It earns its place on this list perhaps for the name alone. Most any sort of swimming can be considered a respectable sport, but it takes real moxie to call an event that involves just one person "synchronized." (Though solo boosters say the swimmer was synchronized with the music. Likely...
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...
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...
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 ...