Susan G. Komen began a relationship with American bowling organizations in 2000. Now run by the United States Bowling Congress, Bowl for the Cure (R) raises money for Susan G. Komen throughout the yea ...

By the 1950s, many large bowling centers also housed cocktail lounges and bars. Still, a bowler with a discerning palate might prefer to mix up their own drink. As such, these bowling pin bar utensils ...

Brunswick understood a thing or two about simple, visual branding. The red Brunswick crown is plainly evident on this battered pin.

The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company was a dominating force in tenpin bowling, but they also produced pins and equipment for other bowling games. From duckpins to mystery pins, Brunswick had everyone ...

Candlepin bowling is one of the oldest tenpin variants, with origins in the 1880s. The pins themselves are much thinner than tenpins, hence their name. Candlepin remains popular in the United States, ...

For half a century, Lin Kessler traveled across Europe amassing a collection of antique bowling pins and balls. He encountered pieces from a variety of bowling games, the details of which are often my ...

Chuck Collier had dedicated more than 40 years of his life to bowling. Himself an accomplished pin toppler, Collier spent time offering bowling instruction to new bowlers. At an American Bowling Congr ...

The composition, size and weight of today’s bowling pins are decided and regulated by bowling’s governing bodies. Pins of the past, however, came in variable shapes and sizes and sported detailed craf ...

France suffered no shortage of bowling games. Given the wide variety of antique bowling pins Lin Kessler collected in the country, it seems that bowling was pervasive as a pastime, but highly variable ...

In 1988, bowling made its Olympic Village debut.