E-dition No. 1,092 • Friday, January 10, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Rash Signs Multi-Year Deal With 900 Global Given the year-end news that Brunswick Bowling had purchased the brands and intellectual property of Ebonite International, and the fact that pro staff contracts typically run on a calendar-year basis, it should have come as no […]

E-dition No. 1,091 • Friday, January 10, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Promoter Extraordinaire Jim Welch Passes Away Two-and-a-half days before the new year and new decade arrived, one of bowling’s brightest promotional minds passed away. Jim Welch’s career in bowling spanned several communities and a handful of companies, although he is perhaps best known […]

E-dition No. 1,090 • Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Brunswick Inks 3-Year, Big-Money Agreement With PBA Brunswick Bowling Products has signed a three-year, multi-million-dollar sponsorship and product registration agreement with the Professional Bowlers Association. The agreement ensures products for all Brunswick brands will be represented on the PBA Tour, including the Brunswick, […]

E-dition No. 1,089 • Friday, December 13, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) PBA Hall of Fame Ceremony Set for Jan. 18 Lots of industry members attend the annual Hall of Fame induction of the Professional Bowlers Association, and the 2020 induction will take place on Saturday, Jan. 18 in Arlington, Texas. As was the case […]

E-dition No. 1,088 • Friday, December 6, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo Heads West in 2020 The Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo is heading west in 2020. The event is set for July 5-9 at the Gold Coast Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center in Las Vegas, one of the seven facilities that […]

E-dition No. 1,087 • Friday, November 22, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) More on Brunswick’s Acquisition of EBI’s Assets They say that timing is everything, and news of Brunswick’s acquisition of Ebonite International’s brands and the intellectual property associated with those brands came two days after the December issue of Bowlers Journal International already was […]

E-dition No. 1,086 • Monday, November 18, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Dykstra Discusses Brunswick’s Acquisition of Ebonite It was a story that broke after hours on Friday afternoon and quickly blew up on social media over the weekend. On Saturday, BJI Editor Gianmarc Manzione caught up with Brunswick CEO Corey Dykstra to get more […]

E-dition No. 1,085 • Friday, November 15, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) QubicaAMF World Cup Ready to Roll in Indonesia QubicaAMF’s annual international showcase for bowling — the World Cup — will get under way on Sunday with the official practice session at Jakabaring Sport City in Palembang, Indonesia. The 2019 field is expected to […]