Bowling is America's #1 participant sport!  Here we compile some information about bowling that you may not know, and also some wacky stuff we think you'll get a kick out of.  Please note that we link to external sites here, and some of these links may change with time.

Stuff About Bowling You May Not Know

• Yes, bowling really IS America's #1 participant sport!  Check it out here and here.
• Bowling is the fastest growing high school varsity sport.  Check it out here.
• Bowling is good exercise.
• Wikipedia on bowling.
• Care to guess which athlete signed the first million-dollar promotional contract in sports?  Hint: He/she didn't play baseball, football, basketball, or hockey.

Some Fun Bowling Stuff

• Check out bowling on a frozen lake in Minnesota!
• Looking for some really cool retro bowling shirts?
• Want some cool recipes for bowling parties...like a bowling lane cake, or gutter meatballs, or even bowling cheese balls?  Check out the links on our parties page!
• Want to check out some bowling ringtones and wallpaper?
• Check out bowling with a Toyota Rav4 (and don't try this!).
• Hamster bowling from David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks.
• Try online bowling games: Bowl with Ray Barone of "Everybody Loves Raymond," download the elf bowling game, check out winter bowling, try your hand at cat bowling, and find more online bowling games here, here, and here.

Famous People Who Bowl

• Barack Obama tries bowling.
• Hillary Clinton, having watched Barack Obama bowl, challenges him to a bowl-off for the nomination.
• Hillary Clinton bowls with Ellen Degeneres.
• George H.W. Bush tries bowling.
• Football was the second sports choice of Jerome Bettis.  Care to guess which was his first choice?
• Football great Lynn Swann is in two Halls of Fame for two different sports.  Football and ...?
• The Washington Redskins take time out from practice to go bowling as a team.  Read about why Head Coach Jim Zorn believes bowling builds team unity, and about cornerback Fred Smoot's enthusiasm for bowling, his unusual bowling style, and his professional bowling aspirations.
• Here's some celebrities who like to bowl.

Some Classic Bowling Videos

• Check out MrBowling300's superb library of memorable moments from pro bowling telecasts, and watch some great legends of bowling.
• Don Johnson almost becomes the first bowler to roll a 300 on national TV.  Nine in a row, and then...?
• Mark Roth converts the first 7-10 split on national television.
• Bubba Smith discovers the Miller Lite easy-opening can, and so does bowling great Don Carter.
• Another of those great Miller Lite commercials from the 1970s, featuring bowling.