Every four years I find myself glued to the Olympic curling competition. It’s quite inexplicable that sport which features a rock and a broom can be so mesmerizing. But it is, and there’s just something fun about watching it. And now it seems that folks in a village in China have succumbed to the fever […]
Curling in Beijing
I’m back in Minnesota now after a great three weeks in China, but a part of me wishes I were still in Beijing for this weekend’s World Curling Championships! The Wall Street Journal Reports: “China is warming up for its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with an event of almost equal stature: the […]
I Miss the Chinese Curlers
For the first time since in years I am not watching Olympic coverage on CCTV5, the official Chinese sports channel. This means, of course, that I am missing out on watching the competitions the Chinese tend to do well in, like women’s speed skating and curling. Yes, I said curling. One of the funny things […]
