Kevin Martin is not someone you would ordinarily know in the USA.  He's the skip of the Canadian Curling team.  Curling, is probably less popular than soccer in the US (if that's possible) and not a whole lot of kids are signing up to take lessons.  But in Canada, Curling is a huge deal and Kevin Martin has been called "the Michael Jordan of Curling."

In his storied career, the "Old Bear"has won just about every Curling tournament known to man...except one.  That was the Olympics.  In 2002, Martin and company were upset by Norway and Saturday night, it was the Norwegians in their garish pants that stood between Martin and the one thing he needed for his impressive resume, Olympic gold.

And so, it came to pass that martin led his team to victory with some very impressive shots late in the match and finally got the gold.  At 42, his future is uncertain and if he never throws another 42 pound stone in the Olympics again, he will still have the satisfaction that in front of a world wide audience and the crazies jammed into the rink, he was a champion.

It was quite an ending to what was a pretty great Olympics.