Letters to the Editor
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Bring it.
I would make a curling show the centerpeice of my TV viewing. I hope this idea wasn't some network guy's Plan B in case the writers' strike carried on forever. I'd love to see curling catch on big. Remember when ESPN was young and had no money to pay for broadcasting rights to the big leagues, and instead of showing SportsCenter 24/7, they showed Australian Rules Football and curling? I'd love for an ESPN 8 (the "ocho")to show all that stuff again. If there was a curling rink within an hour's drive, you wouldn't be able to tear me away.
By the way, those rocks are wicked expensive.
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I would accept Toby Keith as host...
...only if he was beaten to death with the rock, and then the brooms were used to sweep his shattered remains into a ditch.
Then there could be curling.
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Brilliant
This is why I read KK every day.
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Video!
King,
Don't tease, man. Link me to video of you curling. Salon/KK articles from five years ago are great, but I read them...five years ago.
When all else falters, fades or fails, KK remains (even The (former erstwhile) Pilot seems to have stumbled a bit since taking a seat in the cockpit again). Thanks for the fantastic daily dose. Nobody writes about curling (the way you do).
Coleman
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Don't
Next time you want to take the day off, just call in sick without sending along this crapola for us to read.
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Aw, susan_g
So bitter.
Oh well. I enjoyed it.
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TK curling?
I'm not half as surprised about Springsteen's interest in curling as I am about Toby Keith's! That puts a big ding in the all-American, NASCAR and Ford truck image, doesn't it? Next thing you know he'll be promoting universal health care.
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Rockstar curling
I hope this isn't a writer's strike thing, and it's for real. In Japan, they did a curling reality TV show that was one of the highest rated. As a devoted a long time curler, people ask me about the game. Here are the six great things about curling:
1. Winner buys the loser the first drink (losers get the second, and a drink doesn't have to be beer, but probably should. All curling clubs have tables of eight (it's four on four).
2. Anyone can play. Fat, skinny, old, young. I've seen 92 year old's play. I've seen 300 pounders play.
3. It's something to do in winter. If you live in a place that has winter, you get this.
4. You can quit anytime. No curling commentator has ever said: you gotta hand it to 'em Chuck, they stuck in there till the end. In curling, you can and should quit when you know you're not gonna win.
5. It's mildly athletic. Yes fat guys can play. But it isn't sitting on a couch flicking channels. Sweeping is as tough as you want to make it. At the highest level (like Tiger has shown in golf) fitness matters.
6. There's a podcast called thecurlingshow.com that interviews the top players in the game that attracts 30K+ listeners an episode. The players are down to earth and thrilled to be interviewed. In other words, the top curlers in the world are incredibly accessible.
I think all of this would make for great TV. And curling is just quirky enough to be a hit.
Rock on.
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Brilliant
I had no idea what to with that block of ice on our sidewalk that used to be snow but no one shoveled. Sidewalk curling, maybe. Only in temps with 2 digits, though.
And the winter we've been having keeps me indoors and on the couch on weekends. I could use a new show. Pros vs Joes is just bad for the brain.
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George Hendrick
Played for the Whitey Herzog Cardinals. In his book Whitey said he liked him and he was a good, clutch player but he had a thing about asking out of the line-up against starters that he had a problem hitting. Herzog said he has no problem with that on occasion, it's a chance to give a sub a start and some at bats, but with Hendrick it got out of hand. He had a list of about 25 guys he didn't want to face.
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What can't Bill Clement do?
Play by play. Best color commentary man in the business, and I love him for twice bringing The Cup to Philly, but he would need a partner for when the curling really gets going. I know I'd watch if KK and Clement co-hosted a curling show.
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ah jeez
I read about this curling show thing on inthehack.com, and I thought it was a joke. Ah well, I guess anything to help the popularity of the sport, eh?
By the way, the U.S. Curling National Championship is starting this weekend, in beautiful Hibbing, MN.
http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/scores/2008USANationals/index.php
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Hendrick Was Teeney-Bop
Next to my all time favorite--Andujar.
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Hockey > Curling
But we never hear about it at salon.
Nice job phoning it in.
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malcalypse
Hockey > Curling
Maybe not according to King.
And didn't they disband pro hockey a few seasons ago? Now if you want to talk minor-league hockey, by all means do so. Heck, you can bring something up yourself in the letters column and have people discuss it.
Unless what you really want to do is complain.
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MY favorite winter sports topic
Hey, has anyone noticed what that absolute loser, choke artist, slacker, un-American, and good-for-nuthin' chump Bode Miller has been up to?????
Of course not, we've been too busy watching moto-cross snowmobile races from the Blechhh Games.
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Hibbing!
Does anyone know if Dylan ever curled? He'd be perfect for this show. And the guy was on "Dharma and Greg" for chrissake, so it's not like his standards are too high.
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Toby Keith and curling
I am not a country music fan, but how would curling hurt Toby Keith's appeal? As other's have said, to people in certain areas of the country curling is a very accessible sport. Sort of like a more interesting version of bowling. My guess is that many country music fans bowl, and probably a fair number curl where curling is popular.
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Hockey is NOT dead!!
Bill Wirtz is.
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Best idea for Curling Reality TV
Have the sweepers all be topless blondes with huge ta-tas.
That will get the Nerds up in a tizzy, but so what?
And have all the curling matches reduced to two minutes in time.
And create a Memphis curling team - that will automatically beat the crap out of all those Nerds from MN, Scandinavia and so on.