January 14, 2010
Only the greatest bowlers in the world pass through here: the Wayne Garber story
If you're thinking about giving up on your dreams, try walking a day in Wayne Garber's shoes.
News
December 09, 2009
The Cassidy Schaub story: from a town of 500 to bowling’s big show
When locals crowded Ohio's Luray Lanes with laptops to follow Cassidy Schaub's progress game by game at the Lumber Liquidator's PBA Tour Trials in May, they saw the boy who once wiped the tables on which they opened their computers grow into the man who brought his small hometown of Polk a prestige reserved for cities you drive hours down I-71 to find-places like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus.
November 18, 2009
Bowlers show charitable spirit despite tough times
The daily experience of most boys is characterized by sights and sounds that will linger in their memories for life: the shriek of a referee's whistle at a flag football game, the wads of gum they chew in little league dugouts, the crashing of pins at a Saturday morning youth league.
November 17, 2009
Catching up with Ernie Schlegel
One thing a retired Ernie Schlegel does not need to do at age 66 is get up early on a Saturday morning to root on bowlers at a local youth league. Yet that is exactly where you will find the PBA and USBC Hall of Famer on this particular Saturday.
October 08, 2009
Shannon O'Keefe's Road to Bowling Stardom
Nobody tells Team USA member Shannon O'Keefe that she cannot do something. Nobody. And if you think it is easy to tell her otherwise, you try it.
October 01, 2009
Memory lane: the legend of Buzz Fazio
By 1968, the bowler known in living rooms across America as "the little Italian guy who jumps around all the time" was back and on the verge of becoming the oldest player ever to win the Masters, and stood one tenth frame away from defeating Pete Tountas to achieve a place in history which, as any bowling fan aware of Fazio's career will agree, he already owned even with a loss.
September 17, 2009
2009: The Year of Ron Mohr
He calls himself "just a pretty good bowler from Anchorage Alaska." Anyone who even casually followed the Professional Bowlers Association's Senior Tour this summer, though, might call him more than "pretty good." Some might call him great.
September 16, 2009
USWO Profiles: Defending Champ Kim Terrell-Kearney
If you're wondering how Kim Terrell-Kearney made the leap from a teenager whose interest in bowling "faded through high school" to a two-time champion who gets voicemails from Billie Jean King, don't worry - so is Kim Terrell-Kearney.
September 08, 2009
Bo Burton: The Interview, Pt. 2
We conclude our two-part interview with PBA Hall of Famer Bo Burton today as Burton shares more great stories from his life in bowling.
September 07, 2009
Bo Burton: The Interview, Pt. 1
Recently PBA Hall of Famer Bo Burton sat down with BOWL.com for an exclusive interview in which he sounds off on the present state of the sport, recalls many legendary moments to which he had a front row seat as a broadcaster with ABC for decades, explains why he should have won the 1966 U.S. Open, and much more.