In a joint PBA Northwest/West Regional event in Reno, Nev., on July 25,
Steven Black (pictured) of Phoenix won for his third time in the last four events in the Sands Regency Casino Summer Classic at High Sierra Lanes.
Black, who won $2,000, defeated
Curtis Woods Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif., 184-179, for his fifth career PBA regional title.
Bryon Smith of Roseburg, Ore., the 2002 USBC Masters champ, finished third. Exempt players
Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., and
Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., finished fourth and ninth, respectively.Â
Bowlingdigital.com has uploaded 10-minute High Definition video summaries of the 2010 Men's World Championships Singles and Doubles title matches onto YouTube. All subscribers of our YouTube channel have already received the message. Bowlingdigital has now uploaded 136 videos from 17 events. To go straight to our YouTube account click 
Bowling fans can help Kelly Kulick (l.) of Union, N.J., the first woman to capture a title in the 51-year history of the PBA Tour, win the Women's Sports Foundation's most prestigious award: Sportswoman of the Year. Kulick is one of 10 women nominated for the WSF's award for most outstanding individual performance by a woman athlete. Finalists will be voted on by The Women's Sports Foundation membership
and through online voting. Fans can cast their votes until Aug. 31, 2010
at midnight Eastern. 
PBA Hall of Famer Wayne Webb (l.) capped the 2009-10 Senior Tour season with a win in the Senior Jackson Open Tuesday and he clinched Senior Player of the Year honors in the process. He joins fellow Hall of Famer Mark Roth as the only bowlers to win both the PBA Tour and Senior Tour Player of the Year awards. Webb, the 1980 PBA Tour Player of the Year, defeated Ray Johnson of Battle Creek, Mich., 211-194, in the championship match for his third Senior Tour title of the season and fifth of his career. Webb earned $8,000 for the win and Johnson $4,500 for second. 
With a strong finish in the final PBA Senior Tour event of the year, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (l.) could do something no one has ever done in the history of the sport – and probably any other sport: win the PBA Player of the Year and PBA Senior Player of the Year award in the same season. While the odds heavily favor Wayne Webb (r.) winning 2010 PBA Player of the Year honors heading into the Jackson Senior Open, which begins Sunday at Airport Lanes, the race isn't over.
"It's like a miracle," Denise Roth said after watching husband Mark Roth, a Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer and one of the greatest bowlers in history, walk unaided on the approach and throw a 12-pound bowling ball for the first time in more than 14 months. Since Roth, 59, suffered a massive stroke in late May 2009 that left the left side of his body paralyzed, he has refused to give up the fight to regain his life. His first public appearance following his stroke was at the GEICO Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship in late March. 
Tom Baker (pictured) of King, N.C., captured his first Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title in three years Tuesday, defeating Dale Csuhta of Wadsworth, Ohio, 237-181, to win the PBA Senior Pepsi Open at Spare Time Lanes. Baker, a PBA Hall of Famer and four-time Senior Player of the Year, earned $8,000 and denied Csuhta's bid for his first Senior title. Csuhta earned $4,500 for second. The Senior Player of the Year race will be decided in season's final event in Jackson, Mich.
A pair of PBA Hall of Famers and Senior Player of the Year contenders named Williams held the top two positions after first round qualifying in the PBA Senior Pepsi Open Sunday at Spare Time Lanes. Mark Williams (l.), who won the Senior U.S. Open earlier this season, had a 1,831 eight-game pinfall (228.8 average) to hold a 25-pin lead over fellow Hall of Famer and Senior Tour rookie Walter Ray Williams Jr. (r.) of Ocala, Fla., in second with 1,806.
A handful of PBA players have visited the "home of humility," the Petersen Classic at AMF Hoffman Lanes in suburban Chicago, where averaging 200 for eight games across 16 lanes is a feat even the greatest players cherish. In 2009, PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke (pictured) tried the Petersen Classic for the first time and posted a 1,448 total – a 181 average. In late July, he returned and missed the magical 200 average milestone by a single pin, shooting 1,599 with a 171 final game.
Mike Henry (l.) of Brunswick, Ohio, ended his 10-year quest for his first Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title in the PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open at Olympia Lanes Thursday, defeating Tim Kauble (r.) of Marion, Ohio, 247-166, in the title match. Henry, at age 62, upset three consecutive favored players. Besides Kauble Henry upset PBA Hall of Famers Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Wayne Webb.
The Professional Bowlers Association has entered into a partnership agreement with NeuLion, Inc., which will dramatically improve video quality, ease of viewing and provide numerous other improvements to the PBA's Xtra Frame online video streaming service when it debuts in September. As part of its ongoing goal to make Xtra Frame the world leader in online bowling content, the PBA has entered into a partnership with the world leader in providing live and on-demand sports and variety programming delivered via broadband to the international Internet community.
Six of the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour's top stars are heading to Munich, Germany, where they will represent the United States as members of Team USA in the 2010 WTBA Men's World Championships Aug. 12-21. Chris Barnes (l.), Wes Malott (r.), Bill O'Neill, Tommy Jones, Rhino Page and Patrick Allen will compete for Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-man Team, All-Events and Masters medals against competitors from 67 other countries.
Kim Yioulos (pictured), a junior at Pikeville (Ky.) College and a member of Junior Team USA, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Billy Welu Scholarship by the Professional Bowlers Association. The $1,000 scholarship recognizes exemplary qualities in college students who compete in the sport of bowling. A PBA Charter Member, the late Billy Welu won the BPAA All Star in 1959
before winning the 1964 and '65 USBC Masters events. Welu was
inducted into both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame in 1975. 
Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour exempt players Chris Barnes (l.) of Double Oak, Texas; Joe Ciccone (r.) of Buffalo, N.Y., were among July 18 winners in PBA Regional competitions. Barnes picked up his 20th career PBA Regional title, winning the PBA Southwest/Midwest Region Jonesboro Super Regional at Jonesboro Bowling Center. Ciccone won his 12th PBA Regional title in the PBA Central Region in the PBA Central Region Dan Kondas Memorial Open.
The 2010 Professional Bowlers Association World Series of Bowling provides a unique opportunity for PBA members to compete at the highest level. With a new format this season, PBA is providing answers to some commonly asked player entry questions. Check back here for additional developments and information about WSOB in the days and weeks to come.