November 03, 2010
Bowling league turning 100 years old
The Los Angeles Metro Telco Bowling League began in 1911 and finds itself turning 100 years old this year.
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October 25, 2010
“I am Always on a Mountain When I Fall”: The Billy Hardwick Story
Billy Hardwick had a view from the top of the world the day he received the call that tore him to the ground.
September 30, 2010
Alameda County bowlers revolutionize league bowling
Walking into AMF Southshore Lanes in Alameda, Calif. to bowl the Alameda County Medical Center league is like walking onto the set of a game show.
September 02, 2010
Largest men's league enters 67th season
The Parson’s Recreation League is now the largest men’s bowling league in the United States with more than 340 members.
August 13, 2010
Marshall Kent storms onto bowling scene in 2010
Marshall Kent packed his bowling balls and hit the road last month with the same destination in mind as many other youth bowlers around the country: Indianapolis, where he would bowl the 2010 USBC Junior Gold Championships as well as the North Pointe Insurance High School Open Singles tournament later that week.
August 11, 2010
World Men's Championships profiles: Chris Barnes
He might be the best bowler on the PBA Tour, but when he arrives at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich for his first practice session this week, he will be the guy who watched the Masters event from the stands last time around. And that, above all, is the taste that Barnes aims to rinse from his mouth this year.
August 09, 2010
World Men's Championships profiles: Patrick Allen
Not much surprises Patrick Allen anymore. By now, the battle-tested PBA veteran has seen just about every twist and turn the tour has to offer.
August 09, 2010
World Men's Championships profiles: Bill O'Neill
With seven TV appearances in four months and not a single title to show for it, O’Neill must have felt as if he was playing the starring role in his own bowling-themed version of Groundhog Day. The scores and names of his opponents changed from week to week, but the song remained the same and it was a tune he had tired of long ago.
August 04, 2010
2010 WMC profiles: Wes Malott
Wes Malott’s first experience bowling under the hot lights of TV cameras was a rather cold shower for the man who would soon be known as “The Big Nasty.”
July 26, 2010
The legend of Bobby Jacks
Every sport has them, prodigies whose vices overshadow their talent, players whose flashes of brilliance are the only light that shines in the darkness of personal struggle. Baseball had Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. Football has Michael Vick and Adam "Pac Man" Jones. Bowling, for a time, had a now-forgotten player by the name of Bobby Jacks.