Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A WORLD CAPTIVATED...

As the Vancouver Winter Olympics continues, the one sport that finds a way to fascinate everyone watching is curling. The unique spectator sport looks a lot like shuffleboard on ice, but it's a sport that no one ever talks about until the Winter Olympics come around and then it's on everyone's lips. Folks make jokes about the sport, question the athletic aspect of the sport, yet once it's on, you can't take your eyes from it.

Yesterday's opening rounds of the men's and women's curling spurred a lot of talk at the bar. Debates over the actual rules of the sport, comparisons of the various hotties on the women's teams and whether or not curling should actually be considered a sport dominated the conversations (As a courtesy to the public reading this blog, I came across a pretty informative video link on ESPN which explains the sport and the rules/scoring aspects in very simple terms).

In any case, to prove my point regarding the popularity of curling here's a quick story: After running around taking care of errands, I stopped by the JOSHUA TREE for a quick bite. I sat at the bar with my newspaper and requested the Women's Curling on the TV. I was the only one in the front of the house and there was a group of about ten sitting at a table in the back of the bar. I didn't pay attention to them at first as they were dressed in business suits. I just assumed they were having a business lunch.


While I was eating and watching the curling, all of a sudden the table of suits erupted in loud cheers and clapping. I turned my head to see what the fuss was about and sure enough, the group had been watching the curling as well and were cheering on the German team. Go figure.
If that doesn't prove the popularity of the sport, I don't know what does.

In any case, if you haven't had an opportunity to check out this unique sport, make sure you do so. It's great to watch and I tell ya, many of the ladies of the sport are pretty hot, albeit not in the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit" kinda way.

Check out the NBC Olympics TV schedule HERE.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE action this afternoon, featuring ARSENAL vs PORTO (2:30pm).


PUB TRIVIA Tournament of Champions continues tonight! Gather up the troops and venture down to the bar to compete for a spot in the finals of our TOURNAMENT of CHAMPIONS! Free to play! Registration begins at 7pm and the fun starts at 8pm! Get there early and snag a spot! $4 Mixed Well Drinks (for the ladies) and $15 Miller High Life buckets for everyone!


That's It. That's All I Got.