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NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING


Left to right: Ryan Shafer, Michael Strahan, Blake Griffi n, Jerry Ferrara, Jess Williams, Kevin Hart, Chris Paul, Jason Belmonte, Wes Malott, Pete Weber and Reggie Bush.


Ciara


of music, television and sports, includ- ing football’s Reggie Bush and Michael Strahan, Grammy nominated hip- hop and R&B singer Ciara, TV stars Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jerry Ferrara (Entourage), comedian Kevin Hart and Paul’s new Los Ange- les Clippers teammate Blake Griffi n. A pair of celebrities teamed


with PBA stars Ryan Shaffer, Wes Malott, Jason Belmonte and Pete Weber in the team competi- tion, which Paul and Belmonte won each of the last two years. “I just think it’s odd that Chris has


won his own tournament two years in a row, don’t you?” wondered Grif- fi n, a 6-foot, 10-inch power forward. The event started with a Super


Shootout, a one-ball, low-man-elimi- nated roll off between the celebrities.


Pete Weber 8 USBOWLER FEBRUARY 2012


The fi nal pitted the hyper-competitive Paul against Williams, with Wil- liams stealing the trophy with a strike after Paul had posted an 8-count. The team event would also leave


Paul with the bitter taste of second place, as the trio of Weber, Griffi n and the wrong-footed Ferrara squeaked out a 187-180 win. Belmonte doubled in the 10th


, giving teammates Paul


and Hart a chance at a three-peat, but Weber answered with a strike of his own to close out the match. “I doubled to force Pete to


strike,” said Belmonte. “Then he did what he does best, which is strike when he has to strike.” The biggest strike, of course, was


for bowling. The event delivered fun and drama, as well as an estimated one million viewers on ESPN.


Reggie Bush Drew Carey


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