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In this photo provided by Grace Vine, Beau Welling stands with PGA of America's championship trophies on Oct. 18, 2019, ahead of a preview event for the new PGA facility in Frisco, Texas. Welling is the golf course architect responsible for PGA Frisco's Fields Ranch West course. Like many late-to-the-game Americans, Beau Welling got hooked on the sport of curling after seeing the shouting and sweeping and clattering stones while watching the Olympics on television. (Beau Welling Design photo via AP)
New world curling boss found late-blooming love for sport

By Jimmy Golen Nov. 04, 2022 01:05 PM EDT

FILE - USA Curling CEO Jeff Plush applauds a presentation by a member of the U.S. Wheelchair Curling Team prior to evening competition at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 18, 2021. A majority of USA Curling's diversity task force has called for the removal of Plush as the national governing body’s CEO, accusing him of failing to act when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse and other misconduct while serving as the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)
Curling CEO resigns in wake of soccer abuse investigation

By Eddie Pells And Jimmy Golen Oct. 28, 2022 07:55 PM EDT

FILE - USA Curling CEO Jeff Plush applauds a presentation by a member of the U.S. Wheelchair Curling Team prior to evening competition at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 18, 2021. A majority of USA Curling's diversity task force has called for the removal of Plush as the national governing body’s CEO, accusing him of failing to act when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse and other misconduct while serving as the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)
Diversity task force members want USA Curling CEO Plush out

By Jimmy Golen Oct. 17, 2022 06:03 PM EDT

FILE - Britain's Eve Muirhead, from the gold medalist team, celebrates during a medal ceremony for the women's curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead is retiring from the sport it was announced Thursday, Aug. 11. The 32-year-old Muirhead secured Britain's only gold medal at this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing, having also won bronze in Sochi in 2014. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file)
Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead retires

Aug. 11, 2022 07:35 AM EDT

In this photo provided by Curling Jamaica, Jamaica's Ben Kong looks out at the sheet during a practice game against Hong Kong on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Unionville Curling Club in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The Jamaican curlers are sliding into the footsteps of the bobsledders that brought the tropical island nation to the Winter Olympics and became an international sensation. (Sandy Ewart/Curling Jamaica photo via AP)
Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica

By Jimmy Golen Aug. 03, 2022 01:03 PM EDT

Team Wild Card One skip Brad Gushue, left, second Brett Gallant, center, and lead Geoff Walker celebrate their victory over Team Alberta at the Tim Hortons Brier curling event in Lethbridge, Alberta, Sunday, March 13, 2022. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
Olympic bronze medalists win Canada curling title, 3-handed

By Jimmy Golen Mar. 14, 2022 04:24 PM EDT

Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold of Norway sports a headband reading No War Please as she competes in the Biathlon 4x6 km relay women's World Cup competition, in Kontiolahti, Finland, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
Gymnastics, curling add Russian athletes to sports bans

By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2022 11:03 AM EST

FILE - A man walking past the Russian Olympic Committee building casts a shadow on a window in Moscow, Russia on Nov. 18, 2015. The invasion of Ukraine could further undermine Russia's status as an elite sports dynasty, which already has been weakened by deception and doping scandals but often punished only by a tepid pushback from international sports bodies. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Ukraine invasion puts Russia's elite sports status at risk

By Eddie Pells Feb. 27, 2022 01:03 AM EST

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By The Associated Press Feb. 23, 2022 10:00 AM EST
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Silver medalists Team Japan celebrates during a medal ceremony for the women's curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Britain wins Olympic women’s curling gold 10-3 over Japan

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 19, 2022 10:55 PM EST

Britain's Hammy McMillan, left, Grant Hardie, centre, and Bobby Lammie watch Sweden's team play during the men's curling final match between Britain and Sweden at the Beijing Winter Olympics Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Edin skips Sweden to Olympic curling gold, Britain 2nd

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 19, 2022 05:06 AM EST

Germany's Tobias Rieder, center, celebrates after scoring a goal against Canada with Moritz Muller, left, and Marcel Noebels (92) during a preliminary round men's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
ATHLETES ON: Resilience and bouncing back after a setback

By Kelvin Chan, Candice Choi And Aaron Morrison Feb. 19, 2022 02:41 AM EST

United States' Matt Hamilton, left, and Christopher Plys celebrate after a good throw during the men's curling bronze medal match between Canada and the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
GLIMPSES: A rare look at tattooed flesh on the Olympic ice

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2022 10:30 PM EST

Gloves hang from a cabinet where COVID-19 tests are done outside an hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: US skaters lose appeal to get silver medals

Feb. 18, 2022 09:09 PM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman, of the United States, finish the women's bobsleigh heat 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
WHAT TO WATCH: Men's hockey final highlights last few medals

By Noah Trister Feb. 18, 2022 01:39 PM EST

Team Sweden, in blue, and Britain greet each other before the start of the women's curling semifinal match between Britain and Sweden at the Beijing Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Britain, Japan to play for Olympic women's curling gold

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 18, 2022 10:21 AM EST

China's Eileen Gu competes during the women's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Gu's global coming-out party ends with 3rd Olympic medal

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 18, 2022 06:46 AM EST

Canada's Brad Gushue gestures to United States' John Landsteiner at the end of the men's curling bronze medal match between Canada and the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Canada beats US behind Gushue to win Olympic curling bronze

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 18, 2022 04:04 AM EST

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, of the United States, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: China pair breaks figure skating world record

Feb. 17, 2022 08:39 PM EST

Officials from the United States' team watch the men's curling semifinal match between Britain and the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. The British and U.S. teams employ performance analysts who sit at the end of the ice sheet filming the action for match intelligence. The goal: to get a better picture of each side's strengths and weaknesses — information that can be relayed to players during breaks. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Moneyrock: Olympic curlers crunch data to get edge on ice

Kelvin Chan And Jimmy Golen Feb. 17, 2022 07:50 PM EST