This post is a quick intro to or substitute for the long blog posts I’ve written, all based on countless hours (I’m figuring 100, easily) spent poring over 990 forms and board minutes, exchanging emails, doing a survey of clubs, etc. USA Curling is responsible for developing the sport in…

So now you’ve read (or skimmed) all of these pieces looking at various aspects of the GNCC and USA Curling … Why support USA Curling? (A post that’s less about what USA Curling has actually done and more about the importance of a National Governing Body.) GNCC and USA Curling…

The tl;dr … USA Curling is paying a dear price for its arrogance, especially during Jeff Plush’s tenure as CEO. But the GNCC, conversely, doesn’t understand the rights and responsibilities of a national governing body (NGB) like USA Curling. To a lot of GNCC clubs and leaders, USA Curling membership…

The tl;dr … Olympic exposure has been very good to curling. USA Curling and the GNCC have seen explosive growth. But the pandemic year was cruel to USA Curling, which is duty-bound to pay salaries and fulfill its commitments to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee. …

Thanks for your writing and research here. I'm going to point to an American problem that made everything worse -- the two-party system, which has devolved into the automatic dismissal of anything the other party says. If Republicans say it's a lab leak, Democrats say it's not, and neither side has any evidence. If Democrats wear masks, Republicans don't. People were for a mad dash to develop vaccines when they were associated with Trump and against them when they were associated with Fauci.

Yes, that’s right. We liberals, progressives, RINOs, libertarians and Kanye West voters all conspired with operatives in China to create COVID in a lab and then release it through bats. We did this to distract you while we sent transgender teachers to instruct your kindergartners on critical race theory, and…

Short answer: I’ve been a journalist for a few decades, with a lot of work in soccer and Olympic sports. I’ve been a curling fan since 2002. I’ve been a curling club member since 2018. And I’ve written so many posts on curling that I felt I needed to split…

Originally published Dec. 16, 2022. The point here is about the importance of a National Governing Body (NGB), and I’m basing that on 4,000 years in sports journalism. Or 25. Something like that. It starts with italics, so I’ll need to put a divider here … — — — —…

Taken from a Dec. 16, 2022 post that focused on the NWSL/NWSLPA report, which lacked the professionalism and depth of the Yates Report. I’ve excerpted the parts that apply to USA Curling. I have a new way of thinking about Jeff Plush and the reports about his action/inaction when faced…