Allen, a 13-time PBA Tour title winner, and Koivuniemi, one of the most successful international players in PBA history, were elected by an elite panel of veteran bowling writers, industry leaders ...

Liz Johnson, five-time U.S. Women’s Open and current reigning champion, said she started bowling when she was 4 years old and began competing against men in 2004 after the women’s league folded.

He opened this season by winning the Banquet Open in Omaha, Neb., earning the first exemption of a new format that will be introduced in the 2004-05 season, when PBA tournaments will have 64 entries.

The Munster man and 25-year vet of the tour fired games of 300, 253, 275, 279, 279, 279, 236, 300 and 267 to obliterate the nine-game pinfall record Walter Ray Williams set in Arizona in 2004 by ...

Taylor and JoJo Kovacs finished second with an 1,181. Corey Long's bowling column appears Sunday. Scores and announcements can be sent to [email protected] or faxed to (863) 401-6999.

If a woman has participated in at least five events before the June 1 start, she may enter and compete for one of the eight remaining seasonlong exempt spots on the national tour. The 2004-05 PBA ...

The first 50 exemptions for the 2004-2005 all-exempt, 64-man PBA tour have been determined. Exemptions were awarded to this season's tour title winners and PBA world-point ranking leaders.

PBA Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. is top money-winner this year with $223,950. Runner-up is Pete Weber with $199,717. Empire State Open champion Ryan Shafer of Elmira is 11th with $95,080.

If you only see one PBA telecast this year, do not miss this Sunday’s ABC Masters, broadcast live from Miller Park in Milwaukee. With the lanes set between 1st and 2nd base in a major league … ...