I mentioned to some people today that curling would seem more like a sport if there wasn't any sweeping. I'm cool with the approach and letting go and positioning and knocking other stones around and all that. That's pretty fascinating after you watch for a while. But people sliding along ahead of it, furiously rubbing the ice? Well, that looks a little corny to me. Then I sort of realized that without the sweeping, it wouldn't be curling at all. Curling gets its name from the change of direction the stone takes on its way down the ice, and that doesn't happen without the sweeping. I'm describing things as well as I can considering that most of what I watch is with the sound off at work.
Hours and hours and hours of curling are on during work. I wondered why it was on so much, until I figured that they were saving the skating, downhill, and other stuff for primetime. If there are stars of curling, then my top three would be the two Johnson girls, Jamie and Cassie, as well as Pete Fenson. They all look great on TV, and the producers get closeups of them as often as they can.
Curling is sort of sneaky at drawing you in, and before you know it they're in the sixth and and still a long ways from being done.
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