Shred the Rack: Why bowling will never be a mainline sport

By ClassicRocker06, Section Other Sports
Posted on Sun Nov 18 2007 at 12:59 AM EST
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By Billy Fellin

I would be willing to bet that anyone who reads this column has been bowling before. Whether it would be a rainy day activity with friends or that cool birthday party when you were 5, most of us at one point or another have thrown a bowling ball down the lane. But how many of us actually would consider it a sport that takes just as much work as football, baseball, hockey or basketball? Or even a legitimate sport at all, able to even be mentioned in the same sentence as the four sports previously listed. Certainly fewer people than have ever bowled in their life actually take bowling seriously and consider it a thriving sport. I am one of the rare people who take bowling seriously, but I don't think it will ever become a mainstream sport that people will jump up to watch as they do for football and baseball.

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