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Posted by fred kaplowitz on February 5, 2010 at 5:22am

I was doing my daily ritual of moving through IBI's website and my eye caught the section "Top Bowling Center News from Around the World". There was listed a handful of the kinds of activities we spend our evenings watching on television to relax: a stabbing, arson perpetrated by a rival center operator, a brawl and a look back at a massacre in New Mexico in 1990. Wow! And that's not counting the mundane things such as weddings, wakes, community meetings, birthdays and on and on and on.
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NFL LEGENDS BLITZED BOWLING PINS FOR CHARITY

MIAMI, FL, February 5, 2010 – For the fifth year in a row, close to 40 NFL legends hit the lanes at the NFL Super Bowl Celebrity Bowling Classic, presented by NFL Charities and Strike Ten Entertainment (STE), the marketing arm of the bowling industry. Super Bowl legend, MVP of Super Bowl X and “dual-sport” Hall of Famer (both football and bowling), Lynn Swann, returned for a third straight year to serve as event host. This year’s event, which was open to the public, was held at 7pm on Thursday, February 4 at SpareZ Lanes, located in Davie, FL, just minutes from Dolphin Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLIV.

Top Bowling Center News From Around the World

Police Arrest Teen In Bowling Alley Murder - Action 3 News

Bowling alley owner dies at 52 - insideTORONTO.com

Bowling alley preps for massive job fair turnout - Kingman Daily Miner

Bowling alley given the go ahead - Slough and Windsor Observer

Smoking row Irish pair shot at US bowling alley - Belfast Telegraph

The Orangeburg Massacre, 42 Years Later - WOLO

20 Years Later, Bowling Alley Massacre Still A Mystery - KFOXtv.com

A new bowling alley for Monroe? - HeraldNet

19-year-old shot at bowling alley - Omaha World-Herald

Retired corrections officer arrested after shooting 2 men in Queens bowling ... - New York Daily News

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Strikes and Spares: Bowling Results (Gaylord Herald Times)

GAYLORD BOWLING CENTER RESULTS ADULT LEAGUES Alpine 1. Eagles No. 1825 2. Otsego Club 3. Smith Realty SG: Ed Malinowski 300 SS: Mark Corbiser 747 HG: Ed Malinowski 323 HS:âEd Malinowski 778 SG: Otsego Club 1149 SS:âOtsego Club 3303

AREA BOWLING: Wagner rolls 702 series (Warren Times Observer)

Gary Wagner had a consistent 702 series Monday in the Allegheny League at Riverside Lanes. Sixth-graders Tanner Humphrey and Alex Johnson both surpassed the 500 series mark in the Youngsville Middle High School League Monday at Valley Bowling Center in Youngsville.

Local Lads Light Up the Lanes at Wallenpaupack Bowling Center (The Wayne Independent)

Kyle Blake & Michael Santos are heating up the frigid winter nights with red-hot performances at Paupack Lanes. Blake is averaging 203 in senior youth league action, while Santos is in the 190s as a competitor in the Anthracite Valley Youth Leader circuit.

Pusod rules (Sun Star)

VIC Pusod hit a total of 276 pinfalls to capture the class A crown in the SBC Bowler of the Week Tournament at the Fairlanes Bowling Center on Sunday night. read more

Four arrested after fight breaks out at Airport Lanes Bowling Center (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)

The Airport Lanes Bowling Center closed early Sunday morning after a fight broke out.Blackman Township Department of Public Safety officers arrested three people for disorderly conduct and public intoxication, Sgt. Patrick Boulter said. Jackson County Sheriff's deputies, who assisted with...

Bowler of the Week (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)

Bob and Dave Rudnick are this week's wgrz.com Bowler of the Week. They each bowled a perfect game at the Spare Time Bowling Center in Cheektowaga on the same night, just a couple of lanes apart.

Scoreboard (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

BASKETBALL PacWest men: Notre Dame de Namur at Hawaii-Hilo, 2:30 p.m. PacWest women: Notre Dame de Namur at Hawaii-Hilo, noon. BOWLING Hawaii TV Bowling: 9 a.m., Barbers Point Bowling Center.

Miller rolls 300 for Waverly boys (The Daily & Sunday Review)

WAVERLY - Waverly freshman Fred Miller had never been in a position like this before. The IAC Championships at his home lanes at the Valley Bowling Center. All eyes in the place on him as he headed up for the 10th frame, just three strikes away from a pe

TSSAA tournament to return to Smyrna Bowling Center (Daily News Journal)

The TSSAA high school bowling tournament will return to Smyrna Feb. 13.

Sampson on a roll at Plaza Bowling Center (The Journal Times)

Chad Sampson set what is believed to be a house record forhighest series with an 856 Monday night at Plaza Bowling Center.Bowling in the Plaza MGD Classic League, Sampson opened with a 268,followed with a 299 and closed with a 289. Plaza Lanes managerGregg Landreman said Sampson's series also is believed to be thehighest this season in Racine league bowling.