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

Curling is one of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics, an event of considerable skill and strategy, requiring steady nerves and intense precision. There are three medal events at Beijing ...

Draw shot. Freeze. Hit-and-roll. You’ll hear all of these during a curling game, but what do they mean? There are many different types of curling shot players can throw. Here’s an explainer for most ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — With the Olympics taking place in Beijing, the interest in winter sports like curling is on the rise. At the Black Swamp Curling Center in Bowling Green, people from all over the ...

A takeout is any throw meant to remove one of the other team’s rocks from play. Sometimes you’ll even hear of double or triple takeouts, based on how many rocks are removed with the single throw.