Chris Paul's PBA Celebrity Invitational

Copperhead · Post #1 » by **Copperhead** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:13 pm

to be televised by ESPN on 10/19.

--- AND IT'S FOR CHARITY ---

Hornets All-NBA point guard Chris Paul will lead a group of players against professional bowlers in a special made-for-TV fundraising event this fall.

The first Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational will be televised on ESPN. It will be taped for broadcast at the AMF Major League Lanes in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Sept. 20 and will air Oct. 19 to kick off the 50th Anniversary of Denny's PBA Tour season. The Invitational also marks the first time professional athletes from other sports will partner with professional bowlers for a bowling event with a dedicated telecast.

The event will be held in conjunction with the third annual Chris Paul's Winston-Salem Weekend, the signature fundraising event of the CP3 Foundation. Proceeds will benefit charities and programs in Winston-Salem and New Orleans.

"I am thrilled to have a PBA event be a major part of my charity weekend and bring some of the best bowlers in the world to Winston-Salem," Paul said. "I always tell people that I am a bowler first and a basketball player second, so I know this event will be an ultimate test of my bowling skills. There will certainly be a lot of bragging rights at stake among the NBA players who attend."

Paul will head up a field of five NBA stars who will team up with five PBA bowling stars to form five doubles teams consisting of one NBA celebrity and one pro bowler.

The NBA players are yet to be announced, but previous participants in Paul's charity weekend bowling event have included fellow All-Stars and Team USA members LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard.

The Bowlers include current Player of the Year Chris Barnes. Tommy Jones, Jason Couch, Doug Kent and Mitch Beasley.

http://www.nola.com/hornets/t-p/index.s ... xml&coll=1

http://www.pba.com/news/feature.asp?ID=822

Copperhead · Post #2 » by **Copperhead** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:32 pm

CP3 just completed his 3rd CP3 Winston-Salem Charity weekend.

Charity weekend culminates whirlwind year for Chris Paul

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=c ... &type=lgns

Star Power

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008 ... -regional/

Photos of the bowling event probably won't be published until the event airs on ESPN on 10/19.

Copperhead · Post #3 » by **Copperhead** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:26 pm

Video of some of CP's charity weekend...

http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Ne ... geId=3.2.1

http://www.wschronicle.com/index.php?op ... &Itemid=44

Copperhead · Post #4 » by **Copperhead** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 7:30 pm

Slamonline did an article/interview on CP's PBA Celebrity Invitational..

http://slamonline.com/online/2008/10/ch ... g-weekend/

Copperhead · Post #5 » by **Copperhead** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:55 am

This will air on ESPN at 12 noon central time.

realfung · Post #6 » by **realfung** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:13 pm

he is sooo marketable now.