Oh Jacobellis, What Were You Thinking?

I just had to dedicate a post to the US Curling Team who secured a Bronze Medal this morning in Torino. Fenson, Rojeski, Shuster and Polo defied expectations of mediocrity to bring the US its first ever medal in curling. This quirky little sport caught my attention at the beginning of the year's games, and quickly had me enthralled. The game is more complex than I ever could have imagined, and has a huge international following. The Bronze Medal Round was interrupted by a streaker running across the ice, prompting a cacophony of laughter from the participants. Perhaps the best thing about the sport is that it isn't carried out by egotistical superstars. Fenson owns a pizza shop in Bemidji, Minnesota. Rojeski and Polo are engineers, and Shuster works at Home Depot. The team members, of all the teams actually, behaved a complete gentleman throughout every match I watched. At the Olympics every Curling participant wears a microphone that is turned on for the entire match. Some of those guys are downright funny. Anyway, congrats to the team and I look forward to cheering them on again in four years.