Every four years, Americans get fired up for curling. Can't get enough of it.
We'll spend the next three weeks fixated on it at the Beijing Games, especially those of us in the Midwest and particularly in Minnesota, where the defending gold medal-winning team led by skip John Shuster largely resides.
We'll stay up late and get up early to watch. We'll toss around curling jargon like we speak the language fluently.