In the mid 2010s Curling, both Hardline Curling and American Olympic medalist curler John Shuster were facing a huge challenge from the powers governing this centuries-old sport. Hardline had come up with a controversial and revolutionary sweeping pad and Shuster has been dropped by USA Curling. Their next moves would have lasting impacts on the game you'll see in February.
Both join host Lauren Shehadi to share their stories of early success, tumult and vindication in a time known as "broomgate".
Listen to Season 3 of NBC Sports' The Podium.
Winning Silver or Losing Gold: Second to None
Big in Japan: The Host Nation’s Sports Landscape
New Kids On the Podium Blocks: Fresh Faces In Tokyo
Routinely Great: Inside The Mental Game
Transformed by Tech: How the Olympics stay cutting edge
Lighting the Way to Tokyo: The Power of the Torch
Prepare for Tokyo: Season 2
A Paralympic Winter Games Preview
Bonus: Chef David Chang and Lucia Cho on the splendor and complexity of Korean food
Day 16: Mike Tirico reflects on the 2018 Games; a meeting between North and South Koreans
Day 15: Maame Biney and Norway's dominance
Day 14: Maia and Alex Shibutani; Describing the Olympics for the visually impaired
Day 13: Behind-the-Olympic-scenes with an alternate and freeskiing judge
Day 12: Facing their fears -- how Olympians come back from major injuries
Day 11: Adam Rippon, the Olympic diet, studying on the slopes
Day 10: All in the (Olympic) family; Vermont’s Olympic pedigree
Day 9: Nathan Chen's rebound; Jonny Moseley's influence
Day 8: Gus Kenworthy empowers LGBTQ athletes; Devin Logan takes on slopestyle
Day 7: Mikaela Shiffrin falls short; Vonetta Flowers and black athletes at the Winter Olympics
Day 6: The Shib Sibs, pairs, and a crash course in sliding sports
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