N. Carolina man rolls 1st PBA 900 series N. Carolina man rolls 1st PBA 900 series ADVERTISING THE VILLAGES, Fla. — A North Carolina man rolled the first 900 series in Professional Bowlers Association history — three straight perfect games.
N. Carolina man rolls 1st PBA 900 series
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — A North Carolina man rolled the first 900 series in Professional Bowlers Association history — three straight perfect games.
Joe Scarborough, a 50-year-old self-employed electrical contractor from Charlotte, opened the first round of qualifying in the PBA50 Sun Bowl on Sunday with three games of 300, throwing 36 consecutive strikes.
Scarborough was competing in his second event in the renamed PBA Senior Tour. He said his previous high three-game series was an 838 and he had bowled 14 prior 300 games.
Scarborough was a PBA member from 1991-2001 and twice bowled in standard PBA Tour events. He rejoined when he turned 50 in October.
Norm Duke had three consecutive 300s in a standard PBA Tour event in 1996, the PBA said Monday, but the performance didn’t count as a 900 series because he ended one round with two perfect games and started the next round with the third.
Scarborough threw another strike to start his fourth game, but his streak ended at 37 when he left a split on his next shot. Three straight sub-200 games then knocked him out of the lead and into a tie for 12th place with 1,921 pins, 77 behind the leader, PBA Hall of Famer Mark Williams.
Ravens linebacker McClain arrested
DECATUR, Ala. — Baltimore Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain is facing new charges in his north Alabama hometown.
Decatur police say the 23-year-old McClain is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a disturbance at a park Sunday.
Police haven’t released details, but McClain is free from jail after posting a $1,000 bond.
McClain is now with the Ravens after being released by the Oakland Raiders.
This is the third time McClain has been arrested in Decatur since 2011.
Scott Fujita retires as Saint while in Peru
NEW ORLEANS — From the mountaintops of Peru, Scott Fujita has retired.
The Super Bowl-winning linebacker later enmeshed in the Saints bounty scandal signed a one-day contract with New Orleans and retired Monday. The Saints provided the document and Fujita signed it while on a trip with former teammate Scott Gleason, who is battling ALS.
Fujita finished his career with the Cleveland Browns, but was implicated and suspended for one game by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his role in what the league called a Saints performance pool designed to knock targeted opponents out of games from 2009 to 2011. Fujita later was essentially absolved by former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
1,100 officers at Madrid Marathon
MADRID — Spanish authorities are increasing security for the Madrid Marathon following the deadly bombings in Boston.
Regional government spokeswoman Cristina Cifuentes and city security official Jose Enrique Nunez say 1,100 police and security personnel will be on duty for Sunday’s race.
The security force will include 400 National Police officers, as well as a rapid reaction and prevention force, dogs and motorcycles. Cifuentes said, “we have not detected a risk, but understand that at the present time it is important that National Police reinforcement should participate.”
Three people were killed and more than 180 injured when two bombs exploded near the finish line of last week’s Boston Marathon.
MLB, teams taking students to see ‘42’
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and its 30 teams plan to take thousands of teenagers to see the Jackie Robinson film “42.”
MLB announced the movie outing Monday.
Teams will choose students from the eighth grade to the 12th grade in the United States and Canada for private screenings in their cities. Commissioner Bud Selig will host the first showing Tuesday in Milwaukee along with Sharon Robinson, daughter of the player who broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Selig said the movie depicts the proudest moment in baseball history. He said the film can help “educate our next generation about Jackie Robinson’s vital impact on our nation.”
The movie “42” led the domestic box office earlier this month after its opening weekend, 66 years after Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
From wire sources
