E-dition No. 1,123 • Friday, August 21, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Iconic Orange County Center Goes Up for Sale Rumors have been swirling about Fountain Bowl, the 60-lane center in Fountain Valley, Calif., which has hosted PBA, PWBA, PBA50, U.S. Open and countless other tournaments through the years. One rumor is that the center […]

E-dition No. 1,122 • Friday, August 14, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) BPAA and STE Unveil ‘Go Bowling America’ Campaign To commemorate National Bowling Day this past Saturday, the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America and Strike Ten Entertainment launched a nationwide league bowling program called “Go Bowling America” to encourage consumers to come back to […]

E-dition No. 1,121 • Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) New Classification Helps Reopen Centers in Illinois Is bowling a sport or recreation? That question has been at the forefront of bowling’s Olympic Games quest for decades. And now, the answer to that question has become an important element in the reopening of […]

E-dition No. 1,120 • Friday, July 31, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Mandated Closure Claims Cloverleaf Family Bowl The COVID-19 pandemic claimed perhaps its highest-profile center to date when, on July 24, the Chambers and Hillman families announced that Cloverleaf Family Bowl in Fremont, Calif., would not be reopening. In an open letter to the […]