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These 'Athletes' Hurl Cast-Iron Pans on Ice

This year's charity 'skillet curling' tournament raised $90K for Chattanooga food bank

(Newser) - Olympic curling it isn't, but in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the hottest thing on ice right now is a flying cast-iron pan. NPR dropped in on the city's Annual Skillet Curling Championship , where 32 costumed teams spend three days sliding frying pans toward a moving target they call "the...

First Winter Olympics Event Was Halted Within Moments

Curling matches resumed after a brief power outage in Cortina

(Newser) - The Winter Olympics got underway Wednesday with the first curling matches in Cortina, Italy, but came to a halt only moments later because of a power outage. Officials briefly paused the matches at the historic curling stadium when the lights dimmed and flickered. Curlers kept sliding on the ice to...

Hockey Helps Push Olympic Ticket Sales to 1.2M

NHL players, new Milan arena help fuel ticket surge

(Newser) - Ice hockey looks set to be the main draw at the upcoming Milano Cortina Winter Games, with organizers reporting nearly 1.2 million tickets sold so far for the Olympics and Paralympics combined, Reuters reports. That total represents about three-quarters of all available seats, according to local officials, who say...

Olympic Curling Relies on This Uninhabited Island

Scotland's Ailsa Craig supplies the super-dense granite needed to make the stones

(Newser) - If you're looking to strike gold—silver or bronze, too—look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles off the coast of southwest Scotland is the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics. Jim English, co-owner of Kays Curling, took a...

NZ Curling Team Moves Into a Canadian Retirement Home

New Zealand squad needed inexpensive lodging while training in Canada

(Newser) - The average age of residents in the Chartwell Colonel Belcher Retirement Residence in Calgary is 84, notes the New York Times . But if the home's four new temporary residents were factored in, the number would skew much lower. In an unusual lodging arrangement—and one that seems to thrill...

'Extremely Drunk' Curling Team Booted From Big Tournament

Canadian Olympian Ryan Fry apologizes

(Newser) - Drinking and the sport of curling aren't totally incompatible, the manager of the Red Deer Curling Center says—but most teams wait until after the game. A team that included Canadian Olympian Ryan Fry, however, got so drunk before a game Saturday that they were banned from a tournament...

To World's Surprise, America Takes Gold in Curling

Team USA upsets Sweden, after beating Canada

(Newser) - Team USA has pulled off one of its biggest surprises of these Olympics: curling gold. The American men scored a decisive upset of Sweden as John Shuster skipped the United States to a 10-7 victory on Saturday. It's only the second curling medal in US history. Shuster was part...

Russian Who Failed Doping Test Was a Curler

This could damage chances of reinstatement

(Newser) - Russia could lose its chance to be reinstated before the end of the Winter Olympics because of a doping charge against curling bronze medalist Alexander Krushelnitsky. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement Monday that it has "initiated a procedure involving" Krushelnitsky, who finished third in...

US Curler's Shoes 'Look Like They Were in a Dumpster Fire'
US Curler's Shoes 'Look Like
They Were in a Dumpster Fire'
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Feb 18, 2018 7:09 AM CST

US Curler's Shoes 'Look Like They Were in a Dumpster Fire'

Tyler George loves his Skechers anyway

(Newser) - Looks can be deceiving. Just ask Team USA curler Tyler George, owner of what may be the ugliest pair of shoes to grace the Olympics. George admits his tattered white Skechers—purchased eight years ago at a mall in Duluth, Minn., where he lives and owns a liquor store—"...

Norway's Curling Team Is Wearing This to Olympics

The crazy pants are back, and crazier

(Newser) - This may be the best ( or at least second-best ) Olympic photo so far: Norway's men's curling team, decked out in their fantastic new outfits. The team was a sensation at the Vancouver Olympics when members competed wearing boldly-colored, crazily-patterned golf pants instead of the standard black...

Sweden Takes Gold in Women's Curling
 Sweden Takes Gold 
 in Women's Curling 
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2010 9:11 PM CST

Sweden Takes Gold in Women's Curling

Host Canadians make defending champs work overtime

(Newser) - Sweden defended its gold medal in women's curling tonight, working overtime to beat the home-favorite Canadian foursome tonight at the Vancouver Olympics. Anette Norberg played through the din of cowbells, nailing the last shot to give her team a 7-6 victory in an extra 11th end.

5 Reasons to Watch Curling

 5 Reasons 
 to Watch 
 Curling 
vancouver olympics
Feb 16, 2010 4:10 PM CST

5 Reasons to Watch Curling

Start watching as a goof, and you might get hooked

(Newser) - It's curling time at the Olympics, and Steven Ovadia of the Bleacher Report has 5 reasons you must watch:
  • It's crazy: "I guarantee the first time you sit down to watch will blow your mind." Once the novelty fades, however, you'll realize it's a "beautiful sport."
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