Shuster seeks sixth straight Olympic Trials crown, Dropkin leads rising challengers

Trials for the Olympic curling team have begun in Sioux Falls. Here's what you need to know

Four men's, four women's teams and two wheelchair mixed doubles compete this week to determine who will represent the U.S. in Italy next year.

Curling Team Trials results: Team Shuster dominates Day 1

How Team Shuster, Team Peterson, Team Dropkin, Team Casper and more fared on Day 1 at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

Shuster seeks sixth straight Olympic Trials crown, Dropkin leads rising challengers

SIOUX FALLS — Korey Dropkin can remember his 10-year-old self watching the 2006 Winter Olympics on television when Pete Fenson's team, with John Shuster playing lead, claimed a bronze medal in Italy. It was a singular moment in which Dropkin's Olympic dreams began. Since then, Dropkin has landed on the world stage in a number of settings, but the Olympic stage in men's team curling has been evasive. The 30-year-old skip hopes that will change, a…