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Vaping during competition allegation against Jason Belmonte full of twists and turns

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2025 5:00 pm
Vaping during competition allegation against Jason Belmonte full of twists and turns
Jason Belmonte. PBA file photo.
The vaping during competition allegation against Jason Belmonte that has dominated bowling social media the last couple of days is one of the strangest “scandal” type events I can recall in bowling history. If Belmonte did vape during competition, I don’t think anyone would consider it cheating in the sense of gaining a competitive advantage by, for example, illegally altering the surface of a bowling ball. But it is a fact that PBA rules say it is an offense with the...