Hal O'Brien

It's not often I'll tear up a bit regarding sports. Especially sports I know nothing about. But sometimes sheer joy is just contagious...

First, go to this page at NPR for an audio story about Jennifer Jones, whose team won the Canadian women's curling championship on 27 Feb. It's important to hear this first if you know nothing about curling, so you'll get a fairly good layman's explanation as to what happened.

Then, once you have the background, watch this video from the CBC of the shot. (note: clip uses Real Player)

Amazing.

From the redoubtable Raymond Chen.

(UPDATE: At the very end of the video clip, when she's hugging someone I assume is her father, you can hear Jennifer's muffled voice say, "We gotta go shake hands." Is that Canadian or what? :)