HBO Sports Bowling

HBO Sports Bowling is the branding used for Professional Bowlers Association broadcasts on the HBO premium cable and satellite television network. Bowling[1] was one of HBO's earliest programs,[2][3] back when it debuted in the early 1970s. HBO's first bowling telecast[4] was the Winston-Salem Open on June 10, 1973. About 21 PBA TV finals aired on HBO from June 1973 through July 1975.[5]

Dick Stockton,[6][7] Marty Glickman,[8][9] and Spencer Ross[10][11] served as the play-by-play announcers and Skee Foremsky[12][13] acted as the color commentator for the bowling telecasts.[14] Pat Summerall also called at least one event, which was the 1975 Brunswick World Open.[15]

See also

References
  1. 1976 PBA Tucson HBO Open: Championship Match: Dave Soutar vs Barry Asher on YouTube
  2. Mesce Jr., Bill. Inside the Rise of HBO: A Personal History of the Company That Transformed ... McFarland. p. 132.
  3. Mesce, Bill. "It's Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: An Original Voice". PopOptiq.
  4. Wyckoff, Jackie (February 2, 2017). "IBMA International Bowling Media Association". Facebook.
  5. London, Mark (February 9, 2017). "Just Paying Attention" (PDF). The Bowling News.
  6. Shea, Stuart. Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. SABR, Inc. p. 164.
  7. Stockton, Dick (April 18, 2018). "A Major Turning Point in This Columnist's Career". dstockton.com.
  8. Glickman, Marty. The Fastest Kid On the Block: The Marty Glickman Story. Syracuse University Press. p. 139.
  9. Sterling, Christopher H. Biographical Dictionary of Radio. Routledge. p. 355.
  10. Eagan, Daniel (September 9, 2011). "Lost and Found: HBO and Ernst Lubitsc". SMITHSONIAN.COM.
  11. "HBO Sports". mrbowling300.net. August 2, 2012.
  12. "Topic: Don McCune Tribute". mrbowling300.com.
  13. "Fred Foremsky". EL PASO USBC.
  14. 1974 PBA New Jersey Open Introduction. Retrieved October 5, 2012 – via YouTube.
  15. Taylor, Joan. "1975 Brunswick World Open". Daily Record.
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