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Curling is one of those events at the Winter Olympics where public interest in the sport seems to lie dormant most of the time, and then for three weeks every four years, it becomes a global sensation.
There’s just something about watching a polished rock glide across furiously swept ice that draws us in. This year, Team USA has sent 10 players to compete in the men’s, women’s and mixed doubles curling competitions, with the men’s team helmed by skip Danny Casper and the women’s team led by Tabitha Peterson Lovick. (Fun fact: Lovick’s younger sister Tara is also on the team.)
All 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics curling events are taking place at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. The men’s and women’s competitions are under way now, while the mixed doubles curling competition has already ended. The American mixed doubles team of Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse ended up nabbing a silver medal, narrowly defeated by the Swedish team.
The men’s and women’s competitions will run through the last day of the Games on Sunday, Feb 22. You can watch every curling match live on Peacock, and on most days of the competition, CNBC will air a Best of Curling recap show at 5 p.m. ET. You can see the complete TV broadcast schedule here, including live matches and encore broadcasts.
A full schedule of curling events through the rest of the Games can be found below.
What is curling, and what terms should you know?
The fact is that for most viewers, the Olympics is our only opportunity to watch curling, and the rules may not be clear if you’re a casual fan. Curling involves two teams, and the ice they play on is known as the sheet. Men’s and women’s curling consists of two teams of four, while the mixed doubles competition features two teams, each consisting of one man and one woman.
Teams take turns sliding heavy granite stones toward a round target on the ice called the house. This consists of concentric circles, and there’s one at either end of the sheet. In regular curling, each team slides eight stones; in mixed doubles, they slide five per end. There are usually 10 ends, which you can think of as a round or an inning, in a curling match.
Curling stones don’t have a special name other than