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Being the only live sports show on Sunday didn’t do much for viewership for 2020 PBA World Championship

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 8:00 pm
Being the only live sports show on Sunday didn’t do much for viewership for 2020 PBA World Championship
Jason Belmonte after winning the 2020 PBA World Championship. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
It seemed like the perfect storm for the PBA: Thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic canceling virtually all of the sports world, the 2020 PBA World Championship stepladder finals live on FS1 at 12:30 p.m. Central time would be the only significant sporting event happening on Sunday in the U.S. And it had a great field, with some of the brightest stars of the PBA, headlined by the top three seeds of Jason Belmonte, E.J. Tackett, and Anthony Simonsen. Belmonte beat Simonsen for the title....