Saturday, June 6, 2026

Fundamentals: PBA CEO Colie Edison

  • PBA CEO Colie Edison joins Fundamentals on Thursday, June 18th.
  • The episode will begin approx 12pm ET on Thursday, streamed live on this page.

Welcome to the latest episode of Fundamentals with Ian Thomas, a Front Office Sports interview show featuring leading operators and voices of the sports industry.

Today’s episode featured Colie Edison, the CEO of Professional Bowlers Association.

Colie discussed how the PBA has returned to live events, along with the addition of sports betting, amongst other transformations and the growth of the circuit and sport in the past several month.

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