Buried Curling Treasure: Werenich Against The World
When The Wrench “questioned sportsmanship” and “expressed suspicion over the straw brooms being wielded by the Swedes”
#curling #WMCC1983 #WaybackWednesday @curlingmath.bsky.social 👇
A chart that's loosely put on a Y axis of "meaningfully impacts the game" and a x-avis of "do the refs always call a penalty". This is gonna be hard to explain. I'm gonna do my best. Or else someone will get mad at me for not doing alt text properly. First and foremost we've got Marc Kennedy the Canadian curler at the very bottom (does not impact the game meaningfully) and about a 3/10 on the scale of "do the refs care". Other penalties in other sports somewhere on the scatter chart include: - NFL linemen holding (high meaningful/not called) - NBA traveling (medium meaningful/not called) - MLB toeing the line an inch out of the batter's box (not meaningful/no one cares) - MLB pitchers doctoring balls (meaningful and medium called) - Boxing clutching and grabbing to delay (medium/medium right in the middle) - NFL snapping the ball at 0.0 on the play clock (not meaningful but gets called around half the time) -NFL headhunting to injure (HIGH meaningful HIGH refs always call it) - track and field false starts (medium meaningful but always called automatically) - NHL puck over glass delay of game (not meaningful but called every time)
Here's where I rank the "Marc Kennedy doing a little tippy-tappy a centimeter over the the hog line" big curling rules story in the grand scheme of sports infractions on a scale of "Does it meaningfully impact the game" vs. "Do the officials consistently always call a penalty"
NOW AVAILABLE: Episode 100 of Curling Legends Podcast. Kerry Burtnyk is my guest. Find it anywhere you get your podcasts. Also, watch his victory at the 1981 (and 1995) Brier on the Curling Legends Podcast Presents YouTube Channel... youtu.be/TVQaWqfL2Vc?...
Chicago Curling Visit Part 2:
World Curling is in Chi-town for an #Olympic celebration tour; @curlingmath.bsky.social loved his recent trip there
#curling #Chicago👇
Curling in Sweet Home #Chicago:
A visit to two #curling clubs in “That Toddlin’ Town”
by @curlingmath.bsky.social 👇
Rock Channel, World Curling and Gambling:
The final segment of our in-depth interview with Nic Sulsky
#curling 👇
Curling’s Rock League “More Appealing to the Casual Sports Fan”
Part 2 of TCN’s interview with Nic Sulsky
#curling 👇 @curlingmath.bsky.social
A #Curling Phone Call and Brier Road Trip:
Part 1 of an in-depth conversation with Roaring Game impresario Nic Sulsky – by @curlingmath.bsky.social 👇
Had a great time joining G1 on the @2girlsandagame.bsky.social podcast….
Part 2 is even better than Part 1…
Enjoyed my maiden voltage on @2girlsandagame.bsky.social …
NEW #Curling Legends episode: Bob Nichols
The last U.S. men’s skip to win the worlds is full of stories – with images and video packed in for your enhanced #podcast
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NEW Curling Legends episode with World #Curling president Beau Welling – Part I re. his origin story plus the #Broomgate equipment scandal – includes images and video
#podcast @curlingmath.bsky.social
NEW: Second in a three-part #Curling Legends #podcast series with WC president Beau Welling – with a #curling “wake up call” comparison to the Augusta golf mantra: “How can we be better?”
Includes embedded images and video!
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In a *NEW* Curling Legends podcast episode, Scotland’s Ken Horton is back to finish his amazing stories – including a little-known Broomgate from the 1977 worlds!
Packed with images and video 👇
#curling #CurlingLegends #podcast #scotland
Hosted by @curlingmath.bsky.social
A bit of sports history. Some footage from the 1963 Macdonald Brier, held in Brandon, Manitoba. The Canadian men's national curling championship. Shot on 8mm films.
#Film #History #Manitoba #Canada #Curling
This is why we need Bryson back on PGA Tour. “We got some irons with more weight on the toe…but we haven’t got the front edge just right yet.” @nolayingup.com
Today has been the wildest ride ever. Awesome!
Hey @nolayingup.com did you feel something?
Part 1 of my talk with Ken Horton available now. Part 2 coming soon.
In 5 minutes @kvv.nolayingup.com had me crying. Exceptional writing.
NEW Curling Legends episode: Andrea Schöpp
Wonderfully blunt as always —“sometimes shit happens”—and with multiple videos and images
#curling #podcast @curlingmath.bsky.social 👇
Would black foam have made a difference on Gushue’s last shot? #brier2025
Some ramblings from the 2025 Brier in Kelowna...
One of my favourite talks...
“Can we have your liver then?”
Throwback pic from the Scotties in St. Catherines 8 years ago. Past Ontario provincial champs all together - special day! ❤️
My latest Buried Treasure is up. In these articles I examine back issues of The Curling News. This one is April 1996.
New episode is up…Scotties gambling and blank ends at the Masters…
My thoughts on the hammer surrender (after consecutive blank ends) at the Masters...
