Curling becomes North Dakota's official sport, thanks to Bismarck sixth-grader
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BISMARCK TRIBUNE STAFF Curling is now the official sport of North Dakota, thanks to a Bismarck middle school student who brought the idea to the Legislature and convinced lawmakers to go along. Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 2229 -- which designates the game of ice, stones and brooms as the state's official sport -- with a tongue-in-cheek announcement of a "sweeping" change to state law. The bill had previously passed the Senate 30-17 and the House 72-21 after being broached by Horizon Middle School sixth grader Alaina Schmit and introduced by Sen.