Bulletin Board NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING /// MAY 2011


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NBA Superstar Serious About His Bowling


ight-time National Bas- ketball Association All Star Vince Carter al-


ready has several nicknames, including “Half Man, Half Amazing,” and “Vinsanity.” But when Carter’s profession- al basketball career comes to an end, he may want to adopt “InVince-A-Bowl.”


In a recent interview with the Arizona Republic, the for- mer NBA Rookie of the Year and 2000 Slam Dunk Champi- on said that “serious” pursuit of the excellence on the lanes is being considered.


“[Bowling] is something I’d probably like to try to do once I’m done playing,” said Carter, 34 and currently a member of the Phoenix Suns. “I’m noth- ing great, but I’m like a 172 average. When I was bowling a lot, I was up there.”


Unlike many professional athletes, for whom bowling is a purely leisure-time activity, Carter says he takes his time on the lanes seriously. “When I go bowling,” he said, “I go bowling! I’m not one for the leisure bowling, like at the Lucky Strike to have drinks and fun. I go to bowl. I can go by myself and bowl for hours. And I have a bunch of bowler friends who go bowl with me, and I have friends at the different centers that I bowl in.”


Carter also admitted to flip- ping to PBA tournaments on ESPN during the winter in lieu of NBA contests.


“I always watch the bowl- ing matches when they come on TV,” he claimed. “I like golf, too, but I’ll take bowling all the way. I just enjoy it.”


LOFTY GOALS: Bowling or golf? For Carter, it’s a slam dunk.


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