Every four years, I look forward to the Winter Olympics. Household names are few and far between and you learn how freaking quirky these athletes are.
The sport I end up watching the most is curling. I first started watching this sport during the 2006 Olympics and I must have watched a dozen hours. I knew nothing about it and learned the rules on the fly. It was a lot of fun, but you rarely ever see it televised during Olympic off-years.
Most people try to explain curling with the phrase, “It’s like shuffleboard.” Okay, unless you live in a retirement community, you don’t know much about that ‘sport’ either.
We explain the basic rules of curling and why it’s the best sport in the Winter Olympics.