The men’s USA Curling team picked up its first win hours ago with a 9-5 victory over Denmark. Meantime, the women lost another match to China, falling to 0-4.

The men’s team is composed of four starters from northern Minnesota — skip John Shuster, a Chisholm native who now lives in Duluth; Jared Zezel of Hibbing; Jeff Isaacson of Virginia; and John Landsteiner of Duluth. With two disappointing losses in a row, and a complete collapse of the women’s team, things were looking grim. But if the men manage a couple wins against some of the tougher teams coming up, they could find themselves competing for a medal. A tall order, but not an impossibility.

Meantime, Norway continues to ramp up its fashion attack; and took a swipe at the U.S. team it beat a couple days ago. If this were a 1980s teen movie, they’d be setting up as the antagonists. Watch out, Norway: Just wait until the Americans finish their rock ‘n’ roll training montage!