Josh Peek joins Make The Difference Network to raise funds for Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund
[May 9, 2008] All-Around cowboy Josh Peek, of Pueblo, CO, is one of 11 sports and entertainment celebrities stepping forward to support Make The Difference Network, a new concept in fundraising for non-profit organizations on the Internet. By Courtesy PRCA [In Features]

PBR goin' wild on Pueblo
[May 9, 2008] The Professional Bull Riders, in conjunction with the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, the city, county and the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo officially announced the creation of the Wild Wild West Fest, a five-day festival next May... [In Features]

Country music legend Eddy Arnold dead at 89
[May 8, 2008] Eddy Arnold, country music's "Tennessee Plowboy" whose rendition of "Make the World Go Away" was an international hit in the 1960s, died on Thursday at age 89 in Nashville after a lengthy illness. [In Country Music]

Success opens doors for team ropers
[May 7, 2008] Team ropers Boogie Ray and Chance Kelton decided earlier this year they would get together and rope close to their respective homes. Just compete in small local events. Nothing big, like trying to make the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the sport's world championship in Las Vegas. [In By Event Type]

Legendary bullrider embarks on farewell tour
[May 7, 2008] Bull riding is not for the timid. Cowboys strap themselves to a 2,000-pound bull built to toss them like flies, knowing they must overcome a gnawing fear to stay on top of a fierce, bucking brute of an animal. Nobody has displayed the grit it takes to conquer that moment like three-time world champion Adriano Moraes. But the end is coming for one of the Professional Bull Riding tour's original stars. [In By Event Type]

College Rodeo Alumni Set Annual Reunion
[May 7, 2008] The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni will have their 17th Annual Reunion June 20 and 21, 2008 at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming. The reunion will be held at the Parkway Plaza Hotel in Casper and the rodeo is in the Casper Events Center. [In Features]

2008 ushers in a new era in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association for women who rope.
[May 6, 2008] Roping events sanctioned and co-sanctioned by the WPRA are expected to pop up like mushrooms in moist soil, all across the nation. By Sharon Widmer, WPRA [In By Event Type]

60th Annual Women's Professional Rodeo Association World Finals set for Nov. 18-22 in Tulsa, OK
[May 5, 2008] The 2008 Women's Professional Rodeo Association will have a new home for their 2008 World Finals this year at the Expo Square in Tulsa, OK. The event, scheduled for November 18-22, will feature the best women in the rodeo business competing for world titles in team roping, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, bareback and bull riding. Barrel racing will also be featured and an event champion will be crowned but the world champion will be crowned at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, December 4-13. By Courtesy WPRA [In By Event Type]

Bull riders get big-name investors in Gretzky, Elway
[May 5, 2008] The Professional Bull Riders will formally announce Monday that Gretzky and Elway are its two newest shareholders. They've bought in through Spire Capital, a private-equity firm that partnered with the PBR in 2007. [In By Event Type]