An employee’s odd pattern in broken play equipment sparks questions about pigment chemistry and plastic durability.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — As the final stone slid toward the house, Shelley Dropkin started to get to her feet. Sitting in the front row at center ice, she leaned over the edge of the railing as she ...

Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the United States its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy at the Milano Cortina Games.

After getting shut out on the first day of the competition, Team USA started to rack up the medals over the second and third days of the 2026 Winter Olympics. On Monday the curling mixed doubles team ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The United States' Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse beat reigning Olympic and world champions Italy 9-8 in the mixed doubles semifinals at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday ...

Team USA will have a chance to play for Olympic gold in mixed doubles curling. In what was a semifinal thriller, Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin knocked off two-seeded Italy, the reigning Olympic gold ...

Team USA curling already exceeded expectations at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics prior to Monday's action. After finishing the round-robin session 6-3, Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin became the first ...

For the second time in three Winter Olympics, the United States is on the verge of curling history. In Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018, an American team led by John Shuster won the country’s first ...

Cory and Korey became one of the highlights of Team USA early in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin secured U.S. Olympic history Monday with a stunning upset of hosts Italy ...