One year to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics: Twenty athletes from Team USA to watch With the Winter Olympics set to begin one year from today, here’s a look at 20 Americans worth keeping an eye on The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2025
Jared Allen: from NFL bone-cruncher to Olympic curling hopeful The former Minnesota Viking terrorized opposing quarterbacks for more than a decade. Now he is pursuing a more peaceful pursuit, and excelling once again The Guardian - US · Feb 21, 2023
How Team USA made these Beijing Olympics as fun as possible BEIJING — Life inside the Beijing Olympics bubble comes with a long list of rules. Wear a high-grade mask at all times. Disinfect your hands. Don't stand within 6 feet of anyone, and don't forget the daily COVID-19 test. Tribune News Service · Feb 20, 2022
Beneath its placid façade, curling is a sport about precision and prognostication BEIJING — The smooth, glistening ice on which curlers play — it is called a "sheet" — looks pristine, perfectly flat, to casual observers. Chris Plys sees something different as he crouches, squinting. Los Angeles Times · Feb 19, 2022
La Velle E. Neal III: A long, long day of difficult defeats — with a Minnesota flavor BEIJING — There is only one sport that is being played every day of the Olympic Games, and that is curling. Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022
After loss to Canada for curling bronze, John Shuster already has eye on 2026 BEIJING — John Shuster didn't need any time to think about it. Only a few minutes after his team lost the Olympic bronze medal match to Canada, the Chisholm, Minn., native was asked if he planned to pursue a sixth Olympic berth in 2026. Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022
U.S. Men’s Curling Misses Out on Olympic Medal in Beijing Team Shuster lost in the bronze medal game to Canada on Friday, but they did not forget the attitude that made them an instant sensation in 2018. Sports Illustrated · Feb 18, 2022
Strategy backfires on John Shuster, ending chance for another golden curl BEIJING — Curling is often called chess on ice. Thursday night, it was more like a math problem on ice for John Shuster and his teammates. Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022
Team GB beat USA to guarantee medal and book place in curling final A podium place incoming for Great Britain after Bruce Mouat guides his team through to the final The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022
Winter Olympics day 13 – as it happened Kamila Valieva slipped to fourth in figure skating and Team GB secured their first medal on a dramatic day in Beijing The Guardian - US · Feb 17, 2022
La Velle E. Neal III: Big shotmaker John Shuster’s miss adds drama in quest to defend curling gold BEIJING — John Shuster is a big shot maker. This is the same person who, four years ago, won a gold medal in men's curling for Team USA with a game-changing, house-clearing heave that led to five points against Sweden that locked up the win. Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2022
Winter Olympics day 11: Valieva leads after short program – as it happened Kamila Valieva took to the ice amid a swirl of controversy and elsewhere there were golds, blunders and much more The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2022
Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened Ayumu Hirano won snowboard halfpipe gold, Suzanne Schulting defended her 1,000m short track title and Christopher Grotheer won the skeleton The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2022
Sweden wins curling gold-medal rematch, beats Team Shuster in pool play BEIJING — At one point on Thursday, Team USA skip John Shuster had a casual chat with Swedish counterpart Niklas Edin, reflective of how the international curling community gets along. Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022
Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022 John Shuster rink tops Russian curlers to open gold medal defense BEIJING — It's been a good ride for Team Shuster. Since the Minnesota-based foursome won an Olympic gold medal in 2018, they've appeared on late-night TV, rung the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and met countless celebrities.
Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2022 Curler tries to turn disappointment into grit BEIJING — Chris Plys has dealt with letdowns before. In fact, before he joined John Shuster's team, they were a fairly frequent occurrence.
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022 Olympic curler shares touching moment he told his children he was chosen as flag bearer for Team USA Olympian’s son announced the news to his entire third-grade class
Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022 Curler John Shuster named to carry U.S. flag in Olympic opening ceremony BEIJING — John Shuster already considered it the honor of a lifetime to represent the U.S. in his fifth Olympic Games. Wednesday, the curling skip from Chisholm, Minn., earned an even more meaningful distinction.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 2, 2022 Team USA Names Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony of Beijing Olympics The opening ceremony takes place Friday in the Bird’s Nest.
Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2022 U.S. curling, overhauled and powered by Minnesotans, ready for Olympics Every four years, Americans get fired up for curling. Can't get enough of it.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 1, 2022 Inside the Power Dynamic—and Secret Code!—That Makes the U.S. a Curling Threat The women should medal; the men could gold, again. Here’s why Team USA domination is realistic.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 27, 2022 Meet Team USA: Beijing 2022 A group of 222 athletes from around the country will compete at the Winter Games, where a total of 109 events in 15 disciplines across seven sports on snow and ice will be held—in a bubble, under COVID-19 protocols—across 12 competition venues in China. From fresh faces to familiar ones,…