There’s big news for fans of curling, one of the world’s oldest sports, where the spirit of fair play is supposed to govern all conduct. World Curling, in consultation with its in-house Athlete ...
Like shuffleboard or bowling, curling involves throwing an object toward a target for points. But there's one big difference: Players can influence shots after they're thrown. That's where sweeping ...
Curling doesn't get much airtime outside of the Olympics, but every four years it becomes fans' sports obsession. It looks like something anyone can do, a merging of shuffleboard with ice, but there ...
"We've done a lot of training with eye tracking," says Jason Kean (throwing the stone) of Team GB. Players can use visual cues, like a logo on a wall, in the arena to line up their shots. Mattia Ozbot ...
Curling, which first became an organized sport in Scotland, traces its roots to the 1500s. Historians say paintings from the time depict people sliding rocks across frozen ponds. It took a few ...
Every Winter Olympics cycle, people turn on their television or whatever device suits their viewing needs and see athletes using a broom to help guide a 44-pound stone down a sheet of ice. The brooms, ...