Trying to tame the Olympic controversy, World Curling sent in the umps. Then they sent them away

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (AP) — The curling drama at the Winter Olympics sent the sport’s governing body scrambling to address a growing controversy and curb conflicting accounts of rule breaking. The backpedaling came less than 24 hours later.

A day after World Curling ramped up monitoring of the matches it pulled the plug, saying umpires would retreat and be available on request but not by default.

The move came after a lightning-fast meeting between national curling federations and World Curling on Saturday...