Curling goddess put on ice

SOCHI, Russia − It’s a lot of fun knowing that whenever I write a story here on a big event, I’m spoiling the results for NBC’s prime-time broadcast. I’m dreading the day I’ll have to view these things on television, watching poor souls like Bode Miller get grilled about dead siblings.

NBC could get me to cry just by asking about the Wi-Fi in my dorm.

Wave goodbye to pretty Anna Sidorova, the Russian curler. She had a so-so throwing accuracy (78%) and suffered an epic choke in the eighth end of the match against Britain. Anna also caused a stir by saying of Jennifer Jones, the Canadian skipper: “She has been playing five years longer than I have been alive.”

Anna’s extremely revealing stor y in The News is still hanging around our top 10 most-read stories, more than a week later. Web viewers clearly have an insatiable appetite for curling. I should now travel the curling circuit, regardless of expenses incurred by my paper.

Coffey never found the Wimbledon credential application, so he had to get an official there to email a copy. He basically told her I misplaced it. Next time I go there I’ll straighten it all out and he’ll never be welcome at SW19 London again.

Despite rumors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would be at Russia-USA hockey, there were no celebrities there except Vladimir Putin. In Vancouver, I was sitting in the press box and some fan kept blocking my view until I poked him in the shoulder. The guy turned around and it was William Shatner. This time, the guy standing in front of me was some schlub reporter from Moscow.

Woke up at 6 a.m. to loud cackling and the smell of cigarette smoke from the neighboring room. Once again, somebody is having more fun than I am.