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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Curling 101 at the Utica Curling Club Charlie Schatz of the Utica Curling Club gives Syracuse.com's Brent Axe a "Curling 101" lesson. Did you watch Curling during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi? It ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...