Before Team USA curling plays at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, learn how the sport works. Here are facts about the hammers, stones, rules, scoring and more.

Yes, first of all, curling is indeed a sport. And, as you might have already guessed, it’s a winter sport, hence its appearance in the 2018 Winter Olympics and in your latest news feeds.

Curling is a team sport – either men’s, women’s or mixed – played on ice. Two teams take turns sliding the granite stones across a 150-foot long,15-foot-7-inch wide sheet of ice towards a ...