Posts tagged with “Winter Olympics”

Curling Pageant?

Posted by Jason on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | Link to this post

Everyone knows that sex sells… and the curling world can’t be immune to that, it would seem. With all of the exposure that the Olympic games are bringing to the sport of curling here in the United States, it was only a matter of time before the athletes were ranked according to their skin-deep beauty. This is America, after all. But hey, maybe this is one of the ways that the sport can establish a foot-hold… take a look at the Huffington Post’s “judge a curler by their looks” vote.

WOW. That’s high praise!

Posted by Jason on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | Link to this post

Okay, so they get their digs in about the possibility that curlers are still somehow less than “real” athletes… but here is yet another voice that speaks the high praise of the game now that the Olympics have shared this sport with our country. It comes from the Michigan Daily, the student newspaper at the University of Michigan. For at least one person there, curling saved the Winter Olympics!

The Curler You Won’t See…

Posted by Jason on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 | Link to this post

…and yet, of any of the curlers on Team USA, Chris Plys seems to be the most ubiquitous. You’ll find him on Twitter. You’ll find him on MySpace. You’ll find him on Facebook. He’s been on reality TV shows, and he keeps popping up on all sorts of coverage of the Winter Olympics.

Chris Plys is the alternate for the US Olympic Curling Team, so unless there is an injury, or one of his teammates starts really playing badly, we probably won’t see him out on the ice during the Olympics. But we sure are seeing him everywhere else… Today, we find him on the front page of CNN.com.

Something to Watch For…

Posted by Jason on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | Link to this post

Well, the US Men have lost their first match 7-5 against Germany. They’ll be playing again this evening against Norway. Now, the thing to keep a VERY close eye on will be Team Norway’s pants. They may not be easy to spot, so you might need to do some eye exercises to help you see them. Okay, this might not be entirely true. They’re actually attracting quite a lot of attention, and hopefully Team USA won’t be too distracted by them. Want a pair for yourself?

Hurry! Hurry! HARD! D’oh!

Posted by Jason on Sunday, February 14, 2010 | Link to this post

You may recall that at one point, Springfield was due to host the Olympic games. Homer was prepared to make a killing selling Olympic mascot souvenirs (all kids love Springy the Spring!). Alas, Bart wrecked it all, and the IOC awarded the games to Shelbyville. D’oh! Well, tonight the Simpsons get another chance at the Olympics, as Homer and Marge qualify for the US Olympic curling team. Tune in to FOX at 8 p.m. to find out how Marge manages to hurt her arm… do the Simpsons bring home gold for Team USA?

[UPDATE] Simpsons win gold!!

[UPDATE 2] Spoiler alert!

[UPDATE 3] D’oh!

[UPDATE 4] Video

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