching. I was up in Canada a few years back during their national championships (or some kind of championship) and it was on 24/7. By the end of the week I really got into it.

TurbosHockey · February 18, 2010 1:12AM

Curling rivals hockey in Canada it is insane. When the have the nationals for the men called the Brier they host it in Large arenas. The final game can get close to 15,000 people to watch in attendance.

corvette1340 · February 18, 2010 5:12AM

did anyone else see the US Captain butcher another game just now? All he had to do was NOT hit that last stone head on and the US wins. That's 4 times he's blown the game winning shot. He should go back to bartending and hang his broom up.

mtcards · February 18, 2010 5:12AM

Watching it again today. the US anchor gagged a win for the fourth straight game. The US should be 3-1 instead they are 0-4. The one today was like so easy a beginner could have done it.

Disclaimer: I could not have done it, just saying how simple it was, even the announcer couldnt believe how bad he yakked it

CNote · February 18, 2010 5:18AM

Yeah, that so-called Skip really stinks. I mean, I've never tried Curling, but if this guy is on the Olympic team he shouldn't Buckner it every single time. BTW, watching it makes me want to have a pitcher of beer and play shuffleboard!

vladguerrero · February 18, 2010 5:22AM

Curling is A LOT harder than it looks...

corvette1340 · February 18, 2010 5:28AM

I don't doubt that curling is very hard. The hardest part though, would not be throwing the rock but the sweeping. I don't see how there aren't more rocks hit by errant sweeping or people tripping and falling down. The throwing, however, is all touch and precision that the best the US has to offer shoul be more profficient at, just like any other sport that is practiced for hours upon hours.

Stone193 · February 18, 2010 5:47AM

I have to confess, I know nothing about the game.

I saw a few seconds of it the other day.

I saw on the cable show - "How is it made" - how they make the stone.

And that's about it.

cwazzy · February 18, 2010 5:52AM

I want to see a picture of the GB curler that everyone is infatuated with. Anyone got one?

bigjaco · February 18, 2010 5:56AM

<< <i>I want to see a picture of the GB curler that everyone is infatuated with. Anyone got one? >>

You mean Nicole Joraanstad? She's from Madison.

melvin289 · February 18, 2010 12:23PM

<< <i>I want to see a picture of the GB curler that everyone is infatuated with. Anyone got one? >>

By the way, the USA women blew another game tonight too.

The young lady we are speaking of is on the left. Her name is Eve Muirhead and she is 19 years old.

Ron

Edited to add 2nd picture

DeutscherGeist · February 18, 2010 3:35PM

I never grew up with this sport and it looked odd to me at first, but I respect and learn more every Olympics.

The girls on the various teams are attention grabbing. They make good lures. Thanks for posting the photo of Eve Muirhead.
Olympic athletes make good TTM collectibles.
Will there be Olympic cards?

USA Curling Team

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