CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — At one end of the ice was the brother, pumping his fists. At the other was the sister, jumping up and down with her broom in her hand and a look of disbelief on her bespectacled face.

When it comes to general sex appeal, the Summer Olympics wins gold handily. The imagination is easily piqued by the sight of sweaty volleyballers and glistening swimmers; it has to work much harder on the bundled-up curlers and snowboarders of the Winter Games.

Norway’s married mixed doubles curling team drew attention after a heated on-ice exchange during