FINDING TV SPONSORS A HEADACHE FOR BOWLING.(SPORTS)

Byline: Pete Dougherty

CLIFTON PARK -- Put bowling on television and people will watch. The problem, from the Professional Bowlers Association's standpoint, is that the telecasts are getting harder to find.

ESPN aired Friday night's finals of the PBA Greater Albany Senior Open at Clifton Park Bowl, but the network has no further senior events scheduled. The seniors have an entire summer tour with no TV contract, although the PBA hopes to strike a deal with The Family Channel -- what's the last sporting event you saw there? -- in the coming days.

ABC dumped the January/February portion of its regular PBA shows to air college basketball, as if there isn't enough roundball on TV already. ``The Professional Bowlers Tour,'' as it's …