Clinic
Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo Adds Sponsors
The 5th annual Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo is set for July 8-10 at Town & Country Lanes in Joliet, Ill. This year, more sponsors than ever before are getting involved in this college-recruiting event. Sponsors returning for 2015 include: • 900 Global • Bowlers Journal International magazine • Brunswick • Columbia 300 • Dexter • […]
2015 Bowler’s Ed Grants Awarded
As part of the International Bowling Campus’s (IBC) continuing effort to help enhance the lives of others through the sport of bowling, the Bowler’s Ed program awards six grants in the form of mobile bowling equipment to schools and organizations across the country. The Mobile Bowling Equipment program annually helps schools, parks and recreation departments, […]
Check out the Feb. 2015 Issue of Bowlers Journal Interactive!
The first issue of Bowlers Journal Interactive of 2015 is here, and we’re celebrating! Celebrating the PBA Tournament of Champions, that is, which is enjoying its 50th anniversary this month with the PBA Barbasol Tournament of Champions at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis. Be sure to check out PBA Xtra, where we provide video and insight […]
Pro Bowling
Wes Malott Leads Field of 10 Step 1 Qualifiers into H.H. Emir Cup Final Rounds in Qatar
Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, averaged 226.17 over six games Thursday to lead the field of 10 players who advanced from the Step 1 round to Friday’s final rounds of the H.H. Emir Cup at Qatar Bowling Centre in Doha, Qatar. Thursday’s top 10 will join preliminary qualifying leaders Bahrain’s Yousif Falah, Team USA member […]
McEwan, Koivuniemi, Rash, Larsen Among Leaders in Qatar
Bahrain’s Yousif Falah averaged 229.59 over 16 games of qualifying to lead the field of 32 players who advanced to final rounds of the H.H. Emir Cup at Qatar Bowling Centre Wednesday. Falah along with Team USA member Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y.; Mika Koivuniemi of Finland; Cherie Tan of Singapore; Sean Rash of […]
Breaking News
Wes Malott Leads Field of 10 Step 1 Qualifiers into H.H. Emir Cup Final Rounds in Qatar
Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, averaged 226.17 over six games Thursday to lead the field of 10 players who advanced from the Step 1 round to Friday’s final rounds of the H.H. Emir Cup at Qatar Bowling Centre in Doha, Qatar. Thursday’s top 10 will join preliminary qualifying leaders Bahrain’s Yousif Falah, Team USA member […]
Business
Layoffs Confirmed, Strategic Plans to Be Unveiled at Ebonite
There have been layoffs this week at Ebonite International, the Hopkinsville, Ky.-based manufacturer of bowling balls and other bowling equipment. Through postings on their Facebook pages, Bowlers Journal has confirmed the layoffs of ball designer Ron Hickland and Group Marketing Director-Communications Bugsy Kelly. Multiple sources also say that Group Marketing Director Ed Gallagher was included […]
History of Bowling
Go ‘Bowling’ at the Riv… While You Still Can
Sin City is about to lose one of the 21 tenpin destinations listed in BJI’s May 2014 feature story titled, “3 Perfect Bowling Days in Las Vegas.” Over the weekend, word leaked that the iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino was being sold to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which plans to demolish the […]
Multimedia
‘You Don’t Want the Bumpers. Life Doesn’t Give You Bumpers.’
We don’t normally offer opinions on Academy Award “Best Picture” nominees. But this year, we’re making an exception. Our pick: “Boyhood.” And we make that selection even though we haven’t seen the film. Yet. Check out the trailer, especially at around the 48-second mark, and see if you don’t agree with us.