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Bowling ball research in major tech confab

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 9/21/2008, 12:00 AM
Once simply black and made of rubber, the bowling ball now is amulti-colored technical marvel. Computers help in the design of exotically shaped cores andchemists toil to create ever more sophisticated coverstocks. The world's top bowlers once carried justone ball. Today, top pros are known to drill a dozen or more in aweek, each designed to hook a differen...

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