Traveling pants: Norway curling team wearing out opponents

Follow SBNation.com on Twitter. Like SBNation.com Facebook. Curling's first day of action proved a tough one for both American teams, while the Canadian men's squad split its first two contests as the team tries to win gold for the third straight Olympics.

If you don't watch curling, then you're making a huge mistake, because curling is the best sport ever invented. No, really. Curling is simple to learn, yet intricate. It takes very little athleticism except a deft touch, strong vocal cords, and maid

For the next week, more than 10 curling games a day will be jammed into the Olympic schedule, giving viewers ample time to figure out the ins and outs of this underdog event. Still a relative newbie on the Olympic stage, the 

Russia and Great Britain kick off the competition, and three other curling matches will begin at midnight ET on Monday morning. The United States doesn't participate until Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. ET. There are 10 

The Winter Olympics has two sports that compete for the honor of being the Games' weirdest event: biathlon and curling. The former involves cross-country skiing with occasional breathers to shoot a rifle you just happened to bring along with you, and