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Saturday mornings in the frigid winters at Niagara University meant one thing for me and my dorm-mates: eating wings and cracking open some liquid refreshment while watching the CBC Curling Match of the Week. We had no idea how the game worked or how it was scored. It just gave us an excuse to be social and avoid the freezing air outside.

So like many other Americans, my only exposure to Curling these days (sort of a guilty pleasure) is when the Winter Olympic games roll around. Now that I am older, but not necessarily wiser, it would be nice if NBC Sports would explain the rules of the sport and how scoring works before the first end begins.

Then they could use the telestrator to explain what they mean by "guards", "house", button", etc mean while a match is being played. Otherwise they are just assuming that viewers have a clue what they are talking "aboot."



This would help the more casual Olympic viewers have a real clue as to watch is being televised. After all, there are not many rabid Curling fans like the Canadian pictured above in most of the lower 48.