Not long after the 2023 IBF World Championships ended in October 2023, I received an extraordinary allegation from a person who plausibly could have knowledge of the situation. The allegation included a picture of a bowling ball with a serial number that didn’t look normal. The person told me the ball actually was an illegal ball and the serial number had been altered so that it would be legal. The ball also allegedly had been softened illegally before being used in the World...