Curling sparks curiosity each Winter Olympics cycle. Learn more about the format, rules, scoring and other elements now.

With the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, approaching, we take a look at how you can better enjoy curling. Curling is a relatively complicated sport, rule-wise, but an easy one when ...

The curling mixed doubles event is well underway at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, with matches starting ahead of the event's Opening Ceremony. Matches will continue every day until Tuesday, February ...

If you’ve ever watched Olympic curling, ostensibly, it might not seem like the most exciting sport; perhaps some sort of a hybrid between shuffleboard and air hockey. However, after taking a closer ...

Curling is often called “chess on ice” for good reason. The Olympic sport blends strategy, physics and teamwork as two teams slide 42-pound granite stones down a 150-foot sheet of ice toward a target ...

Curling is one of the oldest team sports on the planet. It first began in the 16th century in Scotland and was played at the time on frozen lakes. Men's curling made its debut in the Winter Olympics ...

The games are too long, scaring away younger fans with ever-diminishing attention spans. There is too much standing around between spurts of activity. And the unpredictable duration makes it difficult ...

Curling will be back once again at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The complex sport incorporates skills and rules from multiple games including shuffleboard and ice hockey. Curling stems from ...

Curling kicks off in Beijing with mixed doubles Feb. 2-8. Women's and men's curling is Feb. 9-20. In team curling, each athlete releases two stones toward a bull's-eye-shaped target known as the house ...

like innings in baseball. Many lesser competitions already last only eight rounds, the way Grand Slam men’s tennis tournaments involve five sets while others have gone to three. In a 10-end match, ...

The games are too long, scaring away younger fans with ever-diminishing attention spans. There is too much standing around between spurts of activity. And the unpredictable duration makes it difficult ...