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Doug Clark (Author)


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March 4, 2007

The Roaring Game is an appealing social history of curling that explains why "the roaring game" has become a roaring success both here in Canada and around the world. Curling thrives as the only sport where men and women can compete equally in the same forum and by the same rules, where rank amateurs can play competitively against the sportís elites, where anyone from nine to ninety can get involved. Curling blends sport, tradition, lifestyle, health, and camaraderie around the single most important rule of the game, marked by the three Cs: Curling Cheats Confess. In that regard, curling isn't just a way of life — it's a pretty good foundation for living life.

Touching on the history, highlights, humour, and even horrors of curling, Doug Clark focuses on the Canadian innovations that helped popularize the sport worldwide and hoist it onto the silver screen and Olympic gold.



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The Roaring Game is an appealing social history of curling that explains why "the roaring game" has become a roaring success both here in Canada and around the world. Curling thrives as the only sport where men and women can compete equally

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Doug Clark is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in publications such as the Globe and Mail, Saturday Night, Macleanís, and the Toronto Star. He is the author of Unkindest Cut:The Torso Murder of Selina Shen, Billion $$$ High, Heart to Heart, and Dark Paths, Cold Trails, which was short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for best non-fiction. Clark lives in Ottawa, Ontario.


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