England’s Dom Barrett Wins PBA International Tour Title in Qatar Open
DOHA, Qatar – England’s Dom Barrett defeated Sweden’s Mattias Olsson, 515-467, in the two-game title match of the Qatar Open at Qatar Bowling Center Tuesday.Barrett spotted Olsson a 12-pin lead after...
View ArticlePBA Spare Shots: PBA League Challenge to Benefit Winning Player’s Favorite...
The PBA League Challenge – a four-event series of special skills challenges airing during the PBA World Series of Bowling V animal pattern championship tournaments on ESPN – has a charitable side. All...
View ArticleInspired Ryan Ciminelli Wins PBA Chameleon Championship for Second Tour Title
LAS VEGAS – Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y., converted disappointment into determination, winning the Professional Bowlers Association Chameleon Championship for his second PBA Tour title with an...
View ArticleTommy Jones Closes 2012-13 PBA Season with Victory in Saudi Arabia’s 7th...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., won the 7th Kingdom International Open at Universal Bowling Center Monday for his 15th Professional Bowlers Association Tour title. It was the...
View ArticleBarbasol PBA Tournament of Champions Moves to Detroit in January
SEATTLE – The 2014 Professional Bowlers Association Barbasol Tournament of Champions will move to Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich., beginning Jan. 18 and concluding with a live ESPN telecast at...
View ArticlePBA Spare Shots: PBA Signs Deal with HotelPlanner.com as Official Travel Partner
The PBA and travel website HotelPlanner.com have entered into a sponsorship agreement which makes HotelPlanner.com the organization’s official travel partner.“Our partnership with HotelPlanner.com is a...
View ArticleTom Smallwood Ends TV Drought, Wins PBA Scorpion Championship for Second Tour...
LAS VEGAS– Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., ended a four-year television drought when he defeated collegiate star Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., 221-216, to win his second Professional Bowlers...
View ArticlePBA Hall of Famers Steve Cook, Doug Kent Elected to USBC Hall of Fame
PBA Hall of Famers Steve Cook of Granite Bay, Calif., and Doug Kent of Newark, N.Y., have been elected to the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in the Superior Performance category. The two...
View ArticleEngland’s Dom Barrett Wins PBA World Championship
LAS VEGAS– England’s Dom Barrett became the second international player ever to win the PBA World Championship when he held off reigning PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., 238-235,...
View ArticlePBA Spare Shots: 2012-13 PBA Player of the Year to be Unveiled Live on Xtra...
The 2012-13 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year winner will be announced live on PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel, Xtra Frame, on Friday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m. ET.The live Xtra Frame show from...
View ArticleSean Rash, Kelly Kulick Win World Bowling Tour Titles
LAS VEGAS– After two years and more than 400,000 miles of global competition, reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., along with PBA Tour titlist...
View ArticlePBA Spare Shot: Jason Belmonte to Debut Google Glass During Barbasol PBA...
Bowling fans will be able to observe bowling through the eyes of Australian two-handed star Jason Belmonte during the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions when he wears Google Glass during the opening...
View ArticleYuya Katoh Upsets Field to Win Round1 Japan Cup, End 25-Year Home-Country...
TOKYO, Japan – Japan Professional Bowlers Association journeyman Yuya Katoh pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Round1 Japan Cup history, defeating countryman Kazuaki Watanabe, 243-235, in the...
View ArticleMika Koivuniemi Returns Home to Win Finland’s Brunswick Ballmaster Open
HELSINKI, Finland – Finland native Mika Koivuniemi, now living in Hartland, Mich., returned to his home country and defeated England’s Dom Barrett, 188-172, to win a record fourth Brunswick Ballmaster...
View ArticleIndiana’s Tackett Wins PBA Rookie of the Year Honors; Belmonte, Rash, Weber...
SEATTLE – E.J. Tackett of Huntington, Ind., has been selected as 2012-13 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year by an overwhelming margin in voting by PBA members and veteran bowling journalists, PBA...
View ArticlePBA Spare Shots: Koivuniemi Closes in on World Bowling Tour Points Lead
With his victory Sunday in the 44th Brunswick Ballmaster Open in Helsinki, Finland’s Mika Koivuniemi closed to within five points of World Bowling Tour points leader Sean Rash, who didn’t bowl the...
View ArticleRyan Shafer Wins Second PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award
SEATTLE – Ryan Shafer of Horseheads, N.Y., has been selected by his fellow Professional Bowlers Association members as winner of the 2012-13 Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award, PBA Commissioner Tom Clark...
View ArticleAustralia’s Jason Belmonte Strikes on Final Shot to Win Barbasol PBA...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Australia’s Jason Belmonte, with a strike on his final ball, defeated Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, to win the Barbasol Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions...
View ArticlePBA Spare Shots: Ford Driving Skills for Life Signs Walter Ray Williams Jr....
Ford Driving Skills for Life (Ford DSFL), an initiative to promote safe driving, has teamed with the winningest player in Professional Bowlers Association history, Walter Ray Williams Jr., to help...
View ArticleCorporate Sponsors Take Spotlight as 2014 PBA League Season Begins on ESPN
SEATTLE – Corporate sponsors who play an important role in the presentation of Professional Bowlers Association programs will be seen in a spotlight role during the 2014 PBA League television series,...
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