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World Men&amp;#39;s Championships profiles: Chris Barnes

August 11, 2010

World Men's Championships profiles: Chris Barnes

He might be the best bowler on the PBA Tour, but when he arrives at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich for his first practice session this week, he will be the guy who watched the Masters event from the stands last time around. And that, above all, is the taste that Barnes aims to rinse from his mouth this year.

World Men&amp;#39;s Championships profiles: Patrick Allen

August 09, 2010

World Men's Championships profiles: Patrick Allen

Not much surprises Patrick Allen anymore. By now, the battle-tested PBA veteran has seen just about every twist and turn the tour has to offer.

World Men&amp;#39;s Championships profiles: Bill O&amp;#39;Neill

August 09, 2010

World Men's Championships profiles: Bill O'Neill

With seven TV appearances in four months and not a single title to show for it, O’Neill must have felt as if he was playing the starring role in his own bowling-themed version of Groundhog Day. The scores and names of his opponents changed from week to week, but the song remained the same and it was a tune he had tired of long ago.

2010 WMC profiles: Wes Malott

August 04, 2010

2010 WMC profiles: Wes Malott

Wes Malott’s first experience bowling under the hot lights of TV cameras was a rather cold shower for the man who would soon be known as “The Big Nasty.”

The legend of Bobby Jacks

The legend of Bobby Jacks

Every sport has them, prodigies whose vices overshadow their talent, players whose flashes of brilliance are the only light that shines in the darkness of personal struggle. Baseball had Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. Football has Michael Vick and Adam "Pac Man" Jones. Bowling, for a time, had a now-forgotten player by the name of Bobby Jacks.

Memory Lane: The Dave Bolles Story

Memory Lane: The Dave Bolles Story

When Dave Bolles showed up to bowl a PBA Regional at Camino Bowl in Mountain View, Calif., on October 15, 1989, he had no idea that in just a few hours he would attain bowling immortality, that this would be the week he would tell people about for the rest of his life.

Rob Stone: more than just hambones and yahtzees

Rob Stone: more than just hambones and yahtzees

He inspires critics to yearn for days when bowlers kept score by abacus, the lanes were lit by gas lamp, and any display of passion more boisterous than a golf clap warranted permanent expulsion from the bowling center.

The Gambler: John Handegard

The Gambler: John Handegard

John Handegard had seen this before. A 20-something PBA Tour upstart grips the tournament trophy while Handegard packs up his gear, another week behind him, and gone with it another chance at trading in his day job at the plywood mill for a life chasing dreams around the country on Tour.

2010 HOF Profiles: Kim Terrell-Kearney

2010 HOF Profiles: Kim Terrell-Kearney

If Kim Terrell-Kearney’s leap from a teenager whose interest in bowling “faded through high school” to the USBC Hall of Fame seems implausible to you, don’t worry — it seems just as implausible to Kim Terrell-Kearney.

Marshall Holman: Mt. St. Marshall

Marshall Holman: Mt. St. Marshall

The fire Holman brought to the lanes would do more than raise people out of their seats; it would raise hell.