Is there such a thing as bad publicity? At the Olympics, curling is finding out ... probably not
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The world of curling has spent decades trying to figure out a way to raise its profile beyond the “once-every-four-years” curiosity it becomes during the Winter Olympics. The animated back-and-forth between Sweden's Oskar Eriksson and Canada’s Marc Kennedy during a match Saturday night — when Eriksson accused Kennedy of an illegal “double touch” — managed to do in a handful of seconds what years of promotion by those within the sport that looks like a combination of shuffleboard, chess and vacuuming the living room could not: cut through the noise to push it to the front of the line, ahead of the skiers and skaters and snowboarders that typically dominate the conversation whenever the Games roll around. Alina Paetz watched the proof unfold in real time.
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Trinidad and Tobago bobsleigh gets unlikely North Yorkshire backing
Bobsleigh pilot Axel Brown, from Harrogate, represents the Caribbean country at the Olympics.
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Joe Burrow’s future with Bengals predicted to be in doubt
Joe Burrow’s future with the Cincinnati Bengals became a popular topic during the 2025 NFL season. The star quarterback. Back in December, he sounded like somebody tired of losing and seeing his team’s front office not do anything to change…
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