Wuz up?

I hope that everyone’s Christmas break was most enjoyable and eventful. One thing is for certain, and that is that the world of sports was filled with events and happenings.

Well, since I missed about a month’s worth of columns, I figured I could start right off with my sportsperson of the year. After much arduous thought, I chose Kim Adler above all others.

Who is Kim Adler? Who is Kim Adler? Adler is only the most exciting (and beautiful) face in the sport of bowling who will forever revolutionize the entire sport.

Adler had a very trying year in the LPBT, and unfortunately only came in fourth in the final tour event of the season. However she did come in second in women’s 1996 top pro earnings with $98,755.

This follows two consecutive seasons when Adler won the LPBT championship, and Adler did come out with very impressive back-to-back victories in the Lady Ebonite Classic and the Hammer Player’s Championship.

After Adler lost her final match this year to Carol Gianotti-Block 210-194, she did not throw a fit, but rather turned to her husband for consoling and walk away.

However what is truly impressive about Adler is the way she is changing the face of bowling. Back in the day I used to watch professional bowling, it was no secret: the women were ugly!

Now, Adler has brought her beautiful face to the sport, and after a few changes including growing her hair out and ridding herself of glasses, she has truly blossomed into a true beauty.

Now, because of Adler’s leadership, other young beautiful ladies can join and change the face of the LPBT.

To some people this may not make much of a difference, but it does make a difference on league night at the bowling alley. These are the men who know their bowling, and every Tuesday night during the LPBT season, they love to go home and watch Kim Adler at 11.

Everyone knows that sports has come down to sponsorship, and if Adler can bring the men to watch her play, more viewers mean more advertising dollars.

If Adler can bring more advertisers to the sport of bowling, then expect her to sign a big contract with Contour Power Grips or perhaps even Ebonite is in her future.

Of course this means nothing compared to the huge dollars Nike would offer if they started to make bowling shoes. If Adler could become the first bowler to get a contract from Nike, she would be just as popular as Tiger woods.

I know there are those of you out there who really don’t consider bowling to be a “true sport” because of the amount of athletic ability required to bowl.

To truly uncouth individuals such as these I just thumb my nose and say “doesn’t taking a ball and knocking down 10 stationary objects require as much skill as hitting a ball with a club into an unmoving hole?”

And finally, while we are on the subject of golf, I would like to congratulate Tiger Woods on his winning the 1996 Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year. He really deserved such a prestigious honor.

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Cade Remsburg is a senior in journalism and mass communication from Ames.