Brooms at the ready, Harvard’s curling team takes to the ice

Friday marks the opening of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where one of the winter competition’s quirkier events will again attract viewers who often start off unsure what to make of it, and end up die-hard fans. Many who give a try it are instantly hooked. Just ask Harvard junior Neekon Vafa, president of the Harvard Curling Team, which was fourth in the college championships last year.