2010 - 2011 PBA GEICO Shark Championship (Week 05) - Part 01

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SUNDAY, DEC. 26, 1 P.M. EASTERN

The PBA GEICO Shark Championship is the fifth telecast of the 2010-11 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season and will air this Sunday, Dec. 26 at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN from South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

For the second consecutive week the telecast will feature an international-laden stepladder finals field where four countries are represented: Australia, Finland, Canada and U.S. It is also the first PBA stepladder final to feature two players who use a two-handed delivery (Jason Belmonte and Osku Palermaa).

The GEICO Shark Championship is the last of the five "animal" pattern events conducted as part of the PBA World Series of Bowling. The final event from the World Series of Bowling will be the "USA vs. The World" team event on Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.

Eugene McCune won the season-opening Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship, followed by Bill O'Neill winning the Pepsi Viper Championship, Scott Norton then won the Chameleon Championship and Yung-Jin Gu became the first Korean to win a PBA Tour title in the Scorpion Championship.

PBA GEICO Shark Championship stepladder finals qualifiers:

Match 1:

No. 5 Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y. vs. No. 4 Jason Belmonte, Australia

Match 2:

Winner Match 1 vs. No. 3 Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.

Match 3:

Winner Match 2 vs. No. 2 Osku Palermaa, Finland

Championship Match

Winner of Match 3 vs. No. 1 Dan MacLelland, Canada

- Fagan will be trying for his third PBA Tour title. His last win was in the One A Day Dick Weber Open last season.

- Australian two-hander and 2008-09 PBA Rookie of the Year Belmonte will be trying for his second title. He won his first in The Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic in March 2009. Belmonte finished third in last week's Scorpion Championship.

- 2009 PBA World Championship winner Smallwood will try for his second Tour title.

- Considered to be Europe's best two-handed player, Palermaa will be trying for his first Tour title. His previous best finish was third in the 2010 Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator last March and fifth in the recent Chameleon Championship.

- PBA Tour rookie MacLelland tries for his first Tour title. He finished fifth in last week's Scorpion Championship.

Tournament Recap: Two 6-game qualifying rounds with top 16 advancing to 9-game match play round.

First round leader (after 6 games qualifying): Mike DeVaney, Murietta, Calif., 1,487

Second round leader (after 12 games qualifying): Belmonte, 2,851

Third round leader (after 21 games qualifying and match play): MacLelland, 4,901

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Latest comments

  1. RCROX5000, at 04/23/2012 02:22, says:
    Fagan actually spoke?!! O_O He never says ANYTHING.
  2. BlackSkullArmor, at 07/24/2011 15:03, says:
    I like watching Fagan. His head literally stops moving as he's on the approach. It's really cool and kind of unnerving to watch.
  3. DAxGROUCH, at 07/06/2011 05:20, says:
    I Hate This Pattern
  4. BadAssDrummer001, at 07/04/2011 19:49, says:
    @armoredcore671...depends on what size tallywacker youre pulling on
  5. Kyle Ward, at 07/02/2011 01:58, says:
    Not the eggs!
  6. ladyzmann, at 06/12/2011 03:37, says:
    whoever disliked this video obviousley should not have even clicked on this video in the first place
  7. Will McCoy, at 05/16/2011 00:46, says:
    @nso1256 you dont think thats bad? i tried to bowl like pete weber and i threw it in the gutter. lol good times
  8. rsbowler, at 05/10/2011 04:17, says:
    Check out Mike Fegan taking the heads outta play by lofting it past the arrows to defeat WRWJ. Must be nice to be able to get any reaction outta the ball after lofting it 30 feet.
  9. brunswicksucks, at 04/19/2011 00:20, says:
    @nso1256 no It produces a diffrent axis spin and bowling ball motion
  10. brunswicksucks, at 04/10/2011 21:57, says:
    @nso1256 well he has a easter sarge grip
  11. benhj900, at 03/25/2011 16:02, says:
    Mike Fagans swing is unreal!
  12. Polishjazzman, at 01/28/2011 04:29, says:
    When I was younger, I had my idols like Roth and Anthony. I would have loved to had the chance to bowl with them and pick up some tips; but I never had the urge to just hang out with them if it didn't involve bowling. That trio of O'Neill, Fagan and Bel-Mo would be a riot to just go for wings and beer and not even bring up the game.
  13. jopojr300, at 01/05/2011 18:36, says:
    i feel terrible for dan
  14. armoredcore671, at 01/02/2011 17:35, says:
    "is 2 hands better than one ?" ......not when your pulling on your tallywacker
  15. JAS05011, at 12/29/2010 02:02, says:
    Tell that to michael jordan
  16. andrushek11, at 12/29/2010 02:51, says:
    You are only as good as your last performance!
  17. JAS05011, at 12/28/2010 16:49, says:
    For the record.... Fagan is better than Belmonte....
  18. WSMDSA, at 12/27/2010 20:20, says:
    Bel-endmonte annoys me a lot.
  19. spazmatron1, at 12/27/2010 18:51, says:
    hahahahaha argyle assassin 
  20. Anthony Gee, at 12/27/2010 14:05, says:
    Much appreciate for these video uploaded so quickly....many thanks
  21. munkeyman90, at 12/27/2010 05:20, says:
    wheres the hug and kiss?
  22. Sam Merkel, at 12/27/2010 03:22, says:
    holy shit, this was on today!? wow, fast!
  23. yague123, at 12/26/2010 23:05, says:
    Kelly Kulick made 15th on Shark? Not bad girl.
  24. Alec Beckman, at 12/26/2010 22:54, says:
    Great post! Super fast!

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