Professional basketball players, led by NBA All-Star and avid bowler Chris Paul, will compete on another form of hardwood this weekend as he matches up with professional bowler Chris Barnes for the inaugural Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational presented by the brands of Ebonite International which will be airing on ESPN Oct. 19th. In a media teleconference on Wednesday, Sept. 17th, Paul, New Orleans Hornets Point Guard and Olympic Gold medalist, spoke about this weekend's event to benefit Charity in Winston-Salem and to kick off the 2008-09 PBA season.
When Jason Belmonte first used two hands to throw a bowling ball down the lane as a boy, no one could have foreseen that twenty years later he would light the bowling world on fire with an excitement that the sport has not quite seen since the days when Mark Roth tore through the Tour with little more than a plastic ball and a mangled thumb. At the conclusion of the The Next Revolution, a USBC series of exhibitions and coaching clinics, last weekend, Belmonte sat down to chat with BOWL.com.
Entering the home stretch of the PBA's Golden Anniversary Season, we thought it would be a good time to check in with Fred Schreyer, Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Bowlers Association and Commissioner of the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour and get an update on the state of affairs in the world of professional bowling. Schreyer answers questions about changes on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour, the ESPN deal, Australian two-hander, Jason Belmonte, the new Gemini jerseys, the PBA Women's Series, media coverage, the 50th Anniversary PBA Gala and more. 
Rhino Page, 2008's PBA Rookie of the Year is now in his "sophomore" year on the tour. By winning his first title, the Go RVing Classic in Norwich Connecticut on March 9, he not only became exempt for the 2008-2009 tour, but also became a player in the 2009 H&R Block Tournament of Champions. Looking back on the last 12 months, Rhino had many thoughts. BWAA member and award-winning writer Joan Taylor talked with Rhino for Bowlingdigital.com.
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I sat with Rhino Page at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas and found that at the tender age of 24, this young person already has it together. Like his fellow TEAM USA members and the pro players, he has an overwhelming passion for the game and sport of bowling. In turn, bowling has been good to him thus far. Rhino Page decided to get his PBA card in October and has come within tasting distance of his first pro title, finishing twice in second place under the television lights. 
This week, the Professional Bowers Association (PBA) sat down with Kirk von Krueger (pictured), Director of the Denny's PBA Tour, to discuss the upcoming PBA Women's Series, a special four event mini-season to take place during the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season. The series, sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), will feature 16 women who will earn exemptions through the PBA Women's Tour Trials. The Tour Trials will be held in conjunction with the U.S. Women's Open, a USBC event, which takes place Aug. 13-18 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.
With the 2007 Lake County Indiana Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour Trials rapidly approaching, Andrew Cain has been busy mentally and physically preparing for the competition but managed to take time out of his schedule to talk with the PBA about his first-ever trip to the event in June. Last year in his first event as a PBA member, Cain finished fourth in the 2007 Dick Weber Open in an attempt to become just the third bowler to win a title in his PBA debut. A former U.S. Amateur Champion,
This week, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) caught up with Kelly Kulick, who last year became the first woman to earn a full-season exemption on the Denny's PBA Tour, to discuss her return to the Denny's PBA Tour Trials. Kulick will attempt to repeat her historic feat May 29-June 3 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind., in the 2007 Lake County Indiana Denny's PBA Tour Trials. 
This week, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) sat down with Kirk von Krueger, Director of the Denny's PBA Tour, to discuss changes and upgrades to both the 2006 Denny's World Championship and the 2006 Denny's PBA Tour Trials.
One week ago, Sean Rash made history by becoming the first non-exempt Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) member to win a Denny's PBA Tour event when he captured the 2006 West Virginia Championship after qualifying for the event through the Denny's PBA Tour Qualifying Round. The 23-year-old from Wichita, Kan., sat down last week to talk about his journey from struggling qualifier to Tour champion.
The fifth stop of the 2005 PBA National Tour, the Chicago Classic, was held at Hawthorn Lanes in Vernon Hills, Ill. Bowlingdigital has interviewed the owner, Bill Spigner, who has now hosted 20 PBA tournaments in his center. The 56-year-old ABC Hall of Famer has won three PBA National titles and finished second in the 1979 ABC Masters. 
