Curling is often called “chess on ice” for good reason. The Olympic sport blends strategy, physics and teamwork as two teams ...

DENVER — Curling ice is not as smooth as it looks. When it comes to the ice that the world’s best curlers are on at the Winter Olympics, it’s better if that ice is bumpy. At the Denver Curling Club, ...

BEIJING — Curling ice has come a long way in the 600 years since the Scottish began sliding stones across frozen lochs. A modern curling sheet like one at the Ice Cube venue in Beijing is made with ...

The Swiss-Filipino team aiming to lead the Southeast Asian nation to an Olympic curling appearance call their journey "curl runnings." ...

Local curling enthusiasts are still beaming over the success of last month’s Olympic Trials in Sioux Falls. They say the ...

It's known as "chess on ice." Curling, like chess, is a game of battling for position and strategically outmaneuvering the opposition. Unlike chess, it involves sliding large rocks down a sheet of ice ...

Besides giving curlers two Olympic medal chances, doing double duty provides teams valuable insight into the ice, rocks and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Pebbling, sweeping, hacks and stones. These are all curling sports terms that can be learned as students slide around on ice during community classes taught by the Grand Rapids ...

From December 5 to 18, teams from around the world compete in men’s, women’s and mixed doubles competitions. They will be ...

Upper Michigan Today got back on the ice Monday. John Redfield and Audrey Stetson practiced a sport new to both of them: ...