After a week off to catch up on sleep and health from our week in Kalamazoo, TESN's Price Atkinson and "The Godfather" Joe Calabrese look back on the amazing week bringing you the 2019 U.S. Curling Nationals from the Zoo. 

We welcome in Granite Curling Club president Phil Shryock, as the GCC is hosting the 2019 U.S. Mixed Doubles Nationals in Seattle this week. He talked about the excitement within the Club, preparing to host the championship, reaction in the local Seattle area and more. 

Plus Price and Joe recap a few of the latest events including the World Junior Championship and the wild finish last weekend at the Scotties in Nova Scotia. And good luck to Team USA who'll competing at the 2019 World Wheelchair Championship starting this weekend in Stirling, Scotland! 

TESN's Joe Calabrese and Price Atkinson are at the 2019 USA Curling Nationals in Kalamazoo and the playoffs are now set on the men's and women's side. They break down all the action and Friday's playoff matchups from the Wings Event Center.
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You'll also hear interviews with skips John Shuster, Todd Birr, Korey Dropkin, Jamie Sinclair, Cory Christensen and birthday girl Stephanie Senneker plus Becca Hamilton and Colin Hufman. We've got you covered with the latest from the U.S. Nationals!

Host Price Atkinson is back this week but "The Godfather" Joe Calabrese is not. He's en route from Rochester, NY to Kalamazoo, MI with the TESN goods and equipment with the 2019 U.S. Curling Nationals starting Saturday.
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But Price welcomes Team Persinger skip Rich Ruohonen who begged to get back on in order to acquire the podcast bump and slipped Price a few $$$$ in order to make it happen. And we also catch you up on last week's Curling World Cup and our podcast schedule from next week while at Nationals!

Host Price Atkinson is away this week so "The Godfather" Joe Calabrese is in the captain's chair and is joined by Sean Murray and Marc Beyer to preview the field for the upcoming 2019 USA Curling Nationals in Kalamazoo, MI (Feb. 9-16).
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Joe also talks with guest and skip Stephanie Senneker, who will be the "hometown" team on the women's side of the field. It's a loaded episode so get ready. We are your home for USA Curling!

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We had a fun guest interview this week with 18-year old junior skip Sam Strouse, who just qualified for his first USA Curling Nationals. And it will be played just two and a half hours from his home in Midland, Mich.  What a memorable first Nationals including his Dad as his team's coach!

Plus "The Godfather" has his weekly the segment-you-can't-refuse and this week it's with James Honsvall from the St. Croix Curling Club (MN). Plus Price finds out which fast food joint will be Joe's only method of survival at Nationals in Kalamazoo next month. And you'll be shocked he does NOT pick McDonald's!

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This week we begin setting the stage for the upcoming 2019 USA Curling Nationals in Kalamazoo, Mich. (Feb. 9-16) with Kalamazoo Curling Club president Marcus Gleaton. He fills us in on all the happenings around the upcoming Nationals and what curling fans can do around the Zoo.
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Plus "The Godfather" is back with the segment-you-can't-refuse and talks with Travis Hamilton and Ryan McGhee from the Curling Club of Virginia. We have an update from the 2019 USA Junior Nationals, Continental Cup in Las Vegas with Price "hating" on the event and much more this week. Everybody knows this is YOUR Home for USA Curling. Enjoy!

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We're back for another exciting episode this week from the Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Joining TESN's Price Atkinson this week is CBC Sports and curling beat writer extraordinaire Devin Heroux. Plus Olympic gold medalist and Sportsnet/NBC Sports curling analyst Kevin Martin joins us again this week!

A very merry Happy New Year and welcome back as hosts Joe Calabrese and Price Atkinson ring in 2019 by catching up on everything from the pre and post-holiday break around the world of USA Curling. Plus we have the Segment You Can't Refuse as "The Godfather" welcomes in Jeff Annis from the Heather Curling Club in Mapleton, MN. 

Don't forget we are YOUR home for all things USA Curling!

TESN's Price Atkinson and "The Godfather" Joe Calabrese have a loaded pre-Christmas/New Years episode including a huge upset last weekend at the Dakota Challenger Spiel. They also give their top-5 USA Curling moments from 2018.

In this week's guest interviews, Price caught up with Olympian and Sportsnet analyst Mike Harris who talked about misconceptions with the Grand Slam of Curling events and growth of the sport in the United States. Canadian Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue also talked with Price while in Newfoundland about curling at home in St. John's and how he was cheering for Team Shuster to win gold after their win over Canada's Team Koe in the Olympic semifinals. 
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In the Segment-You-Can't-Refuse, Joe welcomed Sarah Walsh and Peter Chorba from the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club. Get your curling fix on with us before we return January 4, 2019!

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On this week’s episode TESN hosts “The Godfather” Joe Calabrese and Price Atkinson begin by mourning the loss of longtime U.S. junior coach, beloved friend & skip, and former USCA staff member Bev Schroeder. We dedicated this episode to Bev.
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Price caught up with NBC Sports/Sportsnet analyst and gold medalist Kevin Martin as well as Sarah & Taylor Anderson from Team Sinclair at the Boost National in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland. They pack a lot into this episode. Enjoy and thanks to all our listeners for downloading, subscribing and listening every week!

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