Mark Roth made a plastic ball hook with his hand. Reactive resin made more hook a purchase. The PBA later put his name on… Read more: Mark Roth Turned Bowling’s Hook Into a Weapon. Then You Could Buy It.

By 1972 Japan had built almost as many bowling lanes as the entire United States, and more per person. Two years later a third… Read more: Japan Out-Built America at Bowling. Then Lost a Third in Two Years.

Therm Gibson won $75,000 in about 20 minutes on Jackpot Bowling—more than Mickey Mantle’s documented 1961 contract. Six strikes bought a baseball-sized payday. On… Read more: The Bowler Who Out-Earned Mickey Mantle in 20 Minutes

The White House bowling story includes string pins, a $253,000 lighting contract and decades of bowling-industry money. This documentary follows who paid, what the… Read more: What $253,000 Gets You at the White House –Sting Pin!– Bowling Alley

The 1991 Nu-Line X-Calibur launched bowling’s reactive-resin revolution. It stayed legal while rulemakers later targeted urethane instead: the wrong ball. To feel how strange… Read more: This 1991 Bowling Ball Broke Scoring Forever. It’s Still Legal

Chad Murphy runs the USBC, the body that certifies and bans every bowling ball in America. Its own published bio says he spent 12… Read more: USBC Chief: From Building Balls To Banning Them