HBO Sports Bowling explained
HBO Sports Bowling is the branding used for Professional Bowlers Association broadcasts on the HBO premium cable and satellite television network. Bowling was one of HBO's earliest programs,[1] [2] back when it debuted in the early 1970s. HBO's first bowling telecast[3] was the Winston-Salem Open on June 10, 1973. About 21 PBA TV finalsaired on HBO from June 1973 through July 1975.[4]
Dick Stockton,[5] [6] Marty Glickman,[7] [8] and Spencer Ross[9] [10] served as the play-by-play announcers and Skee Foremsky[11] [12] acted as the color commentator for the bowling telecasts.[13]
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- Book: Mesce Jr., Bill. 4 July 2015. Inside the Rise of HBO: A Personal History of the Company That Transformed .... McFarland. 132. 9781476622255.
- Web site: It's Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: An Original Voice. Mesce. Bill. PopOptiq.
- Web site: IBMA International Bowling Media Association. Wyckoff. Jackie. February 2, 2017. Facebook.
- Web site: Just Paying Attention. London. Mark. February 9, 2017. The Bowling News.
- Book: Shea, Stuart. 7 May 2015. Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. SABR, Inc.. 164. 9781933599410.
- Web site: A Major Turning Point in This Columnist's Career. Stockton. Dick. April 18, 2018 . dstockton.com.
- Book: Glickman, Marty. September 1999. The Fastest Kid On the Block: The Marty Glickman Story. Syracuse University Press. 139. 9780815605744.
- Book: Sterling, Christopher H.. 13 May 2013. Biographical Dictionary of Radio. Routledge. 355. 978-1136993763.
- Web site: Lost and Found: HBO and Ernst Lubitsc. Eagan. Daniel. September 9, 2011. SMITHSONIAN.COM.
- Web site: HBO Sports. August 2, 2012 . mrbowling300.net.
- Web site: Topic: Don McCune Tribute. mrbowling300.com.
- Web site: Fred Foremsky. EL PASO USBC.
- YouTube . 1974 PBA New Jersey Open Introduction . October 5, 2012.
