Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

(Smith) and I have known each other for a long time, so immediately after the NCAA tournament we're going to meet with coach Smith. We will evaluate at that point if Adam is going to stay or transfer.

In the European leagues, you play a lot of international tournaments, so you see some players quite often.

When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

No. 1, we are a lawn bowling club, and then we're a social club.

Tournaments like this take the pressure off for a little while because we know that no matter what happens, it won't affect our conference standing. We're able to try new things in these matches, and we're able to work on parts of our game that we might not be comfortable using in conference matches.