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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]