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No structural damage to finger, but apparent popped blood vessel likely to keep John Janawicz sidelined for weeks after 2026 PBA50 Ballard Championships show

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 12:24 pm
No structural damage to finger, but apparent popped blood vessel likely to keep John Janawicz sidelined for weeks after 2026 PBA50 Ballard Championships show
The TV finalists for the 2026 PBA50 Ballard Championship, right to left in order from first to third: Jason Couch, Bill Rowe, John Janawicz. Photo by PBA.
After making the TV finals of the 2026 PBA50 Ballard Championship on Sunday, John Janawicz withdrew from the 2026 PBA50 Monacelli and Petraglia championships in order to fly home to Florida to have his injured middle finger checked out. On Monday, he told 11thFrame.com he planned to fly back to bowl in the Ballard show “unless I get a really grim report from the doctor.” On Wednesday, Janawicz told 11thFrame.com in a message exchange that his diagnosis was a good news/bad news...