OGDEN, Utah -- U.S. curling team skip Tim Somerville is going back to the Olympics. If he's fortunate, maybe he can also work his way onto the television talk-show circuit.

And the runner-up is ...

OGDEN, Utah -- The Craig Brown team defeated the Scott Baird team 8-2 in a tie-breaker Sunday to determine second and third place in the double round-robin tournament at the U.S. Olympic trials. Brown's team scored the first five points of the game, getting two in the first end and stealing singles in the next three. Baird's team got on the board with two in the fifth, but it was over after Brown countered with three more in the sixth. Brown, 26, of Madison, Wis., was coach to his teammembers Ryan Quinn, Eau Claire. Wis.; John Brunt, Wauwatosa, Wis.; and John Dunlop, Milwaukee to their 7-5 second-place berth. Third-place winner Scott Baird of Bemidji, Minn., led teammembers Cody Stevens and Randy Baird of Bemidji, and Phillip Drobnick, Eveleth, Minn., also were 7-5 in the final standings. Only the first-place team led by Tim Somerville of Roseville, Minn., will go to the Olympics. Somerville and his three teammates beat a squad led by Paul Pustovar of Hibbing, Minn., 7-1 Saturday to win the games berth.

Somerville, of Roseville, Minn., and his three teammates beat a squad led by Paul Pustovar of Hibbing, Minn., 7-1 Saturday to win the double round-robin tournament at the U.S. Olympic trials.

"We'll need some breaks, some luck," Somerville said, assessing his team's chances for an Olympic medal. "You never know, but we're going to take our chances because our chances are good."

The rest of the team includes Mike Schneeberger of Superior, Wis.; Myles Brundidge of Nekoosa, Wis.; and John Gordon of Columbia Heights, Minn. They're coached by Somerville's father, Bud.

Curling sometimes gets publicized in the United States only when someone tries to mock it. Athletes hurl 42-pound granite stones 140 feet across an ice rink, trying to score points by placing the rock into a set of circles known as a house.

As the stone rumbles across the surface, players carrying brooms vigorously sweep the ice ahead. They're trying to create enough friction to melt the ice, so the stone won't curl as much and, thus, slides farther.

Like any Olympic event, it takes skill and strategy to win. But to those unfamiliar with the sport, curling can look funny.

Somerville, a 41-year-old employee at a home improvement store, understands that curling makes good comedy to some. He takes no offense.

"That stuff doesn't bother me," he said. "I've played this game a while. My dad played it before that. I used to go down to the rink and watch him when I was a kid. That stuff doesn't hurt my feelings one bit."

Somerville recalled how, after his squad's fourth-place finish at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, David Letterman had fun showing video of the Americans on his late-night talk show.

"Maybe this time around, we could get on Leno if we can win a medal," Somerville said.

An Olympic medal isn't out of the picture if Somerville's team stays hot. After losing their first two games at the trials, they won eight in a row and handily defeated Pustovar's rink in a one-hour match.

"You always want to win a medal and it was tough losing in the semifinal round last time," Somerville said. "This time around, I think we're going to fight right down to the end."