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Claws bared for Canadian curling cougar
Overnight fame usually comes with a backlash.
Amy Nixon -- the third on the team which Canadian women's curling skip Cheryl Bernard defeated by a point to qualify for the Olympics -- apparently felt resentful about the attention Bernard has attracted during the Games.
Curling writer Bob Weeks blogged that Nixon tweeted that she "is just about done with how 'fit' the canadian women's curling team is. That whole team is far from fit."
Nixon, a lawyer who had the Maple Leaf and Olympic rings tattooed on her ankle prior to helping Canada win women's curling bronze in Turin in 2006, has deleted her account, but not before it was copied-and-pasted to curling message boards. Several fans are unimpressed by her burst of candor, with some suggesting that her skip, Shannon Kleibrink, seek another third for next season.
It just comes off as a little catty (Weeks' comment: "Meow") and paints a mental picture of Nixon getting bitter while watching Bernard's team on the grand stage, which her team was so close to reaching.
People being how they are, it's easy to go from here to there and imagine there's a lot of jealousy, especially since the sexy curler phenomenon has spiralled out of control. One can only assume Bernard has had her fill of it.
Dan Wetzel's column Wednesday only commented on a phenomena that, not to overshare, the typical Canadian guy has long appreciated but was too much of a gentleman to write about in public.
"Bernard is the Canadian curling cougar. Sarah Palin on ice (bipartisan division). The Chicago Tribune has dubbed her a 'sex symbol.' The Globe and Mail said she should co-star on 'Cougar Town' with Courteney Cox. ESPN’s Bill Simmons went for the term 'Curlgar.'
"And yes, this phenomenon is at some level an insult to Bernard’s curling skills – but, hey, for the first time it’s a geometry-obsessed 40-something who wears basic black pants and a zipped-up, long-sleeve team jacket, not some 18-year-old ice dancer in a midriff-baring number.
"Does this count as progress in feminism? Maybe not, but I went to the curling facility on Tuesday anyway to ask Bernard what she thought of the sensation she was causing on both sides of the border."
The fine print is that Nixon (second photo) should get some benefit of the doubt and this might even point out the blunt edge of sexualizing female athletes can create problems. Meantime, it is tough to be clear on Twitter with its 140-character limit and sooner or later everyone says something regrettable (G.A.C.). Perhaps Nixon was commenting on how sports announcers may be repetitive with their talking points.
Either way, one would hope they smooth it over.
(P.S. for The Globe & Mail. The 'Cougar Town' comparison is way, way off. Cheryl Bernard is an insurance broker. Cox's character, Jules Cobb, is a real estate broker. Not that I watch it.)
