NEW BEDFORD – It’s been said that lawn bowling originated in ancient Egypt. The game has been played in England since the 13th century. In New Bedford it dates back to the late 1890s, brought here by ...

During a sunny late afternoon in June, Bob Holfelder of Amherst has arranged two games of lawn bowling with six of his friends on a square plot of soft, golf-green grass near the Easter basket at ...

One sports cliché to make it far beyond the world of sports is “The ball’s in your court.” But when it comes to one game popular in the British Commonwealth, the cliché can perhaps be modified to “The ...

It’s lawn bowling day at Hardy Park in Fort Lauderdale. About 40 bowlers in white and off-white attire are pursuing what has become an obsession for some. Fort Lauderdale Lawn Bowling Club president ...

Similar to Italy's bocce and France's boules, Lawn Bowling came to Milwaukee in 1919, and to Lake Park in 1920. You can join the fun this summer. A fixture in the Lake Park for more than ...

Parading around the artificial turf in blue blazers, ties and white pants, the English lawn bowlers looked more like visiting dignitaries than a group of men preparing for a friendly game on a sunny ...

Lawn bowling: Isn’t that the same same thing as bocce? Not at all. Actually, they’re pretty similar, but don’t say that around avid players of either game. Yes, they’re both games played outdoors that ...

At first glance, the crowd dressed in white gathered at the southwest corner of Eisenhower Park in East Meadow might look as if they’re playing bocce, the popular summer sport of backyard barbecues.

DERRICK: SOME OF THE NATION’S BEST BOWLERS ARE IN MILWAUKEE, BUT IT’S NOT THE BOLDING YOU ARE USED TO. MADISON: THE LAWN BOWLING NATIONAL SHOULD BE LAKE PARK IS UNDERWAY WITH THE WOMEN COMPETING ...

The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland attracted more than 4,500 athletes from 71 nations and territories that once comprised the British Empire. The Games — which concluded on Aug. 3 — ...

The Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling Club in Heisler Park is filled with visiting champions this week, as Mert Isaacman and Sam DeLisle host the fifth annual Michael Ashton-Phillips International Challenge.