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Focuses on the professional career of bowling player Mika Koivuniemi. INSET: Mike and Mika Meet in St. Louis.

Presents a list of the top 10 most exciting men's bowling tournament finishes spanning decades. INSET: And, a Worst Finish.

Focuses on trends in success of Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Association of PBA with cable network ESPN to increase its television ratings; Efforts of PBA to encourage participation of more bowlers in tournaments organized by it; Details of PBA tournaments to be broadcast on television in 2002; Efforts of PBA to reform its business; Expectations of PBA from four tournaments scheduled in 2002-2003.

Highlights the victory of bowler Mika Koivuniemi from Finland for the U.S. Open bowling competition. Coverage of the championship finals over the ESPN cable television network; Championship match with Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams, Jr.; Interview with Koivuniemi on the potentialities of the opponents.

Profiles Bob Glass from the Professional Bowling Association (PBA). Tournaments participated by Glass; Recognition received as Professional Bowler of the Year; Dominance of Glass in the PBA Seniors Open held in Hammond, Indiana.

Presents a achievements of the legendary Earl Anthony, greatest bowler who have ever lived in the bowling industry. Details of the death of Earl Anthony; Successes of Earl Anthony; Announcement of the resignation of Earl Anthony in the Professional Bowling Association tour.

Reports developments on bowling in the U.S. as of June 2002. Popularity of the Labrador retriever Bosco during bowling tournaments; Experience of two Massachusetts students Rhett Creighton and George Martin Junior at the Men's U.S. Open; Victories of Italian bowler Andy Varipapa. INSET: PBA TIDBITS.

Focuses on developments related to bowling in the United States, current as of August 1999. Includes the inaugural New York City Professional Bowlers Association Experience; Inclusion of John Jowdy into the Texas State Bowling Association Hall of Fame.

Features bowler Bryan Goebel, the 1998 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions winner. Goebel's daughter as his biggest fan; Highlights of the event; Preparation made before the event; Goebel and Hoskins as the top contenders.

Reports on how American professional bowlers and couple Carolyn and Del Ballard balance their careers and their relationship. Forms of relaxation between bowling events; Handling of career pressures; History of the Ballards' bowling careers; Major accomplishments. INSET: Love at 23rd Place.

Describes interiors of the new bowling alley Cat City Bowl in O'Fallon, Illinois, where the finals of the Professional Bowlers Association will be held in February 2004.

Describes the antique-cluttered interiors of the bowling alley Arcade Lanes in the Saint Louis, Missouri suburbs of University City, Missouri.

Presents information on the 2002-03 Professional Bowlers Association Rookies of the Year.

The article reports on the opening of an eight-lane bowling center "Pin-Up-Bowl," designed by Joe Edwards. Its the world's first bowling/martini lounge. The tenpin center, minuscule and uneconomical by present-day standards, is part of a booming business/entertainment area in University City, making it one of just two commercial bowling establishments in St. Louis, Missouri. Conde Nast Traveller magazine last spring rated the top 30 night spots in the world, and Pin-Up Bowl was among the 14 in the U.S.

Reports on the motion picture titled `Arcade Bowl' about bowling in St. Louis, Missouri which was finished last July 1998. Comparison to the films `Kingpin' and `The Big Lebowski'; Plot of the story.

Focuses on American woman bowler Kim Adler. Physical training program; Adler's bowling titles; Career as a professional bowler.