Blue Oil On Bowling Lanes Shows How You Roll

Chris Barnes PBA For a championship series airing early next month, the Professional Bowlers Association will be trying something out of the ordinary: using lanes that look like a Smurf went splat on them. Technical background: All bowling lanes have a coating of oil, applied through a Zamboni-style machine. On the PBA Tour, a designated lane maintenance team applies the oil in different invisible patterns, intended to affect the difficulty of the game. Your neighborhood bowling place probably a...