‘Best Damn Sports Show Period’ taping highlights Wal-Mart FLW Tour anglers
Rhode Island man walks away with FLW Outdoors ‘Look for the Hook’ Sweepstakes grand prize during show finale
BIRMINGHHAM, Ala. – Bass-fishing fans were treated to a live-audience taping of the `Best Damn Sports Show Period’ with Chris Rose, John Salley, Rodney Peete, Rob Dibble and Leeann Tweeden Friday afternoon at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center – part of the stellar lineup of action-packed activities surrounding the 2006 Wal-Mart FLW Tour Championship.
Audience members in attendance got a chance to see the cast and crew interact with FLW Tour pros Gabe Bolivar and Kim Bain. Earlier, Bain had drawn Rose and Salley as partners for a fishing contest against Bolivar, Dibble and Peete, and apparently the outcome was decidedly one-sided in favor of Bolivar’s group.
The show is tentatively scheduled to air on FSN (Fox Sports Net) Sept. 1.
In addition, audience members were treated to a host of other guests including fishing icon Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats, former Oakland Raider quarterback Ken Stabler and multisport legend Bo Jackson.
During the final segment, five lucky contestants that participated in the 2006 FLW Outdoors “Look for the Hook” Sweepstakes took a turn at winning the grand prize – an $85,000 prize package that included a Ranger Z-20 Comanche boat, a brand new Chevy Tahoe, an Evinrude 225 E-TEC engine, Lowrance electronics, Minn Kota trolling motor, Berkley fishing gear and a $1,200 gas card from BP.
In the end, the person with the winning key turned out to be Dave Sands of Cumberland, R.I.
“I came down here and didn’t expect a thing,” said Sands, who brought along his son Jacob to Birmingham as part of his all-expense-paid trip for two sponsored by FLWOutdoors. “I’m just awestruck right now. I don’t think it’s really hit me yet. I’ve won a lot of little contests before, but this is definitely the biggest thing I ever won.”
Sands, along with five other grand-prize finalists, had received free airfare, hotel accommodations and an afternoon of fishing with an FLW Tour pro as part of the package.