Melissa Stephens and Mark Bukowski paint red and blue lines of “the house,” the bullseye-style goal in curling. The Winter Olympic game’s object is to shove a curling stone on the ice and hope it ...

Albany Curling Club membership chair Ed O’Neill was explaining the four new recruit stations to a reporter Sunday when a member interrupted. One of the stations was going a little slow to get ...

Wheelchair curling is a game that marries strategic thinking and physical skill. Everything depends on choosing – and executing – the right throw at each point in the game. PLAYING THE GAME Players ...

When I stepped onto the ice, I could taste the cold; a chemical, ozone smell mixed with the crisp cool of the indoor ice sheets and the mustiness of the 62-year-old building that housed them. I ...

Does the idea of grabbing some drinks and throwing some stones sound like fun? Curling has come to a bar near you. Once an every-four-year curiosity that people watch during the Olympics, folks who’ve ...

Tri-City Curling Club invites the public to free open house events on Nov. 1 & 8. No experience needed — just bring clean ...

The weight of a stone in curling directly affects the strategy and effectiveness of a throw. “Heavy” stones (up to 20 kg) allow you to break through your opponent's defense and knock figures out of ...

I first heard of curling when it debuted as a Winter Olympic sport during the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. It struck me as dorky Zen. It was dorky because the athletes wore black, granny athletic ...