Category Archives: Sports and rec

‘New’ CurlingZone doc ‘Anything is Possible’ to debut July 4 on YouTube

Posted on Saturday, July 4, 2020 by Ryan Olson

I first posted this on r/curling on July 4, 2020. CurlingZone is debuting a documentary “Anything is Possible - An American Curling Story” on YouTube at 6 p.m. ET tonight (July 4). https://youtu.be/RqeBwXAf0Lc By all appearances, this looks like it might … Continue reading →

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Winter Olympics – Curling replays

Posted on Monday, May 11, 2020 by Ryan Olson

This is a re-creation of pages previously hosted by the World Curling Federation linking to replays of curling games from the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. The replays are hosted on OlympicChannel.com, as of this writing. One of the great … Continue reading →

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Curling, Year 3 — Winning my first game as skip

Posted on Monday, March 11, 2019 by Ryan Olson

The winter season of my third year of curling is winding down. We’re heading into the playoffs today, and I’m happy that I helped get our team on its best possible footing by winning my first game as a skip … Continue reading →

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Getting my first pair of shoes at the Continental Cup

Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2019 by Ryan Olson

A lot of people new to the sport of curling often ask if it’s expensive to participate in. Thankfully, the answer is no for the individual curler. In a lot of ways, getting into curling is like going to the … Continue reading →

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Getting the joke at the Continental Cup

Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2019 by Ryan Olson

Watching curling in person can be a unique experience, especially at this weekend’s Continental Cup in Las Vegas. Watching with several thousand enthusiastic fans who are knowledgeable about the game really takes it up the next level. Watching curling in … Continue reading →

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Watching the world’s best curlers in Las Vegas

Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2019 by Ryan Olson

Today is the first day of the 2019 Continental Cup of Curling at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. If you haven’t seen this event before, I would say it’s well worth your time if you’re a fan of the … Continue reading →

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Back in the hack for year 3 of curling

Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 by Ryan Olson

I started my third full year in curling two weeks ago at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns. It was great to get back to a sport that I’ve come to enjoy over the past two years. Considering that my … Continue reading →

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UCSD basketball outdraws some Division I schools

Posted on Monday, March 13, 2017 by Ryan Olson

UCSD’s average attendance is around 250 out of 5000 seats — trising on The Big West Boards The UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program faces a key date this month, as the Big West Conference leadership is supposed to consider whether … Continue reading →

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The20: Fight on with mighty Triton spirit – Part I

Posted on Friday, February 17, 2017 by Ryan Olson

I’ve been a pretty vocal opponent to the possibility of UC San Diego moving to Division I. Despite my past reservations about D-I (which seems highly likely at this point), it was a total blast to once more cheer on … Continue reading →

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From the vault: UCSD’s possible Division I move isn’t enough to bolster school spirit

Posted on Friday, January 29, 2016 by Ryan Olson

Author’s note: I started writing this in the spring of 2012, the last time UC San Diego students voted on whether to move to NCAA Division I (it failed with 56.7 percent of students voting no). It’s unfinished, but I’m … Continue reading →

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