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Parkin looking beyond heartbreak

Parkin looking beyond heartbreak

When Missy Parkin of Fullerton, Calif. took the approach in the 10th frame of her match against the sport’s hottest hand in Kelly Kulick at the 2010 USBC Queens, she stood merely a mark and five pins away from moving one step closer to the women’s title she has chased for years.

Memory Lane: A pin boy&amp;#39;s tale

Memory Lane: A pin boy's tale

You know bowling is big when you’re as likely to find lanes inside the local bar as you are in the church up the street. That’s how it was for Gary Helfrich, who grew up setting pins at the churches and bars of Buffalo as a kid in the 1950s.

Weber sets sights on elusive Masters title

February 01, 2011

Weber sets sights on elusive Masters title

Even this past Sunday at the PBA Earl Anthony Memorial Classic, where the 48-year-old Hall of Famer made his first TV appearance of the 2010-2011 PBA season, Pete Weber had it—that look in his eyes once described as “chilling enough to make small children cringe in fear.”

Masters Legends: Billy Welu

January 28, 2011

Masters Legends: Billy Welu

Welu's fame sent him bowling so many tournaments and exhibitions around the world that he tore a tendon in his arm. And, of course, he continued bowling nonetheless. That’s how it is when nothing short of greatness will appease you.

Masters Legends: Dick Hoover

January 26, 2011

Masters Legends: Dick Hoover

A shoeshine stand may be an unlikely place for a legend’s life to begin, but when you’re a working-class kid prowling the streets of Akron, Ohio for some way to turn a buck in the 1940s, there aren’t a lot of options.

Mika Koivuniemi&amp;#39;s long, hard road to history

January 26, 2011

Mika Koivuniemi's long, hard road to history

In a news conference after winning $250,000 in the 2011 Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas, the 6-foot-4 Finn once described as a guy who “zeroes in on his prey like a leopard on one of those old Wild Kingdom television shows” allowed a rare glimpse of the man behind the leopard’s eyes.

73-year-old bowling alley discovered inside school building

January 10, 2011

73-year-old bowling alley discovered inside school building

Staff and students at Lakeview Elementary School always knew that history lurked in the building’s basement. That “mystique” belongs to the bowling alley constructed inside the Mahopac, N.Y. school building’s basement in 1937.

Randy Hannah lost a leg, but he never lost his love of bowling

December 17, 2010

Randy Hannah lost a leg, but he never lost his love of bowling

The day Randy Hannah lost his leg was the day the longtime bowler began to learn what he’s capable of. June 17, 1987 began about as ordinarily as any day had in Hannah’s life. He punched in at the chemical plant where he pulled a paycheck and got right to doing what he always did.

League bowler set to turn 100

December 13, 2010

League bowler set to turn 100

Twice in her lifetime, Farrell Gruenbaum broke the arm she bowls with. But anyone who knows Gruenbaum, who will celebrate her 100th birthday in January and bowled league for more than 80 years, understands that a broken arm is hardly enough to keep her off the lanes.

Bowling league turning 100 years old

November 03, 2010

Bowling league turning 100 years old

The Los Angeles Metro Telco Bowling League began in 1911 and finds itself turning 100 years old this year.