There was some slipping and sliding going on at the Red Baron Arena and Expo last weekend – but that was all part of learning ...

The recorded history of curling indicates that the game developed during the 16th century in Scotland, the Netherlands and possibly Belgium. The earliest curling stone dates back to 1511 and includes ...

The 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships and two Olympic Qualification Events will determine which countries send curling teams to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. A maximum of 28 teams and 96 ...

(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 often has people saying 'I can do that,' but it's harder than it looks. — -- As someone who has almost exclusively rooted for the halftime performer for the past 20 Super Bowls, I totally ...

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 ...

If you’re anything like me, Olympic curling is a curious obsession that peeks out from behind the TV every four years bearing a playful smirk the likes of which no one can resist. It calls to us ...

Most brooms have synthetic bristles. Straw brooms were used in the past, but leave remnants of straw on the ice and thus are not commonly used in Olympic-level competition. Special curling shoes are ...

When curling appeared as a medal sport at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games, many believed it was making its debut as an official Olympic sport after years. However, a 2006 discovery by the Scottish ...

The recorded history of curling indicates that the game developed during the 16th century in Scotland, the Netherlands and possibly Belgium. There is some question as to who played the game first – ...