Nearly 350 elite youth bowlers representing 58 countries will descend on Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando for the 2008 WTBA World Youth Championships next week. Opening ceremonies are Friday, with competition to run from July 19-24.

Teresa Ross, a Junior Team USA assistant coach and USBC Silver coach, will join the USBC Coaching department.

Rod Ross, one of the most respected and innovative coaches in the sport of bowling, has been named the first head coach of the USBC International Training Center in Arlington, Texas.

Technology will play big role at new training center

Team USA's and budding Denny's PBA Tour star Rhino Page is profiled in ESPNTheMag.com's "Next Athlete" feature.

A day after a heartbreaking defeat in mixed doubles at the 2008 PABCON Championship of the Champions, Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe and John Janawicz rebounded Friday to win the gold medal in the mixed doubles Masters.

NEW VIDEO: Janawicz wins men's Masters

USBC Silver coach Andres Gomez of Colombia has conducted the first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in Spanish in South America. The conference was held in Quito, Ecuador.

Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe (pictured) and John Janawicz both took the lead after the opening round of singles at the 2008 PABCON Championship of the Champions.

NEW VIDEO: Janawicz discusses singles

Two Floridians among eight headed to 2008 World Youth Championships, scheduled for Orlando on July 19-25.

For Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe and John Janawicz, spending time in the gym is almost as important as getting in practice time on the lanes.

The 2009 World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships will be held in one of the most unique venues in the sport of bowling when the USBC hosts the event next year in Las Vegas.

The first USBC Silver coaching conference held outside the United States has concluded in the Philippines.

Denny's PBA Tour stars Walter Ray Williams Jr., Chris Barnes, Tommy Jones, Patrick Allen and Rhino Page as well as veteran amateur Bill Hoffman are headed to the Men's World Championships in Thailand this August.

Arguably the greatest collection of bowling athletes to wear the same uniform have assembled this week for Team USA men's training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and the Fort Carson bowling center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Meet Bowling's Clash of Champions featured players of the week: U.S. Amateur champions David O'Sullivan and Lynda Barnes.

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USBC Team USA members dominate the voting.

Throughout the years, the perception of bowling in the United States has been mixed - sport vs. recreation. However, in several foreign countries, there is no doubt bowling is treated and respected as a sport.

Even at the young age of 24, two-handed phenom Jason Belmonte of Australia is well-versed knowing the importance of having elite bowling coaches scattered throughout the world.

Certified coaches from Ohio, California and Minnesota are the USBC nominees for the U.S Olympic Committee's 2007 Coach of the Year awards.

One of the world's top individual championships, the QubicaAMF World Cup will be held in Hermosillo, Mexico, in 2008.

Derek Eoff and Shannon O'Keefe emerged as champions at the 2008 USBC Team USA Trials on Friday.

Read a first-hand account from Team USA's Derek Eoff in his SportBlog.

Del Ballard Jr., who owns 12 professional titles, moved into the overall lead in the men's division Thursday while Shannon O'Keefe leads the women at the 2008 USBC Team USA Trials.

Check out Derek Eoff's SportBlog from the tournament.

In another step to bolster the number of quality coaches worldwide, USBC will host nearly 20 notable names in bowling from around the world in a week-long International Coach/Instructor Training seminar at USBC Headquarters in suburban Milwaukee on Feb. 12-16.

Tish Johnson and Nathan Bohr put up big numbers in Round 2 of the 2008 USBC Team USA Trials to take the overall lead in their respective divisions.

After expecting to grind it out on what they thought was the most difficult of the four lane conditions, Stefanie Nation of Orlando, Fla., and J.R. Raymond of Lebanon, Mich., were pleasantly surprised to be leading Tuesday at the 2008 USBC Team USA Trials.

A breakthrough year for Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe, a native of Oregon City, Ore., nets her a nomination for the 2007 Harry Glickman Professional Athlete of the Year Award, an honor bestowed upon Oregon's top athlete for the calendar year.

With the World Youth Championships in Orlando, Fla., and the PABCON Youth Championships in Lima, Peru, on the horizon, it'll be a busy year for Junior Team USA 2008. Click here to learn more about this year's talented squad.

Team USA 2008 bios will be available following the USBC Team USA Trials, which are being held this week in Las Vegas.

USBC Hall of Famer Lucy Sandelin will be coaching bowlers - from novices to veterans - as part of a tutoring program at Lane Glo Bowl in New Port Richey, Fla. The 12-week program begins Tuesday night at 6 p.m.

After a year when she won titles in four countries, Team USA's Diandra Asbaty has been named the 2007 World Bowling Writers Female Bowler of the Year.

Tina Stickney will be joined at the USBC Team USA Trials by more than 100 athletes from across the country who will battle for eight spots on bowling's "Dream Team" in 2008.

Team USA's Rhino Page has been the surprise success story through the first half of the 2007-08 season - advancing to two championship rounds, match play five times and through the weekly Tour Qualifying Round in six of seven events as a non-exempt player.

The addition of pros to Team USA 2008 and exceptional performances from Brazil to Guatemala to Mexico highlight the top Team USA stories of 2007.

Junior Team USA, the U.S. national junior bowling team and feeder program for Team USA, will expand to 20 players in 2009 as players may also qualify through the 2009 Team USA Trials.

Junior national teams from the United States, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala competed in an exhibition tournament Nov. 19-21 at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Team USA's Bill Hoffman of Columbus, Ohio, became the first American to win the men's division at the QubicaAMF World Cup in a dozen years Saturday.

For nearly a dozen years, the United States has struggled in the men's division at the QubicaAMF World Cup, and Team USA's Bill Hoffman admits he feels some pressure heading into this year's event.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard and Wendy Macpherson will represent the United States for the first time as they highlight a star-studded women's cast named to Team USA 2008. Also added are Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick, Kim Terrell, Diandra Asbaty and Missy Bellinder.

With a combined 102 career titles on the Denny's PBA Tour, bowling's "Dream Team" is becoming a reality with Walter Ray Williams Jr., Parker Bohn III, Chris Barnes, Tommy Jones, Patrick Allen and Sean Rash being named to Team USA 2008.

Read the winter 2007 US Bowler article.

Be sure to check bowl.com at 8 a.m. Central on Tuesday for the Denny's PBA Tour selections to Team USA 2008. Women's selections will be announced at 8 a.m. Central on Wednesday.

Director of USBC Coaching Bob Maki has resigned his position to become a co-owner of Alpine Lanes in Muskego, Wis.

Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe talks with USA Today about bowling, her athleticism and her Olympic dreams.

Bowlers using the two-handed delivery - including USBC Masters entrant and Team USA member Cassidy Schaub - are making a powerful statement in the sport. 

Many of the country's top professional bowlers will be available to compete for the United States as the selection procedures for Team USA 2008 were announced Friday by USBC.

Click here to download the 2008 USBC Team USA Trials entry form

Team USA's Diandra Asbaty of Chicago became the first player in the history of the World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships to win two Masters titles Saturday.

In this first in a series of articles, USBC's Patrick Brettingen discusses the excitement of a 'regular' bowler preparing to compete with the sport's top stars in the USBC Masters.

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Kevin Dornberger of the United States was elected president of the World Tenpin Bowling Association on Wednesday, while the WTBA also voted to allow professionals to compete in international events, a move that bolsters the sport's bid for inclusion into the Olympic Games.

Jessie Phua, president of the Singapore Bowling Federation since 2002, and her husband, Jimmy, visited USBC Headquarters in Greendale, Wis., on Thursday to meet with officials and first-hand look at the Research Facility and the staff's operations.

After a week of competing against a strong field on tough lane conditions at the U.S. Women's Open, Team USA veteran Lynda Barnes feels the United States is as prepared as it ever has been heading into the WTBA Women's World Championships.

The United States delegation wrapped up a dominating performance this week at the 45th Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas.

Ed Roberts teamed up with Brigette Harrelson to break through with his first gold medal of 2007 after a pressure-packed final game at the Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas.

After 32 grueling games of qualifying on four different PBA Experience lane conditions, the field for the ESPN-televised quarterfinals was set Thursday at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, a USBC event.

Thursday is your last day to cast your vote for Team USA's Diandra Asbaty, who is in the running for the Women's Sports Foundation's prestigious honor. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Click here to VOTE!

With two gold medals in as many days, Bryanna Caldwell and Jesse Rodriguez lead the charge for the United States at the Tournament of the Americas.

At the close of Singles competition, the United States collected four gold medals and looks to add more success throughout the week at the Tournament of the Americas.

Wichita State junior and Junior Team USA 2008 member earns $1,000 schloarship for showing exemplary qualities in a male or female college student who competes in the sport of bowling.

Looking to build upon last year's success, the United States squad is ready to roll at the 45th Lee Evans Bowling Tournament of the Americas in Tamarac, Fla.

Two-time USBC Sport Bowling national high average winner Ashly Galante of Florida and Geoffrey Young of Texas battled Sport Bowling oil patterns on their way to Teen Masters titles and $7,500 scholarships.

Over the next few weeks, Team USA's Stefanie Nation feels like she has the opportunity to put her bowling career on the fast track to superstardom.

USBC Team USA member Rhino Page wins "The BTM" tournament, a Sport Bowling certified event, in Reno, Nev.

Team USA's Tennelle Milligan and Rhino Page each won singles gold medals as the bowling competition at the Pan American Games came to a close Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

NEW! Visit the Audio Gallery to hear from the singles gold medalists!

Powered by strong first games from both the men and the women, Team USA ran away with a pair of doubles gold medals Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Strong first-day performances at the Pan American Games have Team USA in line for a pair of gold medals. Rhino Page and Cassidy Schaub (pictured) hold a 97-pin lead halfway through the 12-game men's doubles event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Diandra Asbaty and Tennelle Milligan pace the women's division.

NEW! Hear from Team USA in the Audio Gallery on the Pan Am Games homepage

The USBC Training Facility, which will be a stand-alone building located adjacent to the current USBC Research Facility, will feature CATS (Computer Aided Tracking System), Ebonite BowlersMAP software and other training technology currently being developed by USBC. Construction is expected to be complete by April 2008.

Mexico's Daniel Falconi (pictured), Canada's Kerri Ryan-Ciach and Guatemala's Sofia Granda are just a few of the names headlining at the 2007 Pan American Games, which begin Monday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In a year where there are no international youth events scheduled, some members of Junior Team USA decided to take advantage of the opportunity to compete together in the inaugural USBC Youth Open Championships on Saturday morning.

Jenny Brown of Deland, Fla., and Adam Martinez (pictured) of San Antonio were crowned U.S. Junior Amateur champions Friday at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships.

Team USA's Rhino Page of Topeka, Kan., battled, persevered and conquered. And when the final ball was thrown at the 2007 July High Roller at Sam's Town, Page took home the top prize in the third leg of the High Roller's July Triple Header.

Team USA's Cassidy Schaub of Polk, Ohio, was a standout football, basketball and baseball player at Mapleton High School in nearby Ashland, earning all-conference honors in baseball as a pitcher and first baseman. However, bowling was - and is - Schaub's first love.

When the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, commence later this month, Team USA left-hander Rhino Page will have the company of a teammate on the left side for a change.

Team USA athletes elected former Team USA member Andrew Cain of Scottsdale, Ariz., and re-elected current team member Bill Hoffman as athlete representatives on the United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors to serve  three-year terms beginning Aug. 1.

Ever since Junior Team USA returned from a disappointing performance at the 2006 World Youth Championships, Matt O'Grady of South Amboy, N.J., has been focused on returning to the event and redeeming himself.

Eight years since her last international bowling competition, former professional Tennelle Milligan of Costa Mesa, Calif., is eagerly anticipating her Team USA "re-debut" next month at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Diandra Asbaty has won numerous titles and gold medals from her many travels across the world in the past nine years on Team USA. However, next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Chicago native will get to experience the thrill of the Pan American Games for the first time in her young, yet storied, bowling career.

Delegates at the World Tenpin Bowling Association Congress in August will once again be faced with a proposal to allow professional athletes to compete in WTBA tournaments, a measure that is critical to the sport's quest to join the Olympics.

University of Nebraska senior Amanda Burgoyne, University of Central Missouri junior Bryanna Caldwell and New Jersey City University junior Vicki Spratford were named 2006-07 Players of the Year in their respective divisions by the National Tenpin Coaches Association, consisting of NCAA women's bowling programs.

Thanks to its record-breaking performance at the Men's American Zone Championships, Team USA has been named the United States Olympic Committee's Team of the Month for May.

Derek Eoff recounts his success in his first Team USA international competition at the American Zone Championships in Guatemala.

USBC Collegiate spokesperson and Junior Team USA assistant coach Kim Terrell has been named women's head coach at Delaware State University, an NCAA Division I program.

Rhino Page cruised to the Masters gold medal while teammates John Janawicz  took silver and David O'Sullivan claimed bronze Friday, capping off a historic week for Team USA at the Men's American Zone Championships. The United States became the first country in the event's current format to sweep the six gold medals.

Team USA continued its domination of the team event with its fifth straight team gold medal Thursday in Guatemala, setting another record in the process. Additionally, Team USA swept the all-events medals, with gold going to David O'Sullivan, silver to Derek Eoff and bronze to Rhino Page.

UPDATE: Page wins Masters gold, Janawicz silver, O'Sullivan bronze for Team USA sweep

Making their Team USA debuts, John Janawicz wins the gold medal and Derek Eoff earns the bronze in Monday's singles event at the 2007 Men's American Zone Championships in Guatemala.

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As a member of Junior Team USA, bowler David O'Sullivan got a taste of what it's like to compete for his country in the 2004 World Youth Championships in Guam. At that event, O'Sullivan held his own by coming home with two medals and gaining some invaluable experience.

The Bremerton (Wash.) Sun profiles its native son, Derek Eoff, as he prepares for the Men's American Zone Championships in Guatemala.

QnA with three-time Team USA member Andrew Cain on his first PBA Tour Trials

Before they get rolling at next week's Men's American Zone Championships, Team USA got in some extra practice Tuesday and Wednesday at Del-Mar Lanes in Houston.

The emergence and growing popularity of what is known as the "two-handed" delivery in bowling has caused USBC to consider its impact on the rules and application of the sport's specifications.

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John Janawicz will get to trade in his Kegel staff shirt for the red, white and blue uniform of Team USA for the first time when the Men's American Zone Championships kick off May 28 at Metro Bowl in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Also making their Team USA debuts will be Derek Eoff and David O'Sullivan.

Team USA's Diandra Asbaty has said in the past that in order to achieve victory you have to learn how to cope with defeat. Asbaty proved that Monday at the 2007 Kegel/USBC World Ranking Masters.

The United States Bowling Congress has announced it has submitted Kevin Dornberger as a candidate for the position of president of the World Tenpin Bowling Association.

Reigning U.S. Amateur men's champion David O'Sullivan will now be competing at the 2007 Kegel/United States Bowling Congress World Ranking Masters this week in place of Bill Hoffman, who withdrew due to a foot injury.

Team USA's Diandra Asbaty and Bill Hoffman will be the lone American representatives when the World Ranking Masters begins Thursday at the Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla.

"Bowler Bill" Web site feature to offer unique commentary and coaching advice from longtime Team USA member.

An avid bowler himself, the Hornets point guard and one of the National Basketball Association's fresh, young faces will promote sport of bowling in various mediums.

USBC Team USA members add to previous honors

Team USA's week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center is winding down. Only two full days remain before the players say their goodbyes and return to their homes across the country.

Seven 2007 Team USA members earned USBC Coaching Level I and Bronze certification during a recent session at USBC Headquarters in Greendale, Wis.

The United States Bowling Congress and Kegel have been selected by the World Tenpin Bowling Association to jointly host the 2007 World Ranking Masters in May, a move made necessary after original host country Qatar withdrew several weeks ago.

Diandra Asbaty of Chicago, Tennelle Milligan of Costa Mesa, Calif., Rhino Page of Fresno, Calif., and Cassidy Schaub of Polk, Ohio, will represent the Untied States at the 2007 Pan American Games later this year.

Diandra Asbaty, Tennelle Milligan, Rhino Page and Mark Siders all in position to represent Team USA at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil.

Ever since Ashly Galante took up the sport of bowling, she has had one goal. She saw herself one day competing in international events while wearing the red, white and blue for USBC Team USA.