http://www.curlduluth.com Curling news, photos and videos from Duluth, Minnesota Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:56:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The internet (and what passes for the local media in Duluth) have been highly critical of the men's Olympic performance, and have singled out John Shuster in particular.   The "John Shuster sucks" meme is just another sad example of how the anonymity of the internet encourages bullies.   The ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/a-rational-rebuttal/ According to the New York Times, the gilded dipshits who were so busy driving our economy into a ditch a couple years ago have taken a shine to our favorite sport.  Is this good for capitalism, or bad for curling? I don't think anyone who has ever, you know, actually curled, ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/this-bodes-well-for-our-economic-recovery/ Buy this game. Seriously. Dadoo Games released "Curling 2010" for the XBox360 this week-- the full version is available for the amazing price of $3.00! It is downloaded through the XBox Live service directly from your game console, or through your web browser by following this link. The amount ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/review-curling-2010-for-the-xbox360-is-awesome/ John Shuster, Jason Smith, Jeff Isaacson, and John Benton gave Germany's Andy Kapp a few headscratchers, but came up short in the end. Shooting percentages were almost identical, but Team USA needed to steal two in the tenth end for a tie and the Germans were having none of ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/first-draw-of-olympic-curling-complete/ Marge and Homer take up curling: "It's got bowling for me, and sweeping for you!" Now, where can I get a Springfield Curling shirt? UPDATE: Fox doesn't like the Simpsons clips on YouTube, so I'm trying to embed from Hulu. To watch the official version of the ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/best-episode-ever/ Live from the 1pm saturday draw of the Duluth International Bonspiel. On sheet 8, Seppo Sormunnen battles Sheriff Ross Littman to stay in the A bracket. http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/2010-duluth-international/ Its been a while since I got the first inkling that someone was working on a serious curling simulation for the XBox360. The project by Dadoo Games, now called "Curling 2010", has matured into a great looking curling game. The game is currently in play testing, and will ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/02/coming-soon-curling-on-the-xbox360/ Steven Colbert meets John, Jason, Jeff, the other John, and the Cute One at the Plainfield Curling Club in New club for some heart to heart talk and some head to head competition. http://www.curlduluth.com/2010/01/colbert-vs-shuster-bonspiel-of-the-century/ John Shuster and Team USA won the Championship at the Curl Mesabi Cashspiel in Eveleth last weekend, beating Andrew Wickman of Winnepeg 5 to 1 in six ends.  Nice job. And speaking of Olympians, Canada will be represented by Kevin Martin and Cheryl Bernard in Vancouver.  Tough competition. http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/12/team-usa-wins-in-eveleth/ And for every kid on your list: vintage Playmobil, of course! [caption id="attachment_356" align="alignnone" width="224" caption="playmobil curlers circa 1992"][/caption] http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/12/it-is-the-time-for-giving/ . . .looks like a muddy dog rolled all over it. http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/11/sheet-3/ This may explain it: http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/11/why-do-hockey-players-migrate-to-curling/ John Shuster and company are playing in the Grey Power World Cup of Curling this weekend in Mississauga (a.k.a. south Toronto), Ontario.   This event is a prelude to Vancouver:   The Olympic representatives from Scotland, Norway, China, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark and USA's Shuster will be competing against five Canadian ... http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/10/john-shuster-at-the-world-cup-of-curling/ If you can see this, the newest version of WordPress has been successfully installed on curlduluth.com's server. http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/10/testing-the-new-version/ From YouTube via zolson1404 http://www.curlduluth.com/2009/03/an-homage-to-the-duluth-curling-club/