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Anything can happen: Bowling the USBC Queens

Anything can happen: Bowling the USBC Queens

The USBC Queens is a tournament where you better show up with the understanding that failure is part of the deal. It is a tournament where you watch someone on a nearby pair win a match with a 550 series while you lose with a 720, where you crush the field in qualifying only to be sent to the contender’s bracket after the opening round of match play.

2012 USBC Queens profiles: Elysia Current

2012 USBC Queens profiles: Elysia Current

It was not hard to spot Elysia Current growing up. She was the one pitching a shutout with a swollen eye after getting hit in the face with a softball, the one shoeing up on the lanes to bowl league with a bandaged wrist she sprained a day earlier.

Salute to Bowling to return to auction/cocktail format in 2012

December 01, 2011

Salute to Bowling to return to auction/cocktail format in 2012

Salute to Bowling, traditionally one of the sport’s biggest annual fund-raising events, will return to its previous format in 2012. The 23rd Salute will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23 during the 2012 Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America Bowling Summit at the Meritage Resort in Napa Valley, Calif. It will feature free admission courtesy of joint presenters Brunswick and Qubica/AMF.

Sean Rash shows soft side

November 22, 2011

Sean Rash shows soft side

Bowling fans may know Sean Rash as the current “bad boy” on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour, but what they may not know is that the bad boy has a soft side.

Detroit league turns 100

October 07, 2011

Detroit league turns 100

The world Earl Richter knew when he joined the City Lutheran Bowling League in 1946 was a place where people were eager for a return to normalcy as they put another world war behind them. A bowling league seemed like a great way to start.

Senior tour no match for Mohr&amp;#39;s angel

September 14, 2011

Senior tour no match for Mohr's angel

One thing you learn when you lose the one you love is that you have nothing left to lose.

Hall of Fame profiles: Carol Gianotti

Hall of Fame profiles: Carol Gianotti

Anyone who knows her will tell you that few people hate losing more than Carol Gianotti. Even fewer have gone through more than she has to avoid it over the years.

Hall of Fame profiles: Cheryl Robinson

Hall of Fame profiles: Cheryl Robinson

Cheryl Robinson was “the brunette with flashing brown eyes that seem to smile perpetually,” as one 1970 Bowlers Journal story put it. She was the 1970 Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow, and she was just as likely to land roles in Hollywood as she was to score on the lanes.

Hall of Fame profiles: Jeff Richgels

Hall of Fame profiles: Jeff Richgels

The day Jeff Richgels asked his mentor if he thought he could hack it out on tour was the day he began to learn what it takes to be great.

Duggan looking to win again

Duggan looking to win again

Alternative country music star Steve Earle does a popular tune called “I Ain’t Ever Satisfied,” and when you look at the career of USBC Hall of Famer Anne Marie Duggan and the things she has had to say about it over the years, you almost start to wonder if Earle had her in mind when he wrote it.