On The Gutter

This week we recap the very intense and very drama packed 2025 US Open. EJ Tackett claims another US Open but not without drama. A huge comeback, distracted bowlers and "personal" comments lead to a very entertaining US Open. We also discuss some pettiness on social media with bowling companies! We also have a giveaway! Don't forget to leave a comment to enter the contest!

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We welcome the 2024 Player of the Year EJ Tackett BACK to the podcast! We discuss EJ's championship winning year including the birth of his son, battling some injuries and of course, what it took for him to win the Player of the Year. We also discuss the first tournament of the year with an ALL 1 HANDED finale that saw Graham Fach winning! One Handed vs 2 hands... who wins?

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PWBA Major champion Erin McCarthy is here! This week we discuss a lot about the major news from the world of women's professional bowling and what this means as an overall. We try to add some clarity of the news that has come out and how we all feel about it. We also review the opening tournament of the PBA Tour and team Motiv! Don't forget to pick up a new watch!

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Our first BONUS EPISODE in quite some time. Maria Kreke who bowled full time on the PWBA sits in as we discuss the key points of the breaking news from the PWBA tour. She gives us her perspective as the news just recently dropped and what we both think from the immediate press release!

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Ryan Barnes is here! We sit down and talk to Ryan about his career, his HUGE win at USA Team Trials along with how he has only really been competing in bowling for about 4 years! We also take a look at some more changes with tour players and ask; Is brand loyalty important? We welcome a new sponsor! Link below.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! The first episode of 2025 is here and we are back. We discuss the news of the reversal decision of Brunswick purchasing Classic distribution and then we also set a New Year's resolution for each other and then we also make bold predictions for 2025. Then we discuss the announcement of the rosters for the PBA Elite League Battle of the Brands and all the bowlers who moved companies! 

We have our last episode of 2024 ending with A LOT! First we review the end of the year PBA Tour awards including Rookie of the Year and EJ Tackett winning his 3rd Player of the Year. Then we discuss the breaking news announced that Brunswick bowling has purchased Classic products and becoming an exclusive distributor for Brunswick. Lastly, we are joined by the PBA RPI champion of 2024, Manny Ferrell. We discuss his career, winning 15K as a 19 year old and what his goals are for his pro career. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! 

We are joined by the one and only Dan Wilbur. Dan has been in charge of marketing and design for Motiv bowling. He is the guy who has designed ALL the Motiv logos for many years including the Venom and Jackal logos and names. We discuss what it's been like designing these logos along with seeing them come to life and being used to win Major championships. The guys also sit down and name what we think have been thee WORST bowling ball names in the industry! 

This week we are joined by arguably one of the GREATEST bowlers of all time, man or woman, Liz Johnson. We recap her career including winning 10 PWBA Majors, 25 total titles, a PBA title along with MANY international medals. We also discuss the upcoming PWBA showdown and some changes we think would be beneficial. 

We welcome Ryan Ciminelli to episode 142! We sit down and talk with Ryan about winning 8 PBA Tour titles, filling the void he had been missing and now walking away from the national tour. Ryan gives insight on being one of the most polarizing people to ever be on the PBA Tour. 8 career titles and one major win, Ryan now leaves the PBA Tour and he explains why. We also review the newly announced managers for the PBA Elite League and the USBC Masters being sold out in 12 minutes. We also cover what match ups we would love to see happen on both the PBA and PWBA Tours.