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MILEY ‘CLIMBS’ INTO BOWLING HALL


IF THE LATEST Celebrity Bowling Hall of Fame vot- ing is any indica- tion, bowling fans have a fascination with female pop stars. Songwriter/ac-


tor Miley Cyrus, who is regularly spotted bowling with friends and attending charity bowling events, was tabbed as the 2011 inductee in the celebrity wing of bowling’s hall of fame a year after fellow pop star Taylor Swift received the same honor. Cyrus, the 18-year-old daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, outdistanced fellow teen pop star Justin Beiber in fan voting that was conducted on GoBowling.com from mid-July until early August. Cyrus and Beiber were joined on the


2011 ballot by the Jonas Brothers, actors Jeff Bridges and Bill Murray, basketball legend Michael Jordan, talk show host


Jimmy Fallon, Lady Gaga, rapper Lil Wayne and Kim Kardashian. “We are honored


to welcome Miley into the Hall of Fame,” said Steve Johnson, execu- tive director of the Bowling Propri- etors’ Association of America, “and we are grateful for her support of the great sport of bowling. “From pop mu-


Miley Cyrus


sicians and Holly- wood stars to pro- fessional athletes and hip hop artists,


this year’s inductees represent the surging popularity, diverse appeal and inclusive experience that is bowling today.” They also represent a direct link to


mainstream media, as was evidenced by the number of media outlets that picked up on the story, including The Washing- ton Post, HuffingtonPost.com, nbcsports. com, thebiglead.com, E! online and starpulse.com.


NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING Barnes To The Rescue


BARNES RESCUES MOTHER-DAUGHTER DAY: Click on the play but- ton (above) to view the recent Today Show bowling outing.


WHEN KATHIE LEE GIFFORD and Hoda Kotb, fourth-hour co- hosts of NBC’s Today Show, decided to take their respective moth- ers on a mother-daughter excursion, they decided bowling would be the perfect form of family entertainment and competition. The four ladies went to Bowlmor Lanes in mid-town Manhattan,


where they laced up and took to the lanes. After several frames of missed pockets and gutter balls, expert advice was sorely needed. Enter USBC spokesperson and PBA star Chris Barnes. With a


modicum of coaching the ladies were quickly adding pins. “Anytime you get the chance to go to New York and be a part of


something as big as the Today Show, it’s a great experience and great opportunity for bowling,” said Barnes of the top-rated morn- ing news show. Today averages more than 5 million viewers a day.


7 USBOWLER SEPTEMBER 2011


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