BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Amid a record surge in virus cases, the Vermont Health Department is looking for people who attended two Halloween parties and others who participated in a bowling league so...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina bowling alleys closed since March can reopen provided they meet sanitizing and social distancing rules, a state judge ruled on Tuesday in blocking...

Alabama’s death toll from the coronavirus climbed to at least 551 on Sunday, according to data from the state Department of Public Health.

There have been over 14,200 confirmed cases of the...

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former South King County bowling coach has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after drugging, molesting and filming teens he was supposed to be caring...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame will honor former Vanderbilt athletic director David Williams and retired Belmont men's basketball coach Rick Byrd during its June 15...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — On Friday and Saturday nights, bowling is louder, darker and more colorful than it is the rest of the week. The bowling center also has a certain glow about...

MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Plans for a proposed megamansion in New Jersey show that the 60,000-square-foot (5,574-square-meter)structure would be bigger than the White House if built.

WICKLIFFE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of striking and killing a 17-year-old friend with a car in what police describe as "horseplay" outside an Ohio bowling alley has been charged...

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man has become the first in the state to bowl a 900 series.

Jon Wilbur rolled the three consecutive perfect games at the Rutland Bowlerama Monday night. The 36-year-old tells WPTZ-TV he can't wrap his head around it yet.

Once approved by the United States Bowling Congress, Wilbur's 900 series would be the 35th in history. The first officially recognized 900 series was done in 1997 by 20-year-old Jeremy Sonnenfeld.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh and the West Indies were fined on Friday for slow over rates in their second Twenty20.

Bangladesh was one over short while West Indies fell two overs short on Thursday. Captain Shakib Al Hasan was fined 20 percent of his match fee and West Indies counterpart Carlos Brathwaite was fined 40 percent.

The rest of the Bangladesh squad was fined 10 percent and the West Indies players 20 percent.

KEWASKUM, Wis. (AP) — The West Bend school superintendent says three students were examined at a hospital after a school bus collided with another vehicle.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened Monday evening at an intersection in the Township of Kewaskum.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher John Burkett (BERK'-iht) is throwing a different kind of ball these days.

The former 20-game winner with the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox is in the lineup for the PBA50 bowling tournament next week at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Thousands of athletes and supporters are gathering at the University of Rhode Island this weekend for the Special Olympics Rhode Island.

The events kicked off Friday as athletes marched into the arena and sang "Happy Birthday" to the games, which are celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Athletes are participating in swimming, bowling, cycling, powerlifting and other events. About 1,500 athletes are expected to participate.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bowling alley in Maine's largest city will be the site of the Professional Bowlers Association's first playoff event next year.

The PBA has been coming to Portland's Bayside Bowl since 2015 and consistently drawing enthusiastic crowds. The Portland Press Herald reports the venue will be the site of the PBA Playoffs starting on April 8, 2019.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Anthony Holman has been named the NCAA's managing director for championships operations and playing rules.

The NCAA announced the appointment Monday. Holman will be the lead administrator for the College World Series as the successor to Ron Prettyman, who resigned in March.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Work is nearly complete on a $50 million sports complex in eastern Iowa that includes soccer and baseball fields, hardwood courts and an entertainment center.

The new TBK Bank Sports Complex in Bettendorf sprawls across 76 acres, the Quad-City Times reported . It's being developed by BettPlex LLC and its founder Doug Kratz.

NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to the hipsters of Brooklyn to combine craft beer and sharp objects.

Kick Axe Throwing is the first bar in New York City to pick up on a nationwide trend of ax throwing, a growing sport that some enthusiasts hope will take off the way bowling did in the last century.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Ten years ago when she was 8, Mari Pizzini's mother signed her up for youth bowling league on Saturday mornings and said, "Have fun."

"My mom used to bowl before I was born. She thought that I would be good at it," said Pizzini, who said six years passed before she actually began to enjoy the sport. "I didn't start liking bowling at all until I was 14."

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Cheers from jubilant bowlers and the familiar sound of bowling pins crashing filled Midway Lanes in Mandan one Saturday last month.

Alex Burr, a senior at Bismarck High School, stood in a sea of students with a huge smile on her face.

"I almost got a spare!" she proclaimed to her partner, who helps her with bowling.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss Tuesday and decided to bat first against Zimbabwe in the fifth match of the tri-nation series one-day tournament.

Bangladesh, which has already qualified for the final after two consecutive wins, made one change, bringing in left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam to replace pace-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin.