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Tommy Fancher Mr. O'Brien Novel and Drama 19 December 2014 "Ten Pin" Bowling, whether competitive or recreational, everyone has the same goal, knock down all 10 pins. Many people consider bowling to be a simple sport but actually there is a lot of strategy and skill to the game. There are many rules that come with the sport, and they have changed quite a lot over the years. Bowling has been traced all the way back to the Ancient Egyptians and the basis of the sport has always been the

you don’t have to be extremely fit to be a bowler, and you don’t even have to have legs because you can bowl with a special helper. The Olympics have been around since Ancient Greece, so it makes sense that those two go together. Bowling was previously in the Olympics but it was only in the Olympics once in the 1980’s because it did not get enough viewers. Even though bowling is not a very popular sport, it should be in the Olympics because there are bowlers from around the world, it was previously

house shot, which is what the majority of people bowl. Once they get to collegiate level and beyond to professional bowling, the oil patterns change. The bowlers do not know what the pattern is beforehand and this is called sport shot. It changes from tournament to tournament and it is very difficult even for professional bowlers. Not only is it difficult to adjust to the lanes, but when a bowler has been doing bad they start to not believe in their ability which just makes the situation worse. Bowling

"Bowling For Dollars." And in 1961, ABC became the first network to telecast competition of the Pro Bowlers Association. Successful promoter, agent and entrepreneur Eddie Elias founded the PBA, and with his leadership, the Pro Bowlers Tour became a hugely popular stalwart of ABC sports broadcasting. Joined later by telecasts of the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour (now the Professional Women's Bowling Association, PWBA) millions of Americans witnessed and became interested in the sport. Today, the sport

that have been elected, based off of four categories. Those four categories are PBA Performance Category, PBA50 Performance Category, Meritorious Service Category, and the Veterans/Seniors Category. To be eligible for the PBA Performance Category, a bowler must have won a minimum of 10 PBA tour titles or won a minimum of five tour titles, including two majors, and been a PBA member for at least 20 years. To be eligible for the PBA50 Performance category, a player must have won a minimum of eight PBA50

of the first cities to open a bowling location. Soon, more and more indoor bowling alleys picked up thru the country. Bowling had a rough time at first in America. A Connecticut law made it illegal to maintain "any ninepin lanes,” due to its association with drinking and gambling. In order to keep the sport someone added a tenth pin and renamed it bowling. After that bowling took a whole turn and grew all over the world and it wasn’t used for gambling anymore. Man, women and children where now

ollywood always tries to look for succeeding great actors in the NFL, but mostly they do not find any. Well, the fact that you are a good professional football player does not mean that you can act. Most NFL players retire at 35, while still having more time and opportunities of starting new chapters in different careers. This is why after retiring from football, most NFL players undertake a career in broadcasting while othHers decide to make good use of their hobbies by turning them into jobs. Others

umpires and the coaches are hesitant to challenge the calls due to insufficient evidence. A lot of the plays happen so fast and some of the rule violations may be too fast for the naked eye to see. With that being said, the Major League Baseball association has adopted the use an intricate piece of technology called the Hawk-Eye which enables major league team coaches to see quick replays and allows the team coaches to make quick decisions on whether to challenge a call or not. The Hawk-Eye replay

MD, for my observation. It is only open on the weekends, so I visited on Sunday afternoon. It is not as large as I expected. There were approximately five employees working. They were easily identified by bright blue t-shirts with the Columbia Association logo on them that they all wore. At the time I visited, there were about ten people skating and three more watching. The ethnic makeup of participants was primarily African American and Caucasian. The social groups at this setting were one couple

Equality Now! Let Us Get Loud and Be Heard Equality is a sensitive topic. We all heard it all during the past elections. There are only few politicians who lobby for equal pay, equal rights, equality across the board specifically if you are a woman. In April of 2016, Hillary Clinton a Democratic Presidential Candidate said in an interview with New York Times she would “use every tool” to close the wage gap. “It’s something that is long overdue, but I know we’ve just got to keep moving forward.”