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Editor’s note (March 12, 2020): The curling college national championships have been canceled due to concerns of coronavirus exposure.

What’s Minnesota’s favorite quirky sport? It’s got to be curling.

The Olympic sport involves a granite stone, ice with a pebbled surface, brooms to polish the ice and a bullseye. This weekend, the college curling national championships are being held at the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club. Two curlers explained the sport’s growing popularity and shared facts on how curling got started.

 is a senior at NOVA Classical Academy and is a Junior Men’s state champion.

 is an MPR News digital producer who writes about outdoor activities for our Outside in Minnesota initiative. He's also a curler.

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We’re going to turn our attention to a popular sport here in Minnesota – curling! The college curling national championships are being held at the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club this weekend. Two curlers explained the sport’s growing popularity and shared facts on how it got started.

MPR News with Angela Davis - We’re going to turn our attention to a popular sport here in Minnesota – curling! It’s an Olympic sport involving a granite stone, ice with a pebbled surface, brooms to polish the ice and a bullseye. The college curling national championships are being held at the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club this weekend. Two curlers explained the sport’s growing popularity and shared facts on how it got started.

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