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Craig Arko Wichita Wind Surge

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Shuffleboard on ice.

If you want to try curling, go curling.

If you're ever up this way we'll go curling, you can't go a block up here without running into a curling rink.

Do you have to bring your own broom?

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Summer sport: Badminton

Winter sport: Curling

 

I have always, always, always wanted to curl. 

I would love to play Badminton at a high level too. Love the fact that you can smack the shuttlecock as hard as you can, and it doesn't travel far. 

Went curling one time, and it was a blast! There's certainly an art to sweeping, and throwing the rock down the rink. 

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Yup. I've said it before, but the last time I remember enjoying an Olympics was when I was living in Canada. None of this patched-together, tape delayed stuff to please the sponsors, only show the best Americans and/or high-profile sports and athletes. They showed a lot of it. All the 'lesser' sports. And not just medal-winning Canadians.

Yes, we always watched the CBC coverage in the UP and I also watched it while living in Detroit. 10x better than NBC.

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Did anyone watch Usain Bolt last night in the 100 M race? My god... Normal people who start like that finish in 7th or 8th place. The crazy thing was there didn't appear to be any moment in that race where he lost focus or panic during that atrocious start.  

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And that's from the UK. Who cares about a little World's Record?

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And that's from the UK. Who cares about a little World's Record?

Did you read to the bottom, and all the headlines throughout, and not just the title photo?

 

My favorite from the Chicago Tribune ... 'Bears' wife wins medal'

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There have been a ton of sexist comments/headlines during this Olympics but I can't fault a newspaper for going with that headline for Phelps, as he's the most decorated Olympian in history.

 

We see stuff like that in major sports all the time. The Yankees make a minor move and get top billing for it; the Twins (or another mid-market team) make a bigger move and get second billing.

 

Was sexism the root cause of that headline? Eh, hard to say but, again, we're talking about Michael Phelps. We've seen gallons of ink spilled over every little thing he does.

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Did you read to the bottom, and all the headlines throughout, and not just the title photo?

 

My favorite from the Chicago Tribune ... 'Bears' wife wins medal'

Yeah that one stuck out to me as really bad. Who cares, at all, that she's married to a Chicago Bears fan? I guess they thought they could get more clicks from average joe who see "Footbaw wife? I like footbaw!" 

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It's impossible to watch on the West Coast, since it is ALL tape delayed. I hate sports when you know the outcome. Plus, I hate this 11 pm end of prime time, why isn't it all like Central time?

 

I know the coverage isn't aimed at me, but how about some coverage, and not hours of fluff with minutes of competition?

 

And, yes, I am not big on nationalism. 

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