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The Hill reports: Colorado’s senators are celebrating the Winter Olympics by doing some training of their own. Sens. Cory Gardner (R) and Michael Bennet (D) on Wednesday posted a video of themselves curling in the hallway using brooms. Colorado sent 36 athletes to this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, according to The Denver Post. The video says that …

Embiggen the above chart for a rather simple explanation of curling. Not included is an explanation for Canada’s fascination with the game. (Tipped by JMG reader Paul)

I’ve watched about five hours of Olympic curling and I still don’t have the faintest idea what the rules are, how scoring is calculated, or even what the actual goal of the game is. Something about putting the rock in the hoose by the end. But I’m happy to keep watching, mostly for the closeups of Canadian champion curler John …