Kerm Helmer (Coach category) and Steve Lawson (Contributor) have been elected to the USBC Collegiate Hall of Fame, along with athletes Warren Eales, P.J. Haggerty and Jazreel Tan. Helmer, a USBC Hall of Fame member who passed away in 2002 at 59, spent 37 years as head coach of the men’s and women’s bowling programs […]

The man known as “bowling’s broker” for much of his life, Sandy Hansell, passed away on Jan. 13. He was 89. The founder of Sandy Hansell & Associates helped facilitate the sale of hundreds of bowling centers over the course of his career, and also provided valuation services, help with succession planning and other business […]

When a pro sports league moves from one television network to another, changes in the broadcast booth are inevitable. Randy Pedersen, who succeeded Nelson Burton Jr. as the PBA’s color analyst in 2001, managed to sidestep that norm over 19 years with ESPN and six years with FOX Sports. But with the PBA now airing […]

Lucky Strike Entertainment is seeking to leverage its position as the world’s largest bowling center chain and the owner of the Professional Bowlers Association to “double down on the future of sports, storytelling and location-based entertainment,” according to a media release announcing the hiring of Peter Murray as the chief executive officer of the PBA […]

Lori Mraz, who has been with Turbo 2-N-1 Grips since the company’s founding in 1991 and currently serves as its director of marketing, has been named executive director of the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America. She succeeds Barb Peltz, who served the BBIA over the last two years during its time of transition. Mraz […]

Ron Hodgen, who spent more than 50 years in the bowling industry, has passed away. Hodgen helped develop multiple bowling centers over the course of his career, beginning at a U.S. Air Force base in England. He later spent many years in the private sector of bowling before concluding his career as the bowling program […]