Here is the Complete curling schedule for the Winter Olympics, with how to watch and streaming details

The first sporting events of the 2026 Winter Olympics get underway today with curling round-robins. The U.S. delegation this year will be the largest ever, with 232 athletes, including 98 returning Olympians, several of whom have medaled multiple times.

The U.S. will be represented in all three curling events the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Here's what you need to know about curling.

When curling gets underway at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, competitors will be relieved to swap thermometers, masks and social distancing for packed stadiums and family time after enduring the sterile bubble of Beijing 2022.

Canada’s Joan McCusker and another TCN columnist, Chelsea Carey, will make their OBS debuts. For 1998 Olympic champ McCusker it’s the first trip back to the Winter Games since her CBC days, and for Carey it’s an overall Olympic debut.

Scoring an End: A game is divided into rounds called ends, typically eight or 10 per match. Once all 16 stones (eight per team) have been played, the team with the stone closest to the button scores one point for every stone that is closer to the centre than the opponent’s best stone.

It might seem inelegant to yeet an iron skillet across an ice rink. But this spinoff sport has its own techniques and lingo: You can throw a turtle at the bacon, for instance.

The 25th Winter Olympics will soon be underway. That includes curling. WYSO's Jerry Kenney caught up with a local group, Curl Troy, which is working to boost the sport.