The island of Ailsa Craig, where the two types of granite, Common Green and Blue Hone, that are used to make curling stones is quarried from, is seen from the beach at Girvan, Scotland, Thursday, Nov.

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner won mixed doubles in 2022, giving Italy its first Olympic curling championship.

Curling is a sport that, to me, had always appeared as if shuffleboard were being played on ice by very young accountants. A competitors at the 2023 FISU World University Games at the Saranac Lake ...

AILSA CRAIG, Scotland (AP) — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the coast of southwest Scotland is the ...

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics AILSA CRAIG, Scotland -- If you’re ...

AILSA CRAIG, Scotland (AP) — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles off the coast of southwest Scotland is the source of the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. AILSA CRAIG, Scotland (AP) — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to ...