If so, how?  If not, why not?

I've spoken to the sports editor and ask him about the lack of bowling news that is in the paper.  He said that he would be more then happy to do articles, a weekly report of scores and league standing if someone from the bowling center would let them know.

Why would any center owner or manager not do this?  Doesn't it make sense that the more coverage it get the more business they would receive?  

All I can say about ours it that they are too lazy.  There is no excuse!

If the paper gets the results of a tournament on a day where they don't have prep basket weaving results to publish, we get a half a column inch in the "scoreboard" page - just above the dam levels and fish counts...
And usually, when they are sent EXACTLY what should be printed, like "NWWCBA Results", they'll change the headline to read "PWBA results" or something like that. It's amazing how BADLY they do...
Our new governer is a bowler. About a 170 average. At least, he used it a lot in his campaign. Said it made him just an average guy (pun intended). Bowling got a lot of attention then, but I'm not sure it was positive...
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I see newspapers printing this in smaller towns as opposed to larger cities.  Seem maybe they need more filler for the paper, or maybe just more time to add it to their program.  I don't look for it, but I don't think the Indianapolis Star publishes any bowling reports.  A possible reason is this: there are so many houses in large cities, it would take a couple pages to list every league's high bowler for the week, from every house.  Also, they have plenty of other stories to cover and don't need the filler for the paper.


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Why, WHY won't the last one just fall??  It's WIGGLING for cryin' out loud!!

Hey everyone,

  I think this post is very appropriate for me to chime in, as I am a sports writer for a fairly large newspaper in Illinois.  I am a full-time staff writer for the Daily Journal in Kanakee, Illinois. We have a circulation of around 30,000. Anyhow, I'm an avid bowler, so I always like to get as much coverage for bowling as is possible. However, time restraints and other assignments make it impossible for me to cover bowling full time. What our paper has done is to hire a stringer, an outside person familliar with the bowling scene who submits articles on a weekly basis. The articles run in round up form, recapping the best performances of the week or any major bowling news. It usually takes a 300 game or an 800 series to get a roundup story. In addition to the round ups, we also run an "Honor Roll" on our scoreboard page. This list features games of 260+ games and 650+ series for the men, and something like 225+ games and 600+ series for women. Now, when a big tournament comes along, such as the two PBA Regional events, one senior and one regular, that come to town, I go to the center to attend the event, focusing particular attention to any local bowlers that may be participating. The factor that needs to be understood is that bowling, while popular and one of my loves, is still not considered very important by the public at large. Therefore, it is one of the first things to get bumped aside when space is limited. Everyone wants to have what they're interested in receive recognition, but newspapers are a business. Like any other business, editors need to make decisions about what is appealing to the largest audience. Unfortunately, in most cases bowling does not rate very high on the list, except to bowlers. My advice to any of you who feel like you're not getting the coverage that you deserve is to contact the sports editor of your local paper to see if they will allow you or someone else to string for them. If you are permitted to do this then you can set up contact with all of the centers in your area so that you will be contacted whenever a score or occasion warrants an article. However, you have to be willing to put in the time and effort to gather information for such articles, and that can be difficult. But if you're really passionate about increasing coverage of the sport, that is one way to get what you want.

Gene J. Kanak

Here in Palm Beach County, FL, bowling gets hardly a mention in the local newspapers. They run the weekly ads from all the houses, of course, which indicates when Cosmic bowling starts, when you can get Pizza and soda and a lane for $15.00 or whatever it is etc. But rarely do we see results from a national tournament or any local tournaments. I think one of their excuses is that the PWBA television broadcasts are tape delayed and they feel they should not publish final results prior to the telecast. But they do not publish much else anyway regarding bowling so that is just BS. I have no idea how many league secretaries or league coordinators at the various bowling establishments ever send in results. Perhaps that is part of the problem. I will have to check locally.
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