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Trump's Wild Week: Wins, Fires, and Skillet Curling?!

National Can't wait for Olympic curling? Trying its Southern cousin: skillet curling February 3, 20265:00 AM ET By Bill Chappell A competitor makes a toss during the last day of the Annual Skillet Curling Championship at First Horizon Pavilion in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Sunday. Aileen Perilla for NPR hide caption toggle caption Aileen Perilla for NPR When you put a downhome spin on an Olympic sport, you're bound to change the lingo a bit. Consider this description of skillet curling, a twist on traditional curling. 2026 Olympics Superfans turn out for U.S. Olympic Curling Team trials "You throw the bacon, and then throw the skillet kind of like you're bowling, trying to get closest to the bacon," explains Emily Rasmussen. She was part of one of the 32 teams that competed in the Skillet Curling Championship in Chattanooga, Tenn., over the weekend. Instead of the stationary bullseye that is the target for regular curlers, in this niche sport, the "bacon" is the players' target a grill press, to keep it culinary that is hurled down the ice before each round. Then teams take turns launching iron skillets in hopes of getting them bacon-adjacent, and also blocking the other team's skillets. Phil Harris kneels down to measure the distance between skillets. Aileen Perilla for NPR hide caption toggle caption Aileen Perilla for NPR That might seem a bit technical, but the Chattanooga tournament, which started in 2019 and is one of a handful of similar events in the U.S., is a charity

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