Bondy: Russian beauty brings competition to curling

SOCHI, Russia — A row of curling fans wearing red jackets with the word “CANADA” emblazoned across the front applauded and waved tiny Maple Leaf flags in unison as Jennifer Jones landed another stone right on target. The Canada skip just didn't miss  CURLING! It's Olympic-level shuffleboard, played by dudes we'd love to have a … Read more

Olympics: Curling coach answers 5 burning questions

No Winter Olympics sport takes more abuse from TV viewers than curling. With 12 days of curling on tap in Sochi (daily play continues until medals are awarded to the women on Feb. 20, and the men on Feb. 21), it's time we change that. We phoned 2010  Sochi 2014: Men's curling – Team GB. … Read more

Olympics: Curling coach answers 5 burning questions

Eve Muirhead cannot hide the perfectionist in her. An angry slap of her broom against her trousers and a face as thunderous as a stormy day on Ailsa Craig told a tale of how Britain's world champion curler was punishing herself after a misfiring start Jeffrey Shih @lucky_dumpling Follow. Russia's curling team has some mesmerizing … Read more

Traveling pants: Norway curling team wearing out opponents

CURLING: A quick how-to primer. Brown and her teammates can take some solace in the fact that the Swiss played nearly a perfect game after their uneven start. Paced by skip Mirjam Ott, Switzerland was aggressive in its ownership of the house, the Russia and Great Britain kick off the competition, and three other curling … Read more

Traveling pants: Norway curling team wearing out opponents

Follow SBNation.com on Twitter. Like SBNation.com Facebook. Curling's first day of action proved a tough one for both American teams, while the Canadian men's squad split its first two contests as the team tries to win gold for the third straight Olympics. If you don't watch curling, then you're making a huge mistake, because curling … Read more

Everything You Need to Know About Curling at the Sochi Winter Olympics

In actual competition, you can also see the women's curling match — CURLING! — between Sweden and Great Britain; Sweden took gold in women's curling in Vancouver. Monday marks the first day of curling action in both men's and women's competition,  Lots of events on tap but CURLING CURLING CURLING. Curling is a four-year wonder. … Read more