RANGELEY — Curling is an esoteric sport, especially when practiced outdoors on frozen lakes and ponds. In the state of Maine there is only one location with covered indoor ice dedicated to curling only, and that is in Belfast. There is indoor curling also in Portland, but it is in a hockey arena at the […]
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COVID-19 robs Olympic curlers of beloved social culture
Curling is a sport built around closeness.
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Analytics revolution is sweeping through curling
Next up in curling analytics: sensors tracking speed and spin rate.
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Growing pains: Curling club looking to expand into new digs
Remember when you and the gang used to play pickup hockey on that frozen pond out in the middle of nowhere? The puck would take crazy hops as it slammed into frozen knots of ice. An elegant pass would go completely off course when the puck slipped into weird grooves, dips or bumps. Pond hockey […]
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‘Chess on ice:’ Curling attracts those looking for a bit of competition and camaraderie
Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.
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Doping scandal rocks Olympic curling — yes, curling
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The news of Alexander Krushelnitsky’s banishment spread fast Sunday night, bouncing from one athlete and official to the next. It came as a shock in some corners and a sad fulfillment of expectation in others. The process of sharing updates of a failed drug test has become commonplace at the Olympics, […]
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Siblings team up for new Olympic curling event
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — A pair of siblings from McFarland, Wisconsin, is set to make their Olympic debut on Thursday in the mixed doubles event in curling – one of four disciplines to be newly introduced at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Matt Hamilton encouraged his younger sister Becca to start curling when they were both […]
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In Olympic curling, men and women are not created equal
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The 40-pound granite stone at the heart of curling is nearly impossible to lift — heavier, somehow, than any 40-pound bag of garden mulch or dog food because its entire mass is crammed into a rock no bigger than a bistro chair cushion with a small handle attached. But the point […]
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Olympic FAQ: What is curling?
Curling is contested on ice – called a sheet – with targets at either end, referred to as the house. The house is made up of 12-, 8- and 4-foot rings and the center, called a button. Teams take turns sliding a large granite stone, sometimes called a rock, from one end of the sheet […]