With all the pomp and circumstance surrounding baseball starting, the double F word, the pro football draft, and Vin Diesel, I bet you forgot about curling. Our friends over at Universal Sports are all over the furious ice-sweeping, stone-sliding action. Yeah, we've got friends. Jon Ackerman has this tidy little preview, which I'll summarize by telling you Canada is the Tiger Woods of curling.
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Today, the U.S. of A. is taking on the world power that is Canada. The Canadian media doesn't think we have a shot, but we love being the underdog.
Yesterday, we faced off against Japan. I tried to watch this video of it, but no such luck. We won 9-1 and are tied with Scotland for third place.
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