[Hopey]

People make fun of curling all the time, but it's a fun game to watch on TV -- especially when there's something big on the line like an Olympic medal.

The game is simple enough that a casual viewer can understand it fairly quickly, plus there are plenty of moments of drama where a player has to make a big shot.

In Canada, the only sport that has more viewers than curling is hockey, and even then sometimes the curling ratings are higher than they are for hockey.