Raise your hand if you have zero clue what curling is all about. (We’re with you.) To help straighten things out, we gleaned the basics from Ian Alexander, vice president of the Philadelphia Curling ...

(From our Gazette archives during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.) How many times do you throw stones down the ice in a game? Each game, or match, in national or international competition consists of ...

A curling team is made up of five players. The player that shoots first is known as the lead. The skip of the team is considered the leader of the team and directs the play of others. He is ...

Team USA is headed to a men's Olympic curling final for the first time. Skip John Shuster and teammates Tyler George, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner will take on Sweden on Feb. 24 for the historic ...

MARIETTA, Ga -- The 2018 Winter Olympic Games has sparked an interest in some sports here in metro Atlanta, and that includes the intriguing competition known as curling. 11Alive's Jerry Carnes joined ...

(From our Gazette archives during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.) Yet another great question, this time from Corinna, via Facebook. “I heard someone say you have to throw the rock 150 feet to the ...

Curling: It's that one Olympic sport we all hear about, but likely don't know much about it. A bunch of people sweeping the ice — how hard could it be? Well, with the Winter Olympics on our minds, ...

Men's and women's curling is played in a match consisting of ten ends, similar to an inning of baseball. In each end of curling, teams deliver eight stones, two per person on a four-person team. In ...

Matt Moore, left, and George Thomsen sweep the ice in front of a granite curling stone during a demonstration, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at the EWU Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash. Matt Moore, of ...

CHENEY, Wash. — Whether you’re a die-hard curling fan, or you’ve always been fascinated by the crazy sport full of sliding and sweeping and shouting, get ready: The National Curling Championships are ...

A curling team is made up of four players. The player that shoots first is known as the lead, the player who goes next is the second, the next player is the third and the final player to shoot is the ...