The Super Bowl is one of the greatest and most adrenaline charged sporting event in recent years. Being that as it may, previous events of the super bowl has had varied programming times. The 2010 Super Bowl XLIV(more…)

Perfect Pairings

By Bill & Karen Garlough

As published in The Naperville Sun, The Beacon News, The Courier News and The Herald News – January 30, 2009 
 

One of our New Year’s resolutions for 2009 is to find exciting new wines that offer exceptional value. In the column, I have always tried to present wines that offer good value and this approach is more (more…)

If you are reading this, you are looking into how to start bowling.  That’s wonderful!  I do want to tell you though that there is a right and a wrong way to do this.  Unfortunately, it is not a matter of just picking up (more…)

The first tournament was billed as ‘The Hastings & St Leonards Open Bowls and Quoits Tournament’, an annual three day event and open to ‘bona fide gentlemen amateur bowlers’. The game of quoits gradually lost popularity and was subsequently discontinued as part of the competition.

The Tournament venue was later moved to its present location in White Rock Gardens where there were eight greens of which six still remai (more…)

Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley

If you are not a college football fan and could care less if you never see a bowl game in your life, you might wonder what all of the fuss is about. If you have a red-blooded male in your life, just ask him.

There will be 34 NCAA bowl games this year and the fuss in each one will be about prestige and money, big money, as in more than a collective $139 million for the participating tea (more…)

Along with the holiday season comes NCAA bowl season, which kicks off this week and runs through to January 7th, when the BCS Championship game will crown a champion for the 2009 season.

The New Mexico Bowl gets the first taste of the Bowl spotlight with its date this Saturday night.

It features a matchup of the Fresno State Bulldogs taking on the Wyoming Cowboys. (more…)

Bowling is a recreational “hangout” many people – it is loved because it is enjoyable and fun. A person can go to the bowling alley to relieve his stress from a long hard week of work. Bowling is a good time for bonding and relaxing with friend and family.

It is the perfect recreation for families as they can spend quality time together at the bowling alley. Modernized venues provide their players everything th (more…)

There are so many great things about bowling that many people are lured to play the game.

Almost anyone who is interested in sports would probably want to try to bowl. In fact, even those who do not have any particular interest in other sports enjoy this one because bowling is so easy to play that anyone can enjoy it.

No wonder almost 50 million people play this game in the United States, with (more…)

At one time in the past bowling was the object of many “spoofs”, particularly on the big screen where it was portrayed as a humorous activity. That is no longer true.

There are approximately 100 million people all over the world playing this ancient Egyptian game. Historians found that the earliest form of bowling was recorded in the year 3200 B.C.

The pleasant characteristics of the bowling g (more…)

Bowling is a fun sport and it should be. Although it’s a sport which was initially not meant to be played by everyone, choosing the right kinds of gears makes it possible for almost all people to enjoy the game.

Choosing the right bowling gear can elevate one’s game if he is serious about bowling. One can actually play the game without going through the hassle of buying and bringing his own gear, but it’s so mu (more…)