THE SEVEN-TEN SPLIT. Curlers don't like comparisons with bowling, but how else describe the Swedish shot I just saw, knocking two British stones out of the scoring area? I also confess to liking any game in which the trailing side, recognizing the inevitable, can resign the game. (Every football coach should be issued two large Kings, a white one for home games and a black one for road games, and given the option to stop the game and lay the appropriate one on its side at midfield.) The economist in me wonders if that custom would be the same if tradition obligated the loser to buy the first round.