Bowl-A-Vard Lanes in Madison will host the 2031 USBC Women’s Championships under future hosting deals USBC announced for its championships in this news release on Thursday. USBC also said the 20...

The lane patterns for the 2026 USBC Open Championships were very similar to the patterns at the 2025 USBC Open Championships: the shapes were similar and the numbers were close. Yet the scores soared...

Those who value history and the USBC Hall of Fame can take a lot from the 2026 USBC Open Championships. The team all-events win by Higgy’s Aquarium earned Dan Higgins, Chad Roberts, and Joe Bail...

Two weekends ago, Team NABR fired 10,426 in team all-events to soar into the lead with what looked like a winning score that would give Adam Barta and Scott Pohl their fourth Eagles, a huge milestone...

Jake Bockstie potentially made some history in firing 2,277 Thursday and Friday to take the all-events lead at the 2026 USBC Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. Bockstie defini...

As I detailed in this lengthy story, the USBC Hall of Fame Committee in 2024 approved mind-boggling changes that would have meant 12 of the 23 people elected in the Outstanding USBC Performance catego...

Since the record 3,720 Artistic Expressions 1 fired to win the team Eagle in 2014, just one team had broken 3,500 at the USBC Open Championships: Riding Kenny’s Coattails won the 2023 team Eagle...

Tom Smallwood has had a tough 2026 season on the PBA Tour, ranking 54th in points with just three cashes in 13 tournaments and $13,050 in earnings, well below what would be considered normal for the v...

With the USBC Open Championships team event lane pattern looking the softest it’s been since 2023, plenty of people were predicting 3,400 would be cracked this year for the first time since 2023...

A lesser team would have no chance of winning an Eagle without its standout anchorman. Bowlers Headquarters clearly is no lesser team.   At the 2021 USBC Open Championships, Bowlers Headquar...

As I explained in my preview before we bowled the 2026 USBC Open Championships, our group expanded from five teams to six as we underwent more changes. 11thFrame.com 3 and 4, which we call the Wittkow...

Our 11thFrame.com teams have seen some more changes heading into the 2026 USBC Open Championships, as we’ve expanded again to six teams from five. Two of our teams that we call the Wittkowske fa...

PWBA Tour champion Josie Barnes blasted a 2,256 all-events total Sunday and Monday to take the lead at the 2026 USBC Open Championships, putting herself in position to become the first women to win th...

In the 122-year history of the USBC Open Championships (long the ABC Tournament), I know of no Eagles won in more bizarre fashion than those that might be won by Tom Adcock and his Armstrong Printing...

American Fleet Inc. # ONE of Springfield, Missouri overcame eight opens in their final game to close strong and edge into the team lead Monday at the 2026 USBC Open Championships at the National Bowli...

A day after fellow Syracuse area bowlers Dean Distin, Michael Tryniski, and Derek Magno lit up the National Bowling Stadium lanes, Ryan Bertrand followed suit. The 34-year-old right-hander fired 721 (...

Dean Distin and Michael Tryniski made history at the 2026 USBC Open Championships on Friday and put themselves in position to make even more history. Distin fired 792 (279-268-245) and Tryniski added...

It’s been clear watching scores and highlights from the 2026 USBC Open Championships and the Bowlers Journal Championships that this year’s minors lane pattern is friendly for scoring. The...

After starting singles with 300 and 279 at the 2026 USBC Open Championships on Sunday, Robert Oakleaf Jr. needed just 219 to reach the all-events lead and 226 to tie the singles lead. Competing in the...

Retired PBA Tour champion Josh Blanchard fired an 812 series and teamed with Tim Simonis to take the doubles lead Thursday at the 2026 USBC Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno....

Less than a week after Nick Heilman’s La Crosse-based group re-wrote the leaderboards at the 2026 USBC Open Championships, taking the lead in team, doubles, and team all-events, they no lon...

Some of the players have changed over the years, but the core of the group that won the team Eagle at the 2012 USBC Open Championships remains the same for what was Nicholas J’s Pro Shop 1 and 2...

The day before he flew to Reno for the 2026 USBC Open Championships, Zachary Bogholtz won a bowling ball of his choice and made it the Storm BIONIC, a ball that has won both majors and a third tournam...

When USBC in September announced its new rules for urethane (aka slow oil-absorbing high-performance) bowling balls to take effect Jan. 1, they included a hardness minimum of 78D for the USBC Open Cha...

The 2011 USBC Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno drew 12,837 teams, the second of five Open Championships in seven years. The numbers kept declining with each trip, plunging to...