The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in...
Spencer Gause, a gym-short wearing 17-year-old who came with some buddies to the Omaha event, found pushing the stone down a 150-foot rectangular sheet into the scoring area known as the “house” requires skill that takes more than the allotted two hours to develop. Article content “Ju...
This reduces the amount of friction between the stone and ice. It also contributes to the curl of the stone when it’s thrown. The sweepers on a curling team have the task of sweeping the ice in front of the moving stone with brooms. This action melts the pebbled...
medals were close to identical apart from the host city and year of the games. During the 1972 Munich Games -- overshadowed by the murder of 11 Israeli athletes -- the identical medal tradition was broken with a new design on one side. Since then, they've been a varied bunch: In the...
Curling is a winter sport played by two teams or four players on a rectangular sheet ice with large heavy, polished granite stones. The teams take turns sliding the stones down the ice towards the target. Two sweepers with brooms also accompany each stone to help direct them. The aim is ...