From John Shuster's Persistence To Rachel Homan's Disappointment, Every Olympic Curler Is On A Journey
by Matt Sussman from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3GXPZ)

Last November, my team played in a World Curling Tour event. Our team couldn't be considered "competitive"-we play about one such event a year, whereas the good ones are looking at about a dozen weeks a year. We know what we're doing; we're just out of shape. Still, we finished 0-3 in our pool and out of championship"