Curling has been in the Winter Olympics for four years now, but it still seems a little strange to most of us. John Shuster, the captain--or "skip"--of the U.S. Curling Team in Vancouver, explains this unusual sport, and NSF-funded...

A curling stone being polished during the First Canadian Winter Games in Quebec / CU female contestant throwing a curling stone across the ice / team members brush the ice in front of the stone as it slides along / teams playing side by...

Title: "Paramount News - Sports On Ice Reaches Colorful Finals" superimposed over WS curling tournament / Back view player throwing curling stone / CU follow player sweeping stone home / Follow of stone reaching home / MS crowd / Side...

WS people practice curling on indoor rink / women watch from booth above rink / VS women's curling competition including an elderly woman / MS side view women watch from booth above rink / VS competition with curling stones in center...

Pan castle, snow on ground, people carrying skis in front, can hear voices and yodeling / ski instructor in front of learners lined up behind him; he tells them to put ski up as he demonstrates; they laugh / side view student skiers with...

Middle Aged Women Curling

The small island of Ailsa Craig off the west of Scotland contains a very rare type of granite, the qualities of which are ideal for making curling stones, the Winter Olympics discipline of sliding a stone across the ice towards a target...

VOICED : China's state backed curlers hope for Winter Olympic sweep

Women's British Curling Team & Eve Muirhead

CLEAN : China's state backed curlers hope for Winter Olympic sweep