PBA

They're both in their 40s and both two of the game's greatest champions. Last Sunday afternooon Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard showed they're as good as they've ever been.
Williams set a Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour record with a title in his 15th consecutive season and captured his 43rd career title, defeating Eugene McCune, 214-194, to win the 2007 Motor City Classic at Taylor Lanes, Taylor, Mich.
Dorin-Ballard, meanwhile, won the first ever PBA Women's Series event, which is sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), defeating top-seed Missy Bellinder, 233-192. The four-event series featuring 16 women is running in conjunction with Denny's PBA Tour events.
The 48-year-old Williams is the Tour's all-time titles leader and Sunday won his first title since breaking Earl Anthonys all-time record in September of 2006. Dorin-Ballard, 43, won 20 titles on the now-defunct Professional Womens Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour. She joined the PBA in 2004 and was the first woman to bowl a 300 game in a PBA event.
"It's overwhelming," Dorin-Ballard said.. "Weve been off now for four years and I didn't think we'd see the day where there would be any type of tour for us again. I consider myself very lucky to be the first Women's Series champion."
Williams earned $25,000 for his win while Dorin-Ballard pocketed $10,000.
The Denny's PBA Tour and PBA Women's Series move to Cheektowaga, N.Y. this week for the 2007 Etonic Championship at AMF Thruway Lanes. The nationally televised ESPN finals take place Sunday, Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. EST.
Bowling Highlights will be covering the Friday and Sunday TV matches.