9th end, Norway leads 4-3, USA with the hammer

12 rocks left, USA +1

10 rocks left, USA +1

8 rocks left, USA +2

USA really needs at least 2 points in this end if they want a chance to win

6 rocks left, USA +2

really bad shot by Norway, big opportunity here

5 rocks left, USA +2

USA calls a time out to study the situation

4 rocks left, USA +2, not sure if they were able to do what they wanted

2 rocks left, USA +2

1 rock left, USA +1

They have an easy 2 available, or they could get greedy with a high-risk shot for 3-4 points

USA scores the 2 easy points available, USA leads 5-4 after 9 ends

I have AT&T yet I can't login to the online video. Thanks NBC. IN 2008 we didn't need to have affiliated accounts in order to view events online.

10th end, USA leads 5-4, Norway with the hammer, Norway needs 1 to tie or 2 to win

Bad shots by Norway

12 rocks left, USA +1

Norway really needs to end it with 2 points here. If they get 1 and send it tied to an 11th end, USA will have the hammer

10 rocks left, Norway +1

USA has a great defensive setup

9 rocks left, USA +2

8 rocks left, USA +1 or Norway +1, I cant tell

6 rocks left, Norway +1

Crowd is clearly against USA, chanting "Lets go Norway"

No idea what the hell Norway is trying to do, that looked like a wasted throw

4 rocks left, USA +1

3 rocks left, USA +2

I think Norway is screwed. They will have to make some great shots just to keep the USA from scoring, and if they only score 1 point they will probably lose anyway without the hammer

2 rocks left, USA +1

1 rock left, USA +1

USA played it safe by removing any chance at all of Norway winning. Now Norway has to make a shot to tie

Norway scores 1 point, end of regulation, tied 5-5, USA will have the hammer for the rest of the game

11th end, tied 5-5, USA has the hammer, first score wins

12 rocks left, Norway +2, but they are marginal

really bad shot by USA

10 rocks left, Norway +3

Norway is trying to set up a wall to steal a point for the win

8 rocks left, Norway +3, USA fails to clear anything out

6 rocks left, Norway +2

Norway is trying hard to hang on to their scoring position

4 rocks left, Norway +2

If USA chokes despite having the hammer, that will be sad

Norway calls their last timeout to look it over

3 rocks left, Norway +3 but the middle is still open

USA calls their last time out

2 rocks left, Norway +1

USA has left Norway with a very tough shot to defend their point. I dont see an easy way for them to keep USA from scoring

last rock of the game, Norway +1, they did a good job of making this difficult for USA, USA wins or loses on this shot

CHOKE! USA fails to score with the hammer, Norway scores 1 point.

Final in 11 ends, Norway wins 6-5

Oh well. Thanks for the updates though alnorth!!!!

choke?

Here are some assorted comments from USA curling fans on another message board regarding the USA curling team's leader:

For those wondering about the hate, apparently Shuster has a history of making bad decisions. He is the skip of team USA. In NFL terms, it basically means he is the offensive and defensive coordinator combined. He is the one who analyzes the playing field and decides what shot the team will attempt. While the rock is moving, he decides what the sweepers should be doing, and the other three team members carry out his orders.

On the last shot, all they had to do is gently lay the rock into the middle, his sweepers thought it was good, but he yelled at them to keep sweeping. Turns out the sweepers were right, the rock went too far, and sailed right past Norway's rock out of scoring position.

edit: bonus comment from another board

Sounds like he screwed up a basic draw to the button.

:LOL:

He competes? From the look of him I assumed he was just the fluffer.

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Do all 4 racers ever make it to the end of snowboard cross? That first turn seems like a great place to eat it.

I am damned disappointed in our Curling team. Damned disappointed.

By the way, I've done some research on the subject and found out some interesting stuff. First off, Curling has become the most watched Olympic sport on television. This was a big surprise to everyone during the Salt Lake games. Also, Curling was invented by the Scots. It seems they would spend hours upon hours shoving large rocks around on the frozen marshes for enjoyment. Sometimes, they would bonk the large rocks into each other, too. If there were any disagreement as to the connection between Curling and Single Malt Whiskey, this ends the argument.

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I must admit, curling is a fascinatingly bizarre sport to watch. It's like bocci on ice, mixed in with a little horseshoes and darts.

For those who dislike the Olympics: only in the Olympics can a curling match between Japanese and American women come down to a measurement, and it's actually suspenseful.

As for hockey, as someone (Mike Milbury?) pointed out in the postgame analysis, some of the USA players had literally arrived the day before and the team's had little time to practice, whereas their first-round opponent is the best team in the bracket not named "Canada" and are very familiar with each other.

Now watching the finale of the Westminister dog show on USA, waiting for Olympic coverage to start...

I think I'd nail every one of these female curlers. They're not swimsuit models, but they're all attractive enough in an understated every-day way. Some makeup and a nice dress and they'd be pretty hot.

I really like the Curling stuff. And, I'm not kidding about the television ratings, Mr. JD10367. Apparently, it's the most viewed Olympic sport. You can check it out. That's pretty amazing in my book of amazing Olympic sport television viewing statistics of all times.

I think it's because almost anybody could be a Curler. At least the Thrower or Pusher or Slider person (whatever they call it), if not the Sweeper / Janitor person. Young people, old people, slow people, fat people, anybody could be a Curler. That's why so many people watch it. Plus, there's strategy. I didn't expect there would be so much, but there's a ton. On top of that, they take time between lobbing the rocks down the ice to talk to each other and try to figure out where to heave the next rock. That gives the audience time to get to the fridge and back, no problem.

I would very much like to open a chain of Curling Rinks around the US. I think it would make a great sport for people of all ages and mental conditions.

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I think that it would be fun to go curling. A date night similar to mini-golf or bowling.

And there'd be some high-beam action. :)

Curling certainly seems to have a lot more interaction and strategy than bocci or horseshoes. Condition of the ice, weight of the rock, how much spin you put on it, how much power you deliver it with, what your sweepers do, what the opposing sweeper does once the rocks collide, etc.,. I bet it's actually pretty interesting to watch in person.

And these German chicks are growing hotter by the minute.

Great high angle of the USA sweeper just now, vigorously scrubbing in front of the enemy rock. Her buttcheeks were bouncing up and down, with the great above-the-circle camera angle. I might need to take a moment here... :D

Curling isn't as easy as it looks.

It doesn't look easy at all. Look at the way they push off from that black thing and glide straight towards the line, keeping themselves on a straight line while thinking of how hard to throw and how much wrist-spin to put on it. Most of us would probably just fall on our ass trying to push off from the black thing, LOL.

The first time I tried that's exactly what happened.

No disrespect, gentlemen, but Curling is easy as all get out. Heck, the Scots invented the sport by pushing around rocks on their frozen marshes, for crying out loud.

All you do is push your big round thing down the alley thing and try and get it in the bulls-eye thing. That's it. If there's another big round thing in the way, you smack it out of the way. Plus, you get a whole bunch of big round things to try with ... not just one. Piece of pie.

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Wally just said that all we need is a couple more points and we'll be right back in the game.

Damn good news from Wally.

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There are a few of the women curlers that are very pretty. I'd like to play with their private parts.
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I tried curling once. We all had a few drinks before playing so it turned into one big ass shuffleboard table. I think we were trying to take out each others legs as opposed to the rocks.

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Just one very affordable annual membership that includes the T-Shirt and an Official, Multi-Purpose, Long-Handled, Curling Whisk and we'll have you Curling like a wild west hooker in no time, baby.

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We got a busy schedule filled with events with top USA athletes going for medals today. (including an event already concluded, I wont spoil anything)

This is one of those "if you are only going to watch a couple days of the olympics, you should watch tonight" days.

Also: no figure skating today! Just action sports

US curling thoroughly getting their shit kicked in right now.

Curling is a lost cause this year.

The women were never favored to contend for medals, so I'm fine with them getting beat and maybe getting practice in for the next four years.

The men had a chance to maybe win a bronze, but they have dug themselves such a big hole against teams they should have beaten, that they have to run the table the rest of pool play (ignoring Canada, we cant beat them) just to make it out of the pool.

I doubt I'll follow another curling match closely unless one of the teams strings enough wins together to maybe have a chance to get out of the pool.

Well, tonight's gunna be crazy!

Every one of those women downhillers would kick anyone's ass here on the board. In anything.

I just want them to crush my skull with their thighs. :D

And with that Swiss girl crashing.....that proves figure skating should never be an olympic sport.

i want to have sex with lindsey vonn right at the finish line...those thighs would destroy you

How ****ing impressive was that run?

She literally finished on one leg.

and downhill is the best, craziest sport in the olympics...


i bet they get drunk and beat up curlers just for fun


lmao....a french skier just fell over right out of the gate


grace under pressure...

Damn.

Nothing like waiting 4 years to fall 30 feet from the gate.

French woman just surrendered 30 feet from the start. Didn't think she could beat the American.

Damn, there have been some spectacular ****ing crashes.

Holy shit. Going on record as the best event in the entire games.

her "core" is insanely strong...did you see that shot of her with her uniform down?

her abs were like a sheet of steel...drives me crazy thinking about it


jesus, a chick just slid across the finish line

these crashes are unreal...

Hell yes.

Flew 190 feet before crashing. 10 feet short of 2/3 a football field.

that last chick was afraid

This core?

Wow.

EDIT: **** you, SI.


http://www.postchronicle.com/images/...ey-vonn-si.jpg

and they'll get right back on the mountain for the next event


you have be a bit crazy to do it....it scares me just watching it

Women's downhill...USA Gold/Silver

Damn, I am missing everything this week.

lol...yeah si doesn't copy

but "yes"

i've seen the pics...she is rock solid

that vid of her right after the run in just a white undershirt was pretty hot..she turned her torso and this whole sheet of abs just popped out

I've skied big hills. When they did that in 1:30 I'd do it in 30 minutes. These girls are awesome.

OK... the Pampers 'To their Mom's, they'll always be kids" commercial is pretty good.

that is one lucky dude

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if it hasn't been posted, it has now

Shaun White is un****ingreal.

Did Shaun White do something good? I missed it.

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Good god... he went 6 feet higher than anybody else.

That was conservative? Holy hell, I want to see what he can do when he goes for it.

For those that missed it, each rider gets two runs and they keep the best, and I guess he is so far above everyone else, he just laid out this unreal routine that was light-years better than everyone else for a huge un-catchable score... and that was apparently his "conservative" "let me make sure I get the gold medal first before I go nuts on the 2nd run" routine.

Yeah... I'm looking forward to his balls out 2nd run.

I sure hope they get White on the hill before 10:08 when I leave for work.

They say that Shaun's been practicing new moves in secret with plans to unveil the "Soaring Double Reverse Twisted Dick" and "Super Wedgie" for the first time tonight before a worldwide audience. Fearless doesn't even begin to describe his game.

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Looks like Shaun is probably going to have the gold wrapped up with that first run.

He has nothing to gain or lose, this run is a victory lap.

Lol, what language did he use?

Amazing.

48.4 on a victory lap.

That dude told him to go "knock the shit out of it".

one of his coaches dropped an S-bomb on the air

Ah, I was hoping for something better.

All those other snowboarders are just like "well this isn't fair we can't do that"

These girls in the olympics are a lot hotter than they used to be.

Apparently skiing is the hot chicks sport.

It's times like this that I think the medal winners should receive their awards in the nude.

LMAO

Vonn's hotter, but I'll bet Mancuso's better in the sack. That girl has a bit of a screw loose.

Stan Marsh?
More like
Stan "Darsh"
Ha ha ha ha ha!
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DAMNIT!!!!

I can't find video of Vonn's final run at all. How long does it take for them to put up video anyway. I want to see White's run as well since I had to leave before it happened.

In their infinite wisdom, NBC has decided that you are unworthy of viewing this fine footage until tomorrow.

Seriously?:#:cuss: They had better show the damn runs on the late night show.

I see there are youtube links for Vonn's run but they all redirect to other sites and I have no idea if they are safe to click or not.

What, you mean they should make this stuff just available online on demand? without excessive commentary? Every moment of it?... like they did in Beijing?!? Insane!

If they did that, then rather than sit back on the comfortable couch with a beer to enjoy the olympics coverage in glorious HDTV, EVERYONE in America would clearly choose instead to sit at their computer chair and watch the footage in their computer monitor.

Then you will not watch the advertisements from the hardworking sponsers who make this all possible in exchange for the opportunity to humbly pitch you their product.

We cant have that, so we have to shut down the internet for a day. Except sports no one in the USA cares about like curling and hockey. Whats that you say? You'd like to watch all the competition for any sports from beginning to end, including all training and qualification runs from every foreign athlete? What, are you stupid? Everyone in this country only cares about their athletes and the few most powerful evil outsiders who may steal the medal away, and even then only a few clips of action sandwiched between montages with announcers yammering on and on drowning out the sounds and conversations that might be going on at the event.

You can say that again.