Bowling’s Secret Monopoly Is About To Be Exposed
The Professional Bowlers Association has a supplier almost no fan can name. In Lake Wales, Florida, a private family company […]
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The Lawsuit That Could End Bowling’s Monopoly
On May 6, 2026, eleven bowlers walked into federal court in Seattle and asked a judge to break up the
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How Microsoft Accidentally Saved the PBA
In 1999, the Wall Street Journal got one fact wrong about Microsoft programmer Chris Peters. Three months later, three Microsoft retirees bought the Professional Bowlers Association for $5 million.
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How the PBA Bought Its Way Off ABC and Went Broke
In 1991 the Professional Bowlers Association received $200,000 per show from ABC. In 1997 it was paying ABC $150,000 per show to stay on the air. The receipts have been public for twenty years. No major bowling video has ever cited them.
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Earl Anthony Dominated Pro Bowling. America Looked Away.
Earl Anthony won 43 PBA titles and 6 Player of the Year awards. Twelve million people watched him bowl every Saturday for a decade. No major American network talk show ever booked him. Not once.
The PBA Blindly Approved the Ball That Broke the Sport
In 1991 the American Bowling Congress approved a coverstock chemistry it didn’t understand. Within fifteen months the inventor admitted it killed bowling.
The Bowling Cheating Scandal The PBA Buried Twice
In February 2022, three bowling balls failed pre-broadcast hardness testing at the PBA Tournament of Champions. The PBA banned the balls, never named the bowlers, and changed the rule. It’s the same thing they did in 1973.
Bowling’s Worst Rule Was Finally Killed. Greed Did It In 42 Days
On August 1, 2019, the United States Bowling Congress killed the only rule protecting bowling’s competitive integrity. Forty-two days later, Bowlero bought the Professional Bowlers Association.
When Bowling Was Illegal — The Story You Think You Know Is A Myth
The Professional Bowlers Association traces back to an 1841 Connecticut law that banned nine-pin bowling. The folk story about how bowlers beat it isn’t true.
The Fall of Bowling Nobody Actually Explained
In 1980, 9.8 million Americans belonged to a bowling league. More than 22 million watched the PBA Tour on a single Saturday afternoon. The sport’s collapse was already 18 years old.