The International Bowling Campus Youth Development team has cancelled the events on the 2020-21 USA Bowling regional tournament schedule due to ongoing public health concerns and local regulations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 USA Bowling National Championships, which was scheduled to take place July 7-8 and 11 in Indianapolis, also has been cancelled. These […]

In 2020, the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America created the “Go Bowling America” program to provide its member centers with a proven “have-a-ball” league program to attract bowlers back and help unite the country around the fun, family-friendly experience bowling provides. With much of the country still under restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

The United States Bowling Congress announced that longtime partner The Row Reno will be the presenting sponsor of the 2021 USBC Women’s Championships in Reno, Nev. The Row includes the downtown Eldorado Resort Casino, Circus Circus Reno and Silver Legacy Resort Casino, and will serve as the official host hotels and brackets sponsors of the […]

Former National Football League punter Pat McAfee has helped Nesbit’s Lanes in Plum, Pa., surpass its GoFundMe goal of $100,000 by making a pair of donations totaling nearly $36,000. Like so many businesses, Nesbit’s has been devastated by pandemic-mandated closures. “Nesbit’s is a staple of the Plum community,” McAfee said. “I’ve had the privilege of […]

Paul Lane, long associated with the World Cup tournament during his career with AMF, has been elected to the Distinguished Service section of the United Kingdom Tenpin Hall of Fame. Also elected for their bowling were Steve Thornton and Donna Ellis (Adams). Lane got his start in the industry working at the base bowling center […]

Candlepin bowling will be returning to the city where it was invented — Worcester, Mass. — thanks to developers who have purchased several contiguous buildings along a downtown city block. The candlepin installation is targeted for what was a concert venue known at various times as Sir Morgan’s Cove, The Lucky Dog Music Hall and […]

The Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival, a staple on the Las Vegas entertainment scene for two decades, is moving its 2021 event from May to sometime in the fall “due to the lack of containment of the coronavirus pandemic.” In a statement announcing the move, organizers said, “We had hoped that the promise of […]

Bowling’s status as a “non-contact sport” is playing to its advantage in, of all places, Michigan, which has had some of the most restrictive pandemic-related shutdowns of bowling centers. There, most high school winter sports — including basketball, wrestling, hockey and competitive cheerleading — remain on “pause,” but bowling and swimming have been given the […]

The Barstool Fund is coming to the rescue of another bowling center. In addition to providing a lifeline to Chacko’s Family Bowling Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — as detailed in the February issue of BCM — it will provide monthly funding to Holly Lanes in Holly Township, Mich., which was allowed to be open for […]