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Bill Chappell

USA Curling is in open revolt over its CEO

Victoria Persinger (left) and Christopher Plys of Team USA compete against Team Norway during the Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on on Feb. 3. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

U.S. curling is in a crisis, with multiple controversies raging in public view. One centers on whether USA Curling should fire its CEO over his handling of sexual abuse allegations when he formerly led a different organization, the NWSL — the women's pro soccer league.

That conflict is playing out amid an inner schism: USA Curling's membership held a contentious vote on Friday night that resulted in ratifying the board's decision to cut ties with a large regional association comprising more than 6,000 curlers.

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