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The legend of Bobby Jacks

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.

Memory Lane: The Dave Bolles Story

Memory Lane: The Dave Bolles Story

When Dave Bolles showed up to bowl a PBA Regional at Camino Bowl in Mountain View, Calif., on October 15, 1989, he had no idea that in just a few hours he would attain bowling immortality, that this would be the week he would tell people about for the rest of his life.

Rob Stone: more than just hambones and yahtzees

Rob Stone: more than just hambones and yahtzees

He inspires critics to yearn for days when bowlers kept score by abacus, the lanes were lit by gas lamp, and any display of passion more boisterous than a golf clap warranted permanent expulsion from the bowling center.

The Gambler: John Handegard

The Gambler: John Handegard

John Handegard had seen this before. A 20-something PBA Tour upstart grips the tournament trophy while Handegard packs up his gear, another week behind him, and gone with it another chance at trading in his day job at the plywood mill for a life chasing dreams around the country on Tour.

2010 HOF Profiles: Kim Terrell-Kearney

2010 HOF Profiles: Kim Terrell-Kearney

If Kim Terrell-Kearney’s leap from a teenager whose interest in bowling “faded through high school” to the USBC Hall of Fame seems implausible to you, don’t worry — it seems just as implausible to Kim Terrell-Kearney.

Marshall Holman: Mt. St. Marshall

Marshall Holman: Mt. St. Marshall

The fire Holman brought to the lanes would do more than raise people out of their seats; it would raise hell.

Remembering Queen Marion: Ladewig&amp;#39;s journey from rags to bowling royalty

Remembering Queen Marion: Ladewig's journey from rags to bowling royalty

Marion Ladewig looks out from behind the pins one winter afternoon as she fills in for an absent pinboy. It is a vantage point from which she sees how the best shots differ from the way she throws the ball herself; they are slower, they approach the pocket from more of an angle, and they always push all ten pins back into the pit where she waits to set them up once again.

Near-fatal disabilities no match for Reuer&amp;#39;s dreams

Near-fatal disabilities no match for Reuer's dreams

This is a tale of two brothers. One was born with enough talent to be drafted by the Chicago White Sox out of high school; the other was born with a 50 percent chance of living through the night. One would go on to represent his country in the sport he loved, the other would go on to endure nine surgeries and a body so racked with pain that it felt more like an adversary.

Youth bowlers embrace challenge

Youth bowlers embrace challenge

The seemingly endless debate over so-called “inflated” scoring and its affect on bowling’s future may have come one step closer to resolution last month when Pennsylvania high school bowlers eager for a challenge took a shot at the USBC Blue and White lane patterns in their state championships.

USBC Coaching cert course coming to center near you

USBC Coaching cert course coming to center near you

Bowlers looking to get an edge on the competition, and help their teammates, friends and relatives do the same, are in luck. From Florida to Las Vegas and points in between, the USBC Bronze-level coaching certification course is on its way to a bowling center near you.