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Daniel talks with Greg Pearson, Director of the newly opened National Bowling Stadium in Reno Nevada. The American Bowling Congress celebrates its 100th anniversary this weekend. In conjunction with the opening of the Stadium, 90-thousand bowlers are in Reno and Pearson talks about the status of the sport of Bowling. 3:30 Funding Credit (:29) Cross Promo (:29) Station Break Forward Promo (:29) Headlines

Poet and countercultural activist ALLEN GINSBERG. There's a new four-CD boxed set of Ginsberg's work, "Holy Soul Jelly Roll - Songs and Poems (1949-1993) (on Rhino's Word Beat label). (REBROADCAST from 11/8/94) Rock Critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Call Me Burroughs," the new collection of readings by William Burroughs. (Rhino: World Beat).

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT OLYMPIC DIVING GOLD MEDALIST GREG LOUGANIS, WHO REVEALED THIS WEEK THAT HE HAS AIDS.

2: Musician GREG GRAFFIN, lead singer of the punk band, Bad Religion. The group started 15 years ago, and helped pioneer the hard rock/punk style of bands like Green Day and Offspring. Bad Religion's eighth recording is "Stranger Then Fiction," and it's their first on a major label (Atlantic). When GRAFFIN isn't performing, he's spending time with his wife and child, or working on his Ph.D. in Biology at Cornell.

STAMBERG/BICYCLES: SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH TOM O'KEEFE, DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK THAT HAS PUT A HUNDRED DONATED BIKES ON THE STREETS OF PORTLAND, OREGON, FOR THE FREE USE OF ANYONE.

Commentator Amy Wu (woo) talks about the nonchalant attitude that her teenage peers have about sex. It wasn't until AIDS patients spoke at her school, that students realized the dangerous consequences of unprotected sex.

Rock historian ED WARD reviews Rhino''s new "Doo Wop Box."

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR REPORTER MARIA HINOJOSA ABOUT HER NEW BOOK "CREWS - GANG MEMBERS TALK TO MARIA HINOJOSA" PUBLISHED BY HARCOURT BRACE & COMPANY.

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews the new recording of Kurt Weil''s "The Seven Deadly Sins," featuring the New York Philharmonic and soprano Angelina Reaux (on Teldec).

NPR'S RENEE MONTAGNE REPORTS ON THE LATEST IN THE O.J. SIMPSON DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL.