Curling, though, represented a massive change from anything he had ever done before. “You look at it and people go, oh it’s like shuffleboard on ice,” the longtime Viking said.

The move, announced Friday, follows concern over firmer broom foams that many players said gave sweepers too much control.

Yes, curling, the wacky winter sport that captured the hearts and minds of Winter Olympics fans who watched Team USA win the gold medal in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018.

Curling is getting its first pro league, stocked with past and future Olympians competing in a six-week, six-team season touring internationally starting next April.

Curling is a sport marked more by its politeness than its competitiveness, but in 2015, a seemingly simple change to a piece of equipment set off an uproar that still cuts deep for many in the sport.

The league is the boldest move yet by TCG after its purchase of the Grand Slam of Curling in April, 2024, from Rogers Communications Inc.’s Sportsnet, which had operated the five-event circuit ...

Rock League is the world’s first professional curling league. The inaugural season will feature six mixed-gendered global franchises.