Lawn bowling: Isn’t that the same same thing as bocce? Not at all. Actually, they’re pretty similar, but don’t say that around avid players of either game. Yes, they’re both games played outdoors that ...

The Olympics isn’t the only time you can enjoy summer games. These Long Island clubs and destinations allow you to experience summer staples and new takes on classics — in some cases, through the fall ...

At first glance, the crowd dressed in white gathered at the southwest corner of Eisenhower Park in East Meadow might look as if they’re playing bocce, the popular summer sport of backyard barbecues.

You’re trying to get the 3-pound ball in your hand to land as close to the small white ball as possible — but if you aim for it, you’ll almost definitely miss it. That’s the trick to lawn bowling, I ...

One sports cliché to make it far beyond the world of sports is “The ball’s in your court.” But when it comes to one game popular in the British Commonwealth, the cliché can perhaps be modified to “The ...

It was a little less than a year ago when the Lake Hodges Bowls Club was close to shutting down due to a lack of funds and memberships. But the beautiful greens at Rancho Bernardo Community Park, ...