The Bowler "Meet Rocky Salemmo. He’s a ramblin’ gamblin’ man. For the majority of his adult life Rocky has hustled bowling for a living." A short documentary by Sean Dunne. (NSFW language)
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posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Jun 22, 2010 -
6 comments
Kelly Kulick just won the
PBA Tournament (warning automatic video starts with this link). She is one of the first female professional athletes to ever win a prominent national sporting event against the best males in the sport.
Interesting article questioning why she isn't being given more national recognition.
posted by bove
on Feb 25, 2010 -
71 comments
The Dreaded Half Worcester warning: music is just one of the possible vexing configurations
players encounter in
candlepin bowling, a regional variation on traditional bowling that's unique to northern New England and maritime Canada.
Developed in Worcester, MA, around 1880 (warning: more music), the
game is played in
gorgeous antique alleys dotted around New England and Nova Scotia, and features a
4 1/2" wooden or rubber ball, three rolls per frame or "box," and 15 and 3/4" narrow, cylinder-shaped pins that are the devil to knock down -- even though you can use the
dead wood to knock other pins down, a score over 200 is extremely rare.
Find some lanes and
play or just
take the quiz - like so many regional quirks, this one's undergoing
a bit of a revival.
posted by Miko
on Jul 19, 2007 -
55 comments
You say
bodyline, I say
leg theory. Either way, the origins of one of sport's most enduring rivalries (leading to a near diplomatic crisis) make for a fascinating read to the budding cricket enthusiast. No wonder people
turned out in their thousands to queue in the early hours for the final day of another nail-biting test. It's turning into a hell of an
ashes series.
posted by nthdegx
on Aug 15, 2005 -
44 comments
Robert Cutter, Phillip Kuhn and Marlene Kuhn, Thursday night league bowlers: "I take the bus to the bowling alley," says Robert. "It takes me about an hour. I've been bowling 36 years. I've never missed bowling in 36 years. I'm the first one here and the last one to go home. I even beat the sheet maker (the guy who keeps score for the teams). If I have the flu, I'm still bowling. I still come. I've got rheumatisim and I'm still bowling. If I don't bowl I sit on the couch." When asked if he'd ever consider quitting bowling, he said, "Hell no! I gotta be dead first!" ..."Phil and I have been bowling five years," says Marlene. "We've only missed bowling once in five years. We walk here. We walk even when it rains or snows. It's about 4-1/2 miles to get here. I try to do my best. I've got a bad leg. I've got a trick knee that goes out on me. We're going to start up our own team soon: the Klingons. We watch Star Trek all the time. We're Trekaholics. We have a cat named Leonard 'Bones' McCoy."
Marzano's Miami Bowl
posted by y2karl
on Nov 13, 2004 -
17 comments
Bowling to Vegas! Four drunk bowling fanatics from Chicago are bowling their way across country....apparently for lack of anything better to do(looks like a couple of them are unemployed). Also, they're trying to restore dignity to the good old-fashioned Road Trip(and, of course, bowling). Why bowl to Vegas instead of fly? As
Mike says: "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey. Nobody has respect for the road trip anymore. Haven't you people seen
Fandango?" Follow their progress across country, and
buy 'em a round.
posted by 40 Watt
on Mar 14, 2003 -
7 comments
Bowling for Columbine is opening
tomorrow. I know muckraking
Michael Moore
is a
touchy subject
around here,
but I found his first feature since
Roger
& Me insightful in its stubborn search for an answer to the question:
"Why is America so violent?"
Other
reviewers
agree.
Subtle he isn't, but when the news is as
stark
as it is today, maybe subtlety is beside the point. I hope that even some of you
who aren't predisposed to agree with Moore will give this film a chance. Did I
mention it's also entertaining as hell?
posted by muckster
on Oct 10, 2002 -
48 comments
bowling noir! exactly what it sounds like. i found this while googling for a succinct definition of film noir, and this was too funny to resist. dig the altered picture of rita hayworth and the music clip, man.
posted by pxe2000
on Apr 7, 2002 -
5 comments
