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.
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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.
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.
June 22, 2011
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.
June 08, 2011
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.
June 01, 2011
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.
April 18, 2011
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.
April 13, 2011
Asbaty gearing up for USBC Queens
You might think the 15 weeks Diandra Asbaty had to prepare for the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions after giving birth to her first child would be too little time. Then you look for her name in the tournament’s final standings and it hits you: This is no ordinary mother.
April 11, 2011
Parkin looking beyond heartbreak
When Missy Parkin of Fullerton, Calif. took the approach in the 10th frame of her match against the sport’s hottest hand in Kelly Kulick at the 2010 USBC Queens, she stood merely a mark and five pins away from moving one step closer to the women’s title she has chased for years.
March 14, 2011
Memory Lane: A pin boy's tale
You know bowling is big when you’re as likely to find lanes inside the local bar as you are in the church up the street. That’s how it was for Gary Helfrich, who grew up setting pins at the churches and bars of Buffalo as a kid in the 1950s.