2012 US Curling Championships (live streamed via the internet) Feb 11-18

USA Curling ^ | 2-9-2010 | Terry Kolsar

[ak267]

Curling Nationals sweep into Philly

The 2012 USA Curling National Championships kick off Saturday afternoon at IceWorks Skating Complex.

Twenty-one of the top men's and women's curling teams in the U.S. will take the ice beginning Saturday morning with pre-competition practice. The opening ceremonies are slated for 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

This is the first time that the Nationals have been hosted in the Philadelphia area and first time since 2007 that the event is being hosted on the east coast. The 10 women's and 11 men's teams will compete in a round robin with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs.

Webstreaming throughout the event will be featured courtesy of USA Curling's involvement with the 12th End Sports Network and the U.S. Olympic Committee. The live stream will be aired at:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/usa-curling.

Scores, standings, game schedule and athlete biographies can be found online at:

www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks

More info at:

http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/preview2.pdf

[MasterGunner01]

Curling is the winter equivalent of watching grass grow or the tide coming in or going out. Boring.

[MasterGunner01]

Curling is the winter equivalent of watching grass grow or the tide coming in or going out. Boring.

[Red Badger]

Shuffleboard on ice......

[llmc1]

Love curling — thanks for posting!

[TonyInOhio]

Curling is the winter equivalent of watching grass grow or the tide coming in or going out. Boring.

Unless you're watching the Swedish women's team:

[nodumbblonde]

Thanks for the info! I’m totally hooked (no pun intended) on it. Love the strategy.

[Calvin Locke]

Well, it is a niche market. A few years ago, a Canadian teen came out with a curling video game, and it sold like hot cakes (probably for a week or two...),

[MasterGunner01]

You've gotta be kidding. The Muslim masters of Sweden allowed the women's team to compete without hajibs or burkas? What's Sweden coming to? Such blasphemy against the prophet Mohammad. Imagine “honor killings” when they return to Sweden . . . wait . . . the Swedish Curling Team has defected? Outstanding!

[FryingPan101]

“Curling is the winter equivalent of watching grass grow or the tide coming in or going out. Boring.”

And I love it. I just can’t figure out why.

[Noumenon]

Can’t make it. Got some moss growing on the north side of one of my big Ponderosa pines that I need to watch.

[cherry]

I think its fascinating but our American teams at the Olympics were pretty dismal....especially the men.....