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Kulick's media footprint is deep and wide

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:40 pm
Kulick's media footprint is deep and wide
Kelly Kulick made sports history Sunday in winning the PBA Tournament of Champions, making her the first woman to win an open sporting competition against men.
It remains to be seen whether Kelly Kulick's historic win in the PBA Tournament of Champions will have any lasting impact on bowling, but there is no doubting its immediate impact. Kulick's win -- the first by a woman against men in an open individual sporting competition requiring substantial physical activity -- drew a 1.52 Nielsen rating (more than 1.7 million viewers), which is roughly  double the PBA's usual rating....