Randy Hicks, Deborah Holland and Brandon Ledbetter of Southern Lanes in Douglasville, Georgia, have been selected to receive the USBC Proprietor of the Year Award, which annually recognizes bowling center owners for outstanding support of USBC local, state and/or national association programs. Hicks, Holland and Ledbetter purchased Southern Lanes after it had gone through foreclosure with its […]

The BPA of the Carolinas and Georgia recently hosted its 2026 convention at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina, drawing more than 150 attendees from across the three states for education, networking and a celebration of the industry. One of the convention’s more meaningful moments recognized a Bowlers to Veterans Link donation recipient, Paws of War. Two […]

CBS Sports Network will return to air a pair of live Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour events along with telecasts covering premier events in collegiate and youth bowling as part of a 10-event television schedule this year. The first telecasts will feature the finals of the Intercollegiate Singles Championships and Intercollegiate Team Championships at The […]

Calling it a “difficult decision,” Brunswick Bowling has announced that it is discontinuing the Columbia 300 brand as part of a broader strategic realignment of the company’s bowling portfolio. The company said that the decision “was not made lightly, (as) Columbia 300 holds a special place in the history of the bowling industry and in […]

The Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin has announced additional details for its 80th Anniversary Jamboree, Annual Meeting and Scholarship Golf Tournament in June. The centerpiece event will be the Jamboree, to include a members’ conference, seminars, trade show and party, scheduled for Sunday, June 7, at the Wisconsin Convention + Expo Center in Rothschild. The […]

The Bowlers to Veterans Link has expanded its tour advocate team with the addition of Gary Haines, John Janawicz and Stefanie Johnson. They join fellow BVL advocates Packy Hanrahan, EJ Tackett, Chris Via and Ethan Fiore in representing the organization. As leaders in the sport, each athlete will help elevate awareness for BVL’s mission and […]

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 […]