Five-time PBA Tour titlist and current PBA50 competitor Bob Learn Jr. has accepted a position as head bowling coach at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tenn. Martin Methodist, an NAIA program, competes in the Mid-South Conference. Learn, who has extensive experience in the coaching ranks, is one of more than 30 PBA members who are […]
WSOB RETURNING TO RENO WITH EARLIER DATES
For the third consecutive year, Reno and the National Bowling Stadium will host the world’s premier international bowling showcase when the 9th annual edition of GEICO’S PBA World Series of Bowling takes place Nov. 7-19. WSOB IX, presented by Eldorado Resorts Reno properties — Eldorado Resort Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno […]
MACPHERSON, MOORE, VERGOS SIGN WITH TURBO
PBA player B.J. Moore and amateur bowler Pete Vergos join hall of famer Wendy Macpherson as the most recent players to sign staff contracts with Turbo brand bowling accessories. Macpherson is a USBC Hall of Fame member who owns five USBC crowns. In her legendary career, she claimed 20 PWBA titles, including six majors. She […]
OPRYLAND SOLD OUT; ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE FOR BOWL EXPO ATTENDEES
If you’re planning to attended BPAA’s International Bowl Expo next month in Nashville, Tenn., and have not yet made your room reservations, you will not be staying at the event’s host hotel, the Gaylord Opryland Resort. That property is completely sold out, and if you go to the Bowl Expo website (bowlexpo.com), you’ll find a […]
FLORIDA PROJECT WILL INCLUDE BOWLING CENTER
Homestead Station — a project that will include a 1,000-space parking garage, multi-screen movie theater, bowling center, restaurants and retail shops — has been announced as the latest revitalization project in Homestead, Fla. It also will serve as the hub for the city’s trolley and county bus routes. Homestead Station is expected to be completed […]
BOWLOPOLIS UPGRADE TARGETS YOUNGEST BOWLERS
To improve the bowling experience for youth bowlers, particularly those competing in the sport for the first time, International Bowling Campus Youth Development will provide youth members ages 8 and under with a free Bowlopolis membership upgrade kit starting with the 2017-18 season. IBC Youth Development will enhance the package by providing coaches and youth […]
END OF AN ERA AS CAPRISE FAMILY EXITS BOWLING
It’s the end of an era in bowling, with the exit of the Caprise family from the industry. Frank Caprise Sr. built and opened Sheridan Lanes in Mineola on Long Island, N.Y., in August of 1940. The family’s flagship bowling center continues to operate today under the management of Bowlmor AMF. Over the years, three […]
ALL-STAR ALLEY AND TAVERN TO REPLACE REVOLUTIONS
Destiny USA bills itself as “New York’s largest destination of its kind with over 250 places to shop, dine and play, visited by 26 million guests every year.” For three years and two months, one of the entertainment options was a 55,000-sq.-ft., bowling-based facility called Revolutions. But that venue, located on the third floor of […]
KEGEL TO OFFER WORKSHOP FOR COACHES
The Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla., has been conducting summer camps for years — but until now, always for bowlers. This summer, to complement its bowler camp program, the KTC will host its first Coaches Workshop, with a curriculum to help coaches diagnose and fix the most destructive bowling errors. There will be […]





