{"id":72873,"date":"2018-11-05T22:31:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T04:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=72873"},"modified":"2018-11-05T22:31:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T04:31:40","slug":"love-and-curling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/love-and-curling\/","title":{"rendered":"Love and Curling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Casey Bannon<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The sport of curling in America capitalized on its Olympic gold medal victory earlier this year with a spike in participation and renewed interest among young people. \u00a0No other sport sees a bigger surge in search traffic index during Olympic years than curling, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/america-loves-curling-until-it-forgets-about-it-for-four-years\/\">Google Trends<\/a>. The Chicago Curling Club is one of the organizations trying to keep that interest alive when the national stage fades away. Founded in 1948, their Northbrook ice sheet is home to Second City Curling and &#8220;Learn 2 Curl&#8221; programs, which aim to teach and grow the game around the neighboring Northern Illinois communities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Love and Curling\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/299143159?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The game is simple: Get more stones closer to the center of the bullseye than your opponent. Each player throws two of the team&#8217;s eight stones while teammates reduce friction on the pebbled ice by sweeping along its path. After eight rounds, the team with the most points wins. At this curling club, that means you have to buy the first round of drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Medill Reports caught up with some members of the curling club on Halloween night and found characters, costumes and commitment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Adam Miller and Sara Guam get married at the Chicago Curling Club. (Photo Credit\/Chris Neseman)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Casey Bannon Medill Reports The sport of curling in America capitalized on its Olympic gold medal victory earlier this year with a spike in participation and renewed interest among young people. \u00a0No other sport sees a bigger surge in search traffic index during Olympic years than curling, according to Google Trends. The Chicago Curling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":72880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4447],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2018"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Love and Curling - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/love-and-curling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Love and Curling - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Casey Bannon Medill Reports The sport of curling in America capitalized on its Olympic gold medal victory earlier this year with a spike in participation and renewed interest among young people. \u00a0No other sport sees a bigger surge in search traffic index during Olympic years than curling, according to Google Trends. 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