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Vernon Davis owes it all to curling

The 49ers tight end is one of the best in football. He attributes it all to the humbling effects of brooms and stones.

CURLING!
CURLING!
CURLING!
Kevin C. Cox
Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

The ever-expanding sport of curling now has a new superstar enthusiast: San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis. Don Landry of Eh Game tipped us off to this one.

He credits the game of curling with helping him find the right attitude to become a total team player, telling AOL Fanhouse Columnist Lisa Olsen: “Curling, man, it humbles you.”

Curling, man. Check out the full story, while we’re over here imagining V.D. as The Dude in an all-Canadian remake of The Big Lebowski.

Dear god, that should really happen

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