Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 6-15, 2007)
With only a handful of honor scores recorded through nearly two months of competition at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, no one could have been prepared for the barrage of strikes at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday. All bowling on the same squad, two bowlers rolled perfect games, while a third fell just short and settled for 299.
Heading into the 2006-07 season, Saginaw Valley State anchor Dan MacLelland wasn't sure his team was capable of repeating as champions at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships. He has little doubt now.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
In recent years, MoRich Enterprises of Ocala, Fla., has found a home toward the top of the standings at the USBC Open Championships, and this year will be no different after the group moved into fourth place in Regular Team at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. Forgey Sports Medicine 1 of Vancouver, Wash., leads with 3,308.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
After posting just 978 in its opening game at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., Forgey Sports Medicine 1 of Vancouver, Wash., rebounded with a 1,231 second-game effort, which is the highest team game at this year's event. The team closed out with 1,099 for a 3,308 total to take the Regular Team lead at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships on Saturday.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
On most mornings, Lenny Boogaard of Osakis, Minn., can be found tending to his hundreds of acres of farmland or hauling the products they yield to locations across Minnesota. On Saturday, however, he was at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., corralling pins at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships.
Northcross Lanes and AMF Carolina Lanes in Charlotte, NC (April 12 - July 2, 2007)
The Charlotte, N.C., area will become a bowling mecca for thousands of women from across the country when the USBC Women's Championships begins April 12. For the first time in the event's 90-year history, the USBC Women's Championships will be conducted in suburban Charlotte and will feature 8,710 five-player teams - more than 43,000 bowlers - competing for national championships.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
Ruby Jim of Las Vegas came within one ball of adding her to name the short list of women who have recorded a perfect games at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. The 25-year-old right-hander left only the 6-10 standing on her final shot and finished with 298. Women were first allowed to bowl in the USBC Open Championships in 1994, and only three have achieved perfection on the tournament lanes.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
Brian Knauer of Federalsburg, Md., doesn't necessarily think of himself as a superstitious person, but no one could fault him for rethinking that position after he fell one pin short of perfection at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. Knauer opened his doubles set with 11 consecutive strikes, but a wobbly 8-pin on lane 13 left him with 299 and a pin short of the eighth perfect game of this year's event.
For a week in August later this year, the top women bowlers in the world will have the unique opportunity to compete in two major events at the same time. The U.S. Women's Open, a United States Bowling Congress event, and the PBA Women's Tour Trials will be held simultaneously at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., from Aug. 13-18.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
Staff Sgt. Charles Wilkin, a U.S. Air Force missile technician, was right on target with one goal and just missed a second at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships on Tuesday. The 24-year-old right hander from Cheyenne, Wyo., was a stubborn 10-pin away from the eighth perfect game of this year's event and settled for 299 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.
New USBC spokesperson visits headquarters on trip to Milwaukee
Chris Paul was like a kid in a candy store when he walked into United States Bowling Congress Headquarters for the first time Monday night. "I think I'm in heaven," the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets point guard and newest USBC spokesperson said upon laying eyes on the building's lobby. He was equally in awe when he stepped into USBC's Equipment Specifications facility moments later. "If I was living here, I'd never leave," he said. "I never knew all the stuff on testing was here."
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has approved a blanket waiver period permitting prospective student-athletes who earned and held scholarship funds outside the Scholarship Management and Accounting Reports for Tenpins (SMART) to deposit funds into the United States Bowling Congress SMART program.
If there's one thing Kelly Kulick learned as the first exempt woman on the Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour, it was that confidence is a huge factor in determining success. So when Kulick steps into AMF Carolina Lanes in Matthews, N.C., for the United States Bowling Congress Queens later this month, she will do so with a different mindset than in the past.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
After falling just short of the Regular Team lead at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships on Friday, Smith Barney 1 of Madison, Wis., returned to the lanes at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., on Saturday with only one thing in mind - taking over the top spot in Team All-Events.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
With the new Regular Team leaders still in town and watching from the stands at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., two teams made a run at the top spot, but came up just short Friday night at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships.
Boje elected president, Baker vice president beginning Aug. 1
Bowling Proprietors' Association of America past president Jeff Boje (pictured) was elected Saturday as the new president of the United States Bowling Congress. He will be joined atop the organization's leadership by Darlene Baker who was chosen as vice president.
For the first time, bowling has contributed more than $1 million in a year to help the fight to cure breast cancer. That announcement was made Saturday at the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Annual Meeting when a check for $1,003,000 was presented by USBC to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure during the seventh-annual Meet for the Cure ceremony.
National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. (Feb. 17 - June 30, 2007)
Three years ago, S & B Pro Shop 1 of Troy, Mich., took home the Regular Team title at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. On its return trip to the National Bowling Stadium on Thursday afternoon, the group picked up right where it left off. With two new faces, the team regained its stride and returned to championship form with games of 1,073, 1,103 and 1,104 for the 3,280 high score.
Change in focus from membership organization emphasized at Annual Meeting
Growing bowling as a sport is the future focus of the United States Bowling Congress as nearly 1,700 attendees at the 2007 USBC Annual Meeting at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center learned in many ways Friday. "We are talking about dramatically changing our focus from a member benefit organization to a sports organization," said USBC Chief Executive Officer Roger Dalkin (left).
Unique format includes taped preliminary and live ESPN-televised events
Kelly Kulick (left) was the winner of bowling's last U.S. Women's Open in 2003. Now she will have the opportunity to defend her title. One of the most prestigious events in bowling will return after a four-year absence under the banner of the United States Bowling Congress. The announcement was made at USBC's Convention in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday.
With only a handful of honor scores recorded through nearly two months of competition at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, no one could have been prepared for the barrage of strikes at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday. All bowling on the same squad, two bowlers rolled perfect games, while a third fell just short and settled for 299.
Heading into the 2006-07 season, Saginaw Valley State anchor Dan MacLelland wasn't sure his team was capable of repeating as champions at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships. 
The Charlotte, N.C., area will become a bowling mecca for thousands of women from across the country when the USBC Women's Championships begins April 12. For the first time in the event's 90-year history, the USBC Women's Championships will be conducted in suburban Charlotte and will feature 8,710 five-player teams - more than 43,000 bowlers - competing for national championships.
For a week in August later this year, the top women bowlers in the world will have the unique opportunity to compete in two major events at the same time. The U.S. Women's Open, a United States Bowling Congress event, and the PBA Women's Tour Trials will be held simultaneously at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., from Aug. 13-18.
Chris Paul was like a kid in a candy store when he walked into United States Bowling Congress Headquarters for the first time Monday night. "I think I'm in heaven," the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets point guard and newest USBC spokesperson said upon laying eyes on the building's lobby. He was equally in awe when he stepped into USBC's Equipment Specifications facility moments later. "If I was living here, I'd never leave," he said. "I never knew all the stuff on testing was here."
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has approved a blanket waiver period permitting prospective student-athletes who earned and held scholarship funds outside the Scholarship Management and Accounting Reports for Tenpins (SMART) to deposit funds into the United States Bowling Congress SMART program.
If there's one thing Kelly Kulick learned as the first exempt woman on the Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour, it was that confidence is a huge factor in determining success. So when Kulick steps into AMF Carolina Lanes in Matthews, N.C., for the United States Bowling Congress Queens later this month, she will do so with a different mindset than in the past.
After falling just short of the Regular Team lead at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships on Friday, Smith Barney 1 of Madison, Wis., returned to the lanes at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., on Saturday with only one thing in mind - taking over the top spot in Team All-Events.
Bowling Proprietors' Association of America past president Jeff Boje (pictured) was elected Saturday as the new president of the United States Bowling Congress. He will be joined atop the organization's leadership by Darlene Baker who was chosen as vice president. 
For the first time, bowling has contributed more than $1 million in a year to help the fight to cure breast cancer. That announcement was made Saturday at the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Annual Meeting when a check for $1,003,000 was presented by USBC to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure during the seventh-annual Meet for the Cure ceremony. 
Kelly Kulick (left) was the winner of bowling's last U.S. Women's Open in 2003. Now she will have the opportunity to defend her title. One of the most prestigious events in bowling will return after a four-year absence under the banner of the United States Bowling Congress. The announcement was made at USBC's Convention in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday.