Closing string of seven strikes breaks open tight match with Motown Muscle in historic PBA team contest
With owner Billie Jean King (center) on the bench cheering every shot, the New York City WTT KingPins (pictured) presented by GEICO finished the inaugural PBA League championship match with a string of seven consecutive strikes to defeat the Motown Muscle, 440-407, and claim the Elias Cup at Woodland Bowl. The PBA League Elias Cup finals, which was contested March 31 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind., aired Sunday, April 7, on ESPN.
L.A. X captures final PBA League Earl Anthony round, but misses berth in finals by two points
L.A. X (pictured), a team of Professional Bowlers Association stars owned by Los Angeles Clippers all-star guard Chris Paul, struck on seven of its first eight shots to build an insurmountable lead over the top qualifiers, Terrell Owens' Dallas Strikers, to win the PBA League Anthony round, 257-214, but it wasn't enough to earn the team a berth in the PBA League Elias Cup finals. The Elias Cup finals will air on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Billie Jean King's team clinches berth in inaugural Elias Cup Finals in Indianapolis
The New York City WTT KingPins' Tommy Jones, Jack Jurek, Pete Weber, Scott Norton and John Szczerbinski struck on eight of their first nine shots to run away from Jesse Williams' BROOKLYN STyLES (below right), 243-199, in the title match of the PBA League Don Carter round at Thunderbowl Lanes. With their second PBA League stepladder win, the KingPins have earned 44
points to lock up no worse than the No. 2 stepladder position for the
Elias Cup finals.
Mike Fagan's 10th-frame spare, strike enough to pull out two-pin victory
Motown Muscle anchor bowler Mike Fagan's nine-count spare and strike in the 10th frame was just enough to salvage a 195-193 victory for hometown favorite Jerome Bettis' team (pictured) in the PBA League's Mark Roth round at Thunderbowl Lanes, preventing the New York City WTT KingPins from winning back to back titles. The round was contested Saturday, Jan. 26, during the PBA Winter Swing in Detroit and aired Sunday, Feb. 17 on ESPN.
Consecutive strikes by Jones, Weber and Norton topple top-seeded Philadelphia Hitmen
Billie Jean King's New York City WTT KingPins defeated the top qualifying team, Kevin Hart's Philadelphia Hitmen, 222-198, to win the PBA League Carmen Salvino round at Thunderbowl Lanes. With their win in the Salvino round, the KingPins (John Szczerbinski, Jack Jurek, Tommy Jones, Peter Weber and Scott Norton) earned 12 points toward the Elias Cup finals, which will be held March 31 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.
Reigning PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash clinches victory with two strikes in 10th frame
Reigning PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash threw two strikes in the 10th frame to clinch a 225-215 victory for his BROOKLYN STyLES team (pictured) over the New York City WTT KingPins in the debut of PBA League team bowling on ESPN Sunday at Thunderbowl Lanes. The STyLES held a two-pin lead heading into the 10th frame. After KingPins' anchor bowler Pete Weber struck and spared in his half of the 10th frame, Rash answered with two strikes to lock up the win.
PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash's team into historic team stepladder finals
Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Sean Rash (pictured) of Montgomery, Ill., and his BROOKLYN STyLES teammates locked up the top stepladder position for the live debut of Professional Bowlers Association League competition on ESPN Sunday, recording a combined 160-game total of 26,403 pins (227.52 average) at the end of four rounds of team qualifying at Thunderbowl Lanes.
New York City WTT KingPins in hot pursuit for overall team lead with eight games to go
The BROOKLYN STyLES, sparked by No. 5 draft pick Jason Sterner (pictured) of McDonough, Ga., and PBA Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., captured the top stepladder position in the Professional Bowlers Association League's Don Carter qualifying round Thursday, and held a modest 28-pin lead over the New York City WTT KingPins for the overall standings heading into Friday's final qualifying round.
Michael Haugen Jr. to face Scott Norton for PBA Mark Roth Classic title
Michigan native Tom Smallwood (left) helped his Motown Muscle team claim the top stepladder position in the PBA League Mark Roth round finals. He posted an eight-game total of 1,858 pins to help the team – owned by former Pittsburgh Steelers star running back Jerome Bettis – to the No. 1 berth in the Mark Roth team qualifying round stepladder finals by 182 pins over Billie Jean King's New York City WTT KingPins.
Defending champion Andres Gomez, D.J. Archer to bowl for Carmen Salvino Classic title
In the opening event of the multi-tournament PBA Detroit Winter Swing, Bill O'Neill (l.) of Langhorne, Pa., helped his Philadelphia Hitmen team earn the top qualifying position in the inaugural round of PBA League competition. O'Neill, who posted an eight-game total of 1,915 pins, got help from Hitmen teammates Mika Koivuniemi (1,817), Chris Loschetter (right, 1,797), Mike DeVaney (1,845) and Dick Allen (1,720).
The Professional Bowlers Association departs from its traditional Tour schedule for a live telecast of the first round of the historic PBA League Sunday (Jan. 27) at noon ET from Thunderbowl Lanes in suburban Detroit. The eight-team PBA League, featuring celebrity owners and an all-star roster of PBA Tour players, will make its debut on ESPN during the live two-hour opening round telecast. The team championship will be decided during the PBA League Elias Cup Finals on Sunday, March 31.
Jesse Williams, who stars as Dr. Jackson Avery on the hit ABC series Grey's Anatomy, will be the eighth and final owner of a PBA League team in its inaugural 2013 season. PBA Commissioner Tom Clark announced that Williams will be the owner of the BROOKLYN STyLES. His team includes reigning PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash, PBA Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr., four-time Tour winner Ryan Shafer, Tour titlist Ryan Ciminelli, Jason Sterner and supplemental pick Tom Hess, the 2011 USBC Masters champion.
New York City WTT KingPins owner sends Brad Angelo to Jerome Bettis' Motown Muscle team
Women's sports pioneer Billie Jean King (pictured), owner of the New York City WTT KingPins in the new Professional Bowlers Association League, thought it would only be appropriate for the PBA League's only woman owner to have a female presence on her team. To make that happen, King completed a trade with Motown Muscle owner Jerome Bettis, acquiring PBA Tour champion Kelly Kulick to her KingPins' roster in exchange for two-time PBA titlist Brad Angelo.
Sports icon and World TeamTennis co-founder Billie Jean King (pictured) is the first woman owner of a Professional Bowlers Association League team. King will be the owner of the New York City WTT KingPins which includes franchise player and PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber, 13-time Tour winner Tommy Jones, 2010-11 Rookie of the Year Scott Norton, two-time Tour winner Jack Jurek, John Szczerbinski and supplemental pick Brad Angelo.
Comedian, actor, podcast entrepreneur and accomplished bowler Chris Hardwick (pictured) has become the newest owner of a team in the new Professional Bowlers Association League. Hardwick is the owner of the Silver Lake (Calif.) Atom Splitters team which features franchise player 2007-08 Player of the Year and 14-time PBA Tour titlist Chris Barnes, Nathan Bohr, British stars Dom Barrett and Stuart Williams, and 2011-12 PBA Rookie of the Year Josh Blanchard.
All-Pro Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley (pictured) has become the fifth team owner in the new PBA League, the PBA announced today. Woodley joins Los Angeles Clippers star guard Chris Paul, former Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, former NFL all-pro receiver Terrell Owens and actor/comedian Kevin Hart as owners in the PBA League which debuts as part of the PBA Detroit Winter Swing Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in the Detroit suburb of Allen Park, Mich.
Entries will also be available for a non-member Pro-Tournament qualifier
PBA full members will have the opportunity to enter four PBA Tour events that make up the PBA Detroit Winter Swing. For a $600 fee, entries are now being accepted for the PBA Carmen Salvino, Mark Roth and Don Carter Classics, and Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. Entries will also be available for a non-member Pro-Tournament qualifier (PTQ).
Eight team rosters set for inaugural team competition in Detroit in January
Left-hander Rhino Page of Dade City, Fla., the 2008-09 PBA Rookie of Year, was the top selection in the inaugural PBA League Draft held Friday at South Point Bowling Center. The historic PBA League, consisting of eight five-player teams of PBA stars, will make its debut Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. Page was selected by PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke, one of the eight Franchise Players (pictured) who will head the PBA League teams.
PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke (pictured) of Clermont, Fla., won the No. 1 pick in the first PBA League Draft Lottery Friday among the eight franchise players who will draft teammates for the inaugural PBA League. The PBA League makes its debut in suburban Detroit in January. The first PBA League Draft will be held Friday at 10 a.m. PT at South Point Bowling Center. The top eight players from 2011-12 PBA Tour points will select four additional players (plus a supplemental player) to fill out their teams for the PBA League.
Eight star-studded teams, singles events will be part of unique Detroit PBA Winter Swing
The Professional Bowlers Association will introduce an eight-team pro bowling league for the 2012-13 season, featuring PBA stars as franchise players, a draft of PBA members to fill out the five-player team rosters and a television series resulting in six ESPN telecasts, PBA Commissioner Tom Clark has announced. The historic PBA League will make its debut during the Detroit PBA Winter Swing Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich.
With owner Billie Jean King (center) on the bench cheering every shot, the New York City WTT KingPins (pictured) presented by GEICO finished the inaugural PBA League championship match with a string of seven consecutive strikes to defeat the Motown Muscle, 440-407, and claim the Elias Cup at Woodland Bowl. The PBA League Elias Cup finals, which was contested March 31 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind., aired Sunday, April 7, on ESPN.
L.A. X (pictured), a team of Professional Bowlers Association stars owned by Los Angeles Clippers all-star guard Chris Paul, struck on seven of its first eight shots to build an insurmountable lead over the top qualifiers, Terrell Owens' Dallas Strikers, to win the PBA League Anthony round, 257-214, but it wasn't enough to earn the team a berth in the PBA League Elias Cup finals. The Elias Cup finals will air on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The New York City WTT KingPins' Tommy Jones, Jack Jurek, Pete Weber, Scott Norton and John Szczerbinski struck on eight of their first nine shots to run away from Jesse Williams' BROOKLYN STyLES (below right), 243-199, in the title match of the PBA League Don Carter round at Thunderbowl Lanes. With their second PBA League stepladder win, the KingPins have earned 44
points to lock up no worse than the No. 2 stepladder position for the
Elias Cup finals.
Motown Muscle anchor bowler Mike Fagan's nine-count spare and strike in the 10th frame was just enough to salvage a 195-193 victory for hometown favorite Jerome Bettis' team (pictured) in the PBA League's Mark Roth round at Thunderbowl Lanes, preventing the New York City WTT KingPins from winning back to back titles. The round was contested Saturday, Jan. 26, during the PBA Winter Swing in Detroit and aired Sunday, Feb. 17 on ESPN.
Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Sean Rash (pictured) of Montgomery, Ill., and his BROOKLYN STyLES teammates locked up the top stepladder position for the live debut of Professional Bowlers Association League competition on ESPN Sunday, recording a combined 160-game total of 26,403 pins (227.52 average) at the end of four rounds of team qualifying at Thunderbowl Lanes.
Michigan native Tom Smallwood (left) helped his Motown Muscle team claim the top stepladder position in the PBA League Mark Roth round finals. He posted an eight-game total of 1,858 pins to help the team – owned by former Pittsburgh Steelers star running back Jerome Bettis – to the No. 1 berth in the Mark Roth team qualifying round stepladder finals by 182 pins over Billie Jean King's New York City WTT KingPins.
In the opening event of the multi-tournament PBA Detroit Winter Swing, Bill O'Neill (l.) of Langhorne, Pa., helped his Philadelphia Hitmen team earn the top qualifying position in the inaugural round of PBA League competition. O'Neill, who posted an eight-game total of 1,915 pins, got help from Hitmen teammates Mika Koivuniemi (1,817), Chris Loschetter (right, 1,797), Mike DeVaney (1,845) and Dick Allen (1,720).
The Professional Bowlers Association departs from its traditional Tour schedule for a live telecast of the first round of the historic PBA League Sunday (Jan. 27) at noon ET from Thunderbowl Lanes in suburban Detroit. The eight-team PBA League, featuring celebrity owners and an all-star roster of PBA Tour players, will make its debut on ESPN during the live two-hour opening round telecast. The team championship will be decided during the PBA League Elias Cup Finals on Sunday, March 31.
Women's sports pioneer Billie Jean King (pictured), owner of the New York City WTT KingPins in the new Professional Bowlers Association League, thought it would only be appropriate for the PBA League's only woman owner to have a female presence on her team. To make that happen, King completed a trade with Motown Muscle owner Jerome Bettis, acquiring PBA Tour champion Kelly Kulick to her KingPins' roster in exchange for two-time PBA titlist Brad Angelo.
Comedian, actor, podcast entrepreneur and accomplished bowler Chris Hardwick (pictured) has become the newest owner of a team in the new Professional Bowlers Association League. Hardwick is the owner of the Silver Lake (Calif.) Atom Splitters team which features franchise player 2007-08 Player of the Year and 14-time PBA Tour titlist Chris Barnes, Nathan Bohr, British stars Dom Barrett and Stuart Williams, and 2011-12 PBA Rookie of the Year Josh Blanchard.
All-Pro Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley (pictured) has become the fifth team owner in the new PBA League, the PBA announced today. Woodley joins Los Angeles Clippers star guard Chris Paul, former Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, former NFL all-pro receiver Terrell Owens and actor/comedian Kevin Hart as owners in the PBA League which debuts as part of the PBA Detroit Winter Swing Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in the Detroit suburb of Allen Park, Mich.
PBA full members will have the opportunity to enter four PBA Tour events that make up the PBA Detroit Winter Swing. For a $600 fee, entries are now being accepted for the PBA Carmen Salvino, Mark Roth and Don Carter Classics, and Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. Entries will also be available for a non-member Pro-Tournament qualifier (PTQ). 
Left-hander Rhino Page of Dade City, Fla., the 2008-09 PBA Rookie of Year, was the top selection in the inaugural PBA League Draft held Friday at South Point Bowling Center. The historic PBA League, consisting of eight five-player teams of PBA stars, will make its debut Jan. 19-27 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. Page was selected by PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke, one of the eight Franchise Players (pictured) who will head the PBA League teams.
PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke (pictured) of Clermont, Fla., won the No. 1 pick in the first PBA League Draft Lottery Friday among the eight franchise players who will draft teammates for the inaugural PBA League. The PBA League makes its debut in suburban Detroit in January. The first PBA League Draft will be held Friday at 10 a.m. PT at South Point Bowling Center. The top eight players from 2011-12 PBA Tour points will select four additional players (plus a supplemental player) to fill out their teams for the PBA League.
