Yes, curling is a sport. The U.S. Olympic team’s hardcore training regimen proves it.

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At first glance, curling looks like it could have been invented by a bunch of drunk shuffleboard fans who got bored while ice fishing out on Lake Minnetonka.

One person chucks a 40-lb hunk of granite down a sheet of ice while two others push brooms in front of it, trying to make that ice just slippery enough for that hunk of granite to land on a bullseye—or knock the other team’s stones out of play.

We know: THRILLING.

And to be sure, there’s plenty of booze in curling culture, either during friendly competitions or after an afternoon on the ice.

So if your definition of “sport” involves burning more calories than you consume, then casual curling—like golf, bowling, and definitely darts—may not exactly move the needle for the uneducated observer.

But these days, Olympic-level curling takes some serious stones. In addition to the time spent practicing on the ice, Olympic curling athletes spend a lot of time in the weight room and doing cardio. USA Curling Head...

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