ampfixer
Will someone please explain how Curling is scored? It's been on the TV steady but I still can't figure out what they're doing. Canada is on a hot streak but I have no idea why.

Wow, and I thought this was one of the easiest sports to score!  It's like shuffleboard or horseshoes (which actually has more complex scoring).  Only stones that are touching that circle are eligible for scoring and whoever is closest to the center gets a point, if that team has more than one stone closer, then they get a point for each that's closer than the closest opponent stone.  Scoring only occurs after all eight stones have been used.
 

ampfixer
Will someone please explain how Curling is scored? It's been on the TV steady but I still can't figure out what they're doing. Canada is on a hot streak but I have no idea why.

Curling is housework on ice. I think the winner is whoever is judged to have left it the cleanest. HTH.

dubdisciple
Americans tend to ignore the Olympics unless some American is really kicking butt. 
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Americans are spoiled rotten by the number one and Hollywood factory of people. Many other sports suffer because of it, and the major fault in all this is ESPN, because it is a part of a conglomerate that is after major money so they can continue being a cash cow ... and it being fun for you, or course!

Hi,
 
Haven't watched anything and don't miss it at all. The commercialization of it, is so sick that I can barely watch it. I don't see a sport anymore. I'm only seeing some kind of greed!

GO BODE!
 

craigb

ampfixer
Will someone please explain how Curling is scored? It's been on the TV steady but I still can't figure out what they're doing. Canada is on a hot streak but I have no idea why.

Wow, and I thought this was one of the easiest sports to score!  It's like shuffleboard or horseshoes (which actually has more complex scoring).  Only stones that are touching that circle are eligible for scoring and whoever is closest to the center gets a point, if that team has more than one stone closer, then they get a point for each that's closer than the closest opponent stone.  Scoring only occurs after all eight stones have been used.
 

Thanks for clearing that up Craig. I watched several games with a look of polite bewilderment on my face. Even though I have been watching for a week I'm only now starting to figure it out.

Snowboard Cross! Men's finals were tonight. This is becoming a favorite of mine.

Curling finals playing now..
 
Canada Vs Scotland GBR
 
GO GBR!!

Curling would be even more fun if they allowed checking like in hockey...
(Hey, I like both sports so why not try to combine 'em?)

Ice hockey using a curling stone...