Olympic curling: elaborate sweeping operation to tweak the path of the thrown rock, constant screaming, plus an earth-shaking controversy about tapping the rocks post-release to influence direction Paralympic curling: just huckin it down there, don't see what the big deal is, works just fine

The cheer in the arena when this shot happened was deafening, incredible stuff from John 🇨🇦

Another huge win 7-1 over Sweden🇸🇪 to move to 2-2! Latvia🇱🇻 tonight at 1:30 eastern, tune in to cheer on Team USA!

Heading to curling center in Cortina to take on undefeated Sweden. Here we go Team USA!

Huge 10-1 win over Italy at the Paralympics tonight, felt like everything we've been doing well the first two games came together for this one, super proud of my teammates for how they played and Katie Verderber throwing her first Paralympic stones! Sweden in the morning, 4:30 eastern 🥌🇺🇸

On the way to the curling center in Cortina for Paralympics Mixed Team Draw 4, sitting at 0-2 going against the home team Italy squad. Tune in at 1:30 eastern and cheer on Team USA!

Heartbreaker in an extra end yesterday but as Sean points out: more USA curling today! It’s MD live right now against Italy and team play in the afternoon.

Gutted by the loss to GB today, but well played to them, they hit some great shots and are pure class. We're back at it tomorrow against Italy and the stadium is going to be rocking 🥌🇺🇸

Tough loss against China, but as I said midgame to my teammates, we're going shot for shot with the #1 ranked team in the world, what does that make us? Very proud of team in first game of event and first game of Paralympics ever for some of us...on to Great Britain in 5 hours!

DO NOT FORGET THERE IS OLYMPIC CURLING TOMORROW. MD play starts EARLY in the morning. I will be watching the team play live and cheering on @seanone.bsky.social! www.paralympic.org/milano-corti...

IT IS TIME FOR THE WINTER PARALYMPICS!!!! The Paralympics are the most consistently mind-blowing sporting event on the calendar. I promise you simply reading about how various Paralympic events work will make you say WHAT?!? or HOW?!?!? out loud at least once

I'm so glad this was mentioned I say this at every Learn to Curl, but whether you slide deliver like on TV or deliver with an upright stick or wheelchair stick, you can play on the same team in the same game. Few sports have this accessibility

Tune in to Peacock tomorrow at 3:05am eastern to watch Team USA Mixed Team Curling take on back-to-back gold medalists China live at the Paralympics! 🇺🇸🥌

our guy Sean is now live-posting the Paralympics (and I'll be posting an interview with him shortly) is he the most prominent athlete on BlueSky? I am voting yes personally

Paralympics pro tip: never reveal you have pins to trade in sight of 60 Italian schoolchildren

Live from the Cortina Curling Arena watching Draw 4 of Paralympics Mixed Doubles Curling, cheering on Team USA before practice!

Team USA Mixed Doubles with the huge win over Estonia to move to 2-1, great game from Laura and Steve! 🥌🇺🇸 #TeamUSA

Watching Paralymypics Mixed Doubles curling at the Team USA Athlete Resource Center with para alpine friends!

Not only is this a great shot, but it is a great example of The Four Guys You Meet In Wisconsin

Getting ready to watch Game 2 of Mixed Doubles, USA v. Japan, tune in on Peacock! #TeamUSA

More Team USA swag

Ralph Lauren haul #TeamUSA

Nike Team USA haul

Day 4 in the Paralympic Village! Smiling through it all! Can't believe this is my life #teamusa #paralympics

Finishing up Day 3 in the Paralympic Village, great to see my mixed doubles teammates starting off with a big W against a very good Latvian team! 🇺🇸🥌

I loved that movie where he started his own college.

Women’s sports >

Opportunities and resources for women's curling teams in the US don't match up with what's available for men. So, I asked current and former competitive curlers to hear what contributes to the discrepancy. On the challenges and the hope for the future:

He’s still got it, folks

Rodger blogging the Olympics has been great not only because the newsletter has been an invaluable companion to my own viewing, but because you really get the sense you're watching a person fulfill their purpose in life. Some men are born to blog.

Why do I shovel the spot out completely, without dumping my snow in ways that will make it harder for my neighbors to dig out, knowing I won't get that same consideration in return after I move my car? Because you're the only one who sets your standard, and the change has to start somewhere, dammit.

did anyone else notice no one in the op mentioned leftism or getting peed on

Missing the Olympics today? Don’t worry, the Paralympics start next Wednesday! Here’s a few basics to get you ready! Don’t worry, there’ll be PLENTY of wheelchair curling matches.

If Starmer 2.0 means nothing else, perhaps it can mean this…

Not as pervasive as all the people and institutions who hold that killing someone by going 40 in a 25 is just an unfortunate accident!

is Bruce Mouat the best openly queer mens team sport athlete in history?

Extremely good time talking to one of the great podcasters about curling, the minds of nu-metal musicians, and a brutal experience ordering marked-down coffee online from which I will certainly learn nothing. defector.com/across-the-h...

LET’S BREAK IT DOWN @netw3rk.bsky.social

VIVRE SA VIE and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC screen in an Ultimate Double Feature Fri, Feb 27 at 6:00. Both films will also show Saturday in a regular double feature format at 3:30/5:30. Learn more & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/film-series/...

disaster end. our dorky curling boys need a big group hug right now

Mikaela Shiffrin wins the slalom gold medal by 1.50 seconds If you add up the winning margins of the winners at the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 women's slalom, you get 1.51 seconds

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Well, Rebecca Morrison just had the shot of the tournament to pick USA’s picket for Great Britain USA still in decent shape to make the medal round thanks to the tiebreakers

Hoping to do a couple of Paralympics newsletters but I am also gonna need to press a big “sleep for One Month” button as soon I hit send on the final Olympics newsletter

THIS. A thousand times, this. I said it at the time, but the success of the tournament format was eclipsed by the TNT self-indulgence, and way too much Kevin Hart and Mr. Beast.

Once again on TV it was said that all curling stones come from one place in the world (Ailsa Craig). That's misleading! It is two places, the second one being Trefor, Wales. All Olympic stones come from Scotland, but many North American club stones are Trefor w/ blue hone (Ailsa) inserts

oh wow Tabitha Peterson and USA upset South Korea 8-4 in the first womens curling match. That is an upset. Peterson was 2-7 lifetime against Team Gim, who is ranked #3 on the tour

PINNING THIS TO MY PROFILE

I know you all loved Cory and Korey and now I hope you channel that into loving Team Casper as much as I do. They're goddamn adorable www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...

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