NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING /// MAY 2012 Bulletin Board
OOPS . . . SHE DID IT AGAIN
Nothing says “bowling” like pop star Britney Spears! A
t least that’s what online voters determined in the 2012 Celebrity Bowling Hall of Fame challenge hosted by the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America at
GoBowling.com. Spears, who seemed to take to the lanes with fair frequency during her pop diva days, and was spotted earlier this year toting her two kids to Camarillo Lanes in Camarillo, Calif., topped fellow recording artist and “The Voice” judge Christina Aguilera in a head-to-head vote.
Bowlers can’t get enough of Jeff Bridges as, “the Dude.”
For the fi rst time in the three-year history of the contest’s online voting, the winners were selected through bracket-style competition. Sixteen stars of sport, screen and song were matched up in the four- week vote-off. Music stars Drake and Justin Bieber were among the hopefuls, as were sports stars LeBron James, Tim Tebow and Jeff Gordon, and popular morning show hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. The fi nalists were all deemed to have played a role in popularizing and supporting the sport of bowling. The selection of Spears as the 2012 inductee completes a three-year sweep for female singers.
And since one celebrity category isn’t nearly enough, Jeff Bridges topped Bill Murray in online voting to enter the Celebrity Bowling Hall of Fame in the Legacy bracket. Bridges is best known for his role as The Dude in the cult movie classic “The Big Lebowski.” Murray made his mark in bowling through his portrayal of self-absorbed bowling star Ernie McCracken in the movie “Kingpin.”
Country star Taylor Swift won the inaugural popular vote-style competition, while Miley Cyrus earned the crown in 2011. On both occasions teen sensation Bieber fi nished runner-up. Both Spears and Bridges have received formal invitations from
BPAA to accept the crystal bowling pin symbolic of their achievement at the 2012 Bowl Expo in Reno, June 24-28.
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