18. ERROR: BOB. HOME RUN: UDSETH  by BJI Staff, July 2001

Bob Udseth and Greg Zicha take over ABC Doubles lead in an unusual manner.

19.  REGGIE IS 'N SYNC WITH BOWLING by BJI Staff, June 2001

Basketball star Reggie Miller and members of one of the world's best-known musical groups help raise more than $250,000 for young burn victims in Indianapolis.

20. COUCH'S 'LIMBO' SEASON IS SAVED   by Tommy Delutz Jr., June 2001

With a reconfigured September-to-March PBA season, Jason Couch's hot start (and everybody else's) was in danger of slipping through the 2001-02 cracks.

21.  BOWLING'S HUMBLING NATURE by BJI Staff, May 2001
If this is such an easy sport, why do world-class athletes have such a difficult time keeping the ball on the lane? Also: Glenn Allison's next career goal..

Even in an era of hyper scoring, bowling remains a challenging game to learn and a difficult sport to master. More ...

 Let me start by saying that I'm here to fight for the forgotten throng of PBA fans who helped put the Professional Bowlers Association on the map. You know, the ones who embraced the stepladder-finals format created by innovative PBA founder Eddie Elias almost 45  More ...

  At least some former First Family mambers are coming clean. The scandal
surrounding the Clintons' removal, and subsequent return, of $28,000 worth
of furniture and other items from the White House More ...

24. DUDE! WHO'S MY COMMENTATOR?  by Johnny Campos, April 2001
Jennifer Lopez would know whom to pick as ESPN's color analyst.

  Maybe I'm getting more mellow in my old age. Maybe I'm just in a good mood
because, as of this writing: the No. 1 movie in the country is The Mexican;
the world of boxing has its first Hispanic heavyweight champion More ...

25. TO BE FRANK, HE WAS PERFECT by J.R. Schmidt, March 2001
In an era when 300 games were rare, Buffalo's Frank Caruana became known for his ability to roll them

Buffalo has long been considered one of America's "bowling cities." And
no finer bowler ever came out of Buffalo than Frank Caruana.   More ...

26. MAXIMUS ENTERTAINUS by Johnny Campos, March 2001
The PBA is in search of a little magic for its TV announcers' booth.

In case you haven't noticed, TV's newest reality show takes place on
Sundays this year. It's called the Professional Bowlers Tour on ESPN.  More ...

27. THE 1st ABC TOURNAMENT by J. R. Schmidt, February 2001
With a Handsome $1,592 Prize List, the 4-Day Event Lured the Day's Top Bowlers.

The 1901 ABC Tournament drew 41 teams from nine states, and ran four days. Entry fees were $5 per man per event, with a total purse of $1,592.  More ...

28. RESTLESS FOR IDEAS IN SEATTLE by Johnny Campos, January 2001
The new PBA hierarchy never rests in its search for better ways to do things.

Return with us now to the thrilling days of yesteryear, when bowling fans could turn on their TV sets at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoons More ...

29.  A MINOR BOHN OF CONTENTION  by Johnny Campos, December 2000
'How to Master the Game' is a great first effort, but when you've got a
Victoria's Secret catalog, you don't want the history of underwear.

Before starting my review on "Bowling - How to Master the Game/By Parker
Bohn III," let me state that it was my toughest assignment yet More ...

34. CAREY NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS CARRY by Johnny Campos
   Drew Carey gets two beautiful strikes in his post-TPC television appearances, but leaves a humongous split when he teams up with David Letterman.

For those of you scoring at home, comedian/TV star/bowling aficionado Drew Carey had a couple of strikes and a split in three TV appearances last week following the Bayer/Brunswick PBA Touring Players Championship. More ...

35. ARENA FOOTBALL FINDS ITS MATCH by Johnny Campos
   TNN’s ‘Rockin’ Bowling’ has it all, from a reclining chair shot to speed bowling. And one of the collegiate bowlers will undoubtedly star in Super Bowl XXXV.

St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner is living proof that there can be life after arena football. More ...

36. THE CHALLENGE ILLUSTRATED by Sam Baca
   It’s not enough to explain how difficult the game is. Television gives us the chance to show everybody.

Are we doing the best job we can to explain the nuances and challenges of our sport on national television? More ...

37. The World’s Hottest New Hero by Johnny Campos
   If Leslie Beamish has anything to say about it, Parkémon could be the next hot action toy. Of course, that also depends on a fellow named Parker Bohn III.

Hey, kids! Have you latched on to the latest superhero in the world of entertainment? The one who’s trying to save bowling? I’m talking, of course, about Parkémon! More ...

38. BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS  by Bob Johnson
   The U.S. Officially Loses Its Global Edge as Bowling Goes Outside, Aleta Sill Becomes a Millionaire and a Few Legends Bowl in Orlando.

If there was any doubt that bowling had evolved from an American pastime to a global sport of massive proportion, it was erased during the transition year from the second millennium to the third. More ...

39. CHARITY BEGINS IN COLUMBUS by Johnny Campos
   If you keep reminding yourself that it’s for charity, you should enjoy Bill McCorkle’s ‘Bowlers Are Funny People.’ Especially the ending.

With apologies to Rocky Balboa from the movie “Rocky III,” sometimes charity really hurts. More ...

40. Desperately Seeking Y2K Programming by Johnny Campos
   Now that all those sports and entertainment shows have announced that they will be taking the year 2000 off, television should welcome the PBA and PWBA .

The year 2000 could be a great one for both the Professional Bowlers Association and the Professional Women’s Bowling Association if they play their cards right. All they have to do is capitalize on all the prime network programming that will be available More ...

41. LOOKING AT THE 1900s by by J.R. Schmidt
   The 20th Century Was Loaded With A Plethora Of Outstanding People, From The Holler House To Kingpin, And Baker To Petersen.

With the 20th Century — not to mention the Second Millenium — drawing to a close, historical retrospectives are popular. More ...

42. EXPLETIVES (NOT) DELETED? by Johnny Campos
   What Happens When a Pro Bowler Gets a Little Too 'Creative' With His Language? Apparently, Not Much. And That's Too Bad. But Here's a Possible Solution.

Remember when comedian George Carlin came up with the list of the seven words you couldn't say on television? That was about 25 years ago, and the list probably has dwindled to just a few words (maybe just a couple), thanks to TV shows like "NYPD Blue." More ...