Since winning the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, a United States Bowling Congress event, last Sunday,
Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., has enjoyed a whirlwind celebration that included a trip to the Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute to Girls and Women in Sports Awards Gala and Auction in New York on Monday. The celebration will be short-lived, however, as the 33-year-old right-hander refocuses her attention on the upcoming USBC Masters, the first major championship of the 2007-08 Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour season, which also will lead into the four-event PBA Women's Series.
Not even the allure of competing in front of a big crowd inside a Major League Baseball park was enough to intimidate Sean Rash of Wichita, Kan., in a championship round. Rash, 25, remained unbeaten on television in his Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour career, defeating Steve Jaros of Yorkville, Ill., 269-245 to win the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Masters on Sunday at Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) has announced its season-ending awards for the 2007 PBA Senior Tour season, voted on by PBA membership and national media. Tom Baker was named the PBA Senior Player of the Year while Sam Zurich (r,) was named PBA Senior Rookie of the Year. Baker (l.) was named PBA Senior Player of the Year for a record third consecutive season.
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and ESPN announced today the Denny's PBA Tour's 2007 Lumber Liquidators Championship will air as a special two-hour primetime telecast from 8-10 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 9 on ESPN. "We're ecstatic about the opportunity to showcase our sport and our stars to a primetime audience," said PBA Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer. 
Three members of bowling's first "Dream Team" Sean Rash (l.), Patrick Allen (r.) and Walter Ray Williams Jr., showed they belonged Friday by advancing to the championship round of the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Masters. They will be joined by Steve Jaros in the ESPN-televised finals at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday at Miller Park, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. The 2007 USBC Masters is a major on the Denny's PBA Tour and the athletes are competing for a top prize of $100,000 and an overall prize fund of $350,000. 
Chris Loschetter of Avon, Ohio, earned high qualifier honors Thursday at the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Masters. Loschetter finished with a 15-game total of 3,453, an average of 230.2, to lead the field of 485 of the best professional and amateur bowlers in the world at AMF Bowlero Lanes. He earned the top seed for double-elimination match play, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Eastern today.
The 2007-08 Denny’s PBA Tour season is underway with the first of four Major events this week, the 2007 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Masters at AMF Bowlero Lanes in Wauwatosa, Wis., and Miller Park in Milwaukee. The winner will take home $100,000 and a two-season Denny’s PBA Tour exemption. This marks the fourth consecutive season the USBC Masters will take place in Milwaukee and the third time in the last three Denny’s PBA Tour campaigns it has served as the first regular season event. Additionally, the Milwaukee Brewers’ Miller Park will host the live ESPN televised finals for the second time in the last four years.
With 10 games of qualifying completed, a pair of Milwaukee-area bowlers are feeding off their local support systems and making waves at the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Masters. For the second consecutive day, Derek Eoff of Greenfield, Wis., led the field of 485 of the best professional and amateur players in the world at AMF Bowlero Lanes. Eoff used a perfect game to maintain the overall lead with a 10-game total of 2,376. The top 121 bowl five more games Thursday morning before the field is cut to the top 63, at which point defending champion Doug Kent will join the field for match play.
As the United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling national high average award winner last season, Derek Eoff of Greenfield, Wis., has had plenty of experience competing on tough lane conditions. Eoff put that experience to good use Tuesday in the first Round of the 2007 USBC Masters, taking the early lead with 1,252 after five games. He leads a field of 485 of the best professional and amateur players in the world at AMF Bowlero Lanes.
The Masters tournament was launched in 1963 and the American Bowling Congress' leaders expected it to be dominated by nationally known players like Dick Weber and Don Carter who were key members of outstanding teams across the country. And the Masters lived up to expectations the first four years with future Hall of Famers Harry Smith winning the 1963 title in Buffalo, Billy Welu winning back-to-back Masters in 1964-65 in Oakland/St. Paul and Bob Strampe emerging victorious in Rochester. Then a strange thing happened. 
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced today Rob Stone will serve as the league's lead play-by-play announcer on ESPN telecasts for the 2007-08 season. "The PBA has a long and storied history on national television, and I'm honored to serve as the new voice of the organization," Stone said. "I'm really looking forward to calling the action alongside Randy Pedersen every Sunday afternoon on ESPN."
Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour stars Doug Kent and Tommy Jones will each participate in live national online chats next week to promote the 2007-08 Denny’s PBA Tour which kicks off its regular season with the 2007 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Masters next week in Milwaukee. The 2007 USBC Masters begins Tuesday, Oct. 23 and concludes Sunday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. ET with the live ESPN-televised finals from the Milwaukee Brewers’ Miller Park. 
Larry Seiple joined the Miami Dolphins as a seventh-round draft pick out of Kentucky in 1967, one year after the Dolphins began play in the Orange Bowl. Before his Dolphin career ended in 1978, he had played on two Super Bowl championship teams and was instrumental in the Dolphins' unbeaten season in 1972. when he ran 37 yards from punt formation – a play that sparked the Dolphins to an AFL playoff victory over the Steelers. Every blue-blood Dolphin fan in America knows about Seiple's dramatic fake-punt run but few know that he once gave the Professional Bowlers Association tour a shot.
The new Professional Bowlers Association is facing an old problem – money – in its make–or-break season that begins with an Oct. 21 ESPN telecast. The deal is this: the three Microsoft executives who bought the money crippled PBA in 2000 have run out of patience and money.
In just about every post-game interview with athletes in any sport, you hear some mention of luck playing a role in the outcome of the competition. 
Billy Oatman (left), the 2006-07 Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Rookie of the Year, will appear on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) show "The Black Carpet" Thursday, September 27 at 8 p.m. ET. Oatman filmed the segment in August at Bowlmor Lanes in New York City with Black Carpet host Danella Sealock. Oatman gave Sealock facts about the sport of bowling and tips on improving her game in the interview, along with throwing a couple of strikes himself.
Mika Koivuniemi became the first European player to win the Japan Cup and solidified his standing as one of the world's top bowlers, defeating fellow Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour star Mike Wolfe, 200-178, to win the Dydo Japan Cup 2007 Sunday at the Tokyo Metro Gymnasium. The win was the eighth Denny's PBA Tour title of Koivuniemi's career, and gave him a title in 11 different countries. The Finland native has been bowling on the Denny's PBA Tour for nine years after spending 10 years with Team Finland.