Four-time PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte hopped into NASCAR champion Aric Almirola’s No. 10 Go Bowling! Ford Mustang and delivered the “fastest strike” in bowling history, barreling down the straightaway at Charlotte Motor Speedway at 140 miles per hour and throwing a bowling ball out the window to
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PBA Spare Shots: Anthony Simonsen Wins $100,000 Bowlero Elite Series First Prize
PBA two-handed star Anthony Simonsen defeated New Jersey middle school history teacher Amy Brehm, 258-220, to win the $100,000 top prize in the second of three Bowlero Elite Series tournaments featuring professional bowlers versus Bowlero amateur league bowlers. Simonsen, who won the professional side of the Elite Series bracket by
Denmark’s Carsten Hansen Wins PBA-WBT Storm Lucky Larsen Masters for First PBA Tour Title
HELSINGBORG, Sweden – Denmark’s Carsten Hansen, a 26-year-old seventh-year Professional Bowlers Association member, was nearly perfect Sunday in defeating American two-handed player Chris Via of Springfield, Ohio, 289-247, to win the PBA International-World Bowling Tour Storm Lucky Larsen Masters at Olympia Bowling for his first PBA Tour title. Hansen, a
PBA Spare Shots: FloBowling Debuts Anthony Simonsen Documentary “Leave It Behind”
At age 22, Anthony Simonsen of Little Elm, Texas, has already established himself as one of the PBA’s premier stars. But his youthful journey to the top levels of competitive bowling hasn’t been easy. A documentary that made its debut on FloBowling.com Wednesday, "Simonsen: Leave It Behind," tells his story.
Bear Open Finalists Close in on FloBowling PBA Summer Tour Points Leader Sean Rash
AURORA, Ill. – Sean Rash won the PBA Wolf Open Tuesday to kick off the series of three FloBowling PBA Summer Swing finals, presented by the Brands of Ebonite International, to take the lead in the FloBowling PBA Summer Tour competition points race and he held on despite an assault
Six Down, Three to Go: AJ Johnson Takes FloBowling PBA Summer Tour Points Lead into Final Three Events
CHICAGO – With six tournaments in the books, the final three tournaments of the FloBowling PBA Summer Tour are set to begin Monday at Parkside Lanes in Aurora, Illinois, just a few miles from new Summer Tour points leader AJ Johnson’s hometown of Oswego. All signs point to a dramatic
Despite Two Gutter Balls, Tommy Jones Wins 19th PBA Tour Title in Coldwater’s BowlerStore.com Classic
COLDWATER, Ohio – For Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, South Carolina, the title match in the PBA BowlerStore.com Classic presented by Moxy’s Xtra Pair at Pla-Mor Lanes Friday was an all or nothing affair. Jones defeated top qualifier Sean Rash of Montgomery, Illinois, 215-179, bowling a game that featured eight strikes
Kris Prather Continues Breakout Year, Grabs Qualifying Lead in PBA BowlerStore.com Classic
COLDWATER, Ohio – Kris Prather of Plainfield, Illinois, continued his torrid pace in a breakout year, rolling a 279 final game Thursday to lead the sold-out field of 96 competitors after the eight-game qualifying round in the PBA BowlerStore.com Classic, presented by Moxy’s Xtra Pair, at Pla-Mor Lanes. Prather, who
Consistent Kyle Sherman Retains FloBowling PBA Summer Tour Competition Points Lead
CHICAGO – Kyle Sherman of O’Fallon, Missouri retained his status as the FloBowling PBA Summer Tour’s most consistent player, finishing 12th in Sunday’s Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic in Middletown, Delaware, to remain No. 1 on the Summer Tour points list after five of nine events while Delaware runner-up Tom
Ryan Ciminelli Wins PBA Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic for Eighth Career Title
MIDDLETOWN, Del. – Ryan Ciminelli of Lancaster, South Carolina, defeated top qualifier Tom Daugherty of Riverview, Florida, 217-209, to win his eighth Go Bowling! Professional Bowlers Association Tour title Sunday in the Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic at Mid-County Bowling and Entertainment Center. Ciminelli, ending a three-year title slump, took