Curling
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In an Arctic Outpost, Friday Nights Are for Curling
INUVIK, Northwest Territories — Alison Lennie steps out of her house into 29 degrees below zero. It’s twilight, and the…
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Curling Drifts to the East, Where Rock Stars Are Being Born
BEIJING — In Japan, the curlers of Team Fujisawa, the women’s team, are rock stars. Their cries of “sodanee,” or…
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Beijing Got All Ready for Olympic Curling. But About the Ice …
BEIJING — Ice might just seem to be ice. But not in curling. The frozen sheets created for elite competitions…
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A Curler Chases Gold, While He Still Can
Niklas Edin is one of the most decorated curlers on the planet. At home in Karlstad, Sweden, most of his…
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Curling’s Scottish Soundtrack, Delivered by Bagpipers from Beijing
BEIJING — The curling arena darkened and strobe lights blotted the ice. A band of bagpipers marched in almost like…
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How the ‘Garlic Girls’ Overcame Abuse to Return to the Olympics
BEIJING — They were the feel-good story of the Winter Olympics in 2018: young women from a remote farming county…
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How Failure Forced Canada Into a Curling Reckoning
Disappointed. Demoralized. Dejected. Those who were involved can remember the feelings that consumed them four years ago. “It really made…
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