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RodeoHouston brings back bracket for 2008's richest regular-season rodeo
[Mar. 3, 2008] In the spirit of March Madness and the NCAA Basketball Championships, RodeoHouston’s bracket-style battle goes into full effect tonight, with the $1.3 million rodeo running through the culminating Shootout Round on March 22. The rodeo will bestow $50,000 checks ($27,500 per man in team roping) on its shootout champions for the second straight year, virtually assuring them of spots in the 50th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

'Capitol' improvements make Rodeo Austin one of state's best
[Mar. 3, 2008] Eight years ago, the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo was just another stop on the rodeo trail, one that cowboys may or may not have decided to enter. Nowadays, the rodeo has blossomed into one of Texas' premier events, growing by leaps and bounds along the way and implementing innovations at every turn. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

Rodeo News and Notes from the PRCA - March 3, 2008
[Mar. 3, 2008] Saddle bronc rider Bello defends San Angelo title; Special page for DNCFR on ProRodeo.com; Lowe, Brazile, Smith prevail in Glen Rose By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

PRCA Standings March 3, 2008
[Mar. 3, 2008]   By Courtesy PRCA

Eubank eliminates Murphy, Toughest Cowboy title and deed to Jager Ranch up for grabs
[Mar. 3, 2008] The Playoffs of the 2008 World's Toughest Rodeo featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jagermeister didn't lack for excitement at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. All season the competitors have ridden two broncs and a bull in a single night in a head-to-head competition televised nationally on Fox Sports Network. By Ann Bleiker

Women can't ride? That's bull
[Feb. 28, 2008] You probably think you've seen some tough gals before. Well, the gals coming into town this weekend for the 29th annual World Championship Longhorn Rodeo really don't take any bull. They'll be the ones riding the 2,000-pound-plus bulls ...

FSN to air Toughest Cowboy playoffs this weekend from Music City
[Feb. 28, 2008] The Playoffs for the 2008 World’s Toughest Rodeo™ featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jagermeister, rolls into the Sommet Center in Nashville, TN, and Fox Sports Network (FSN) will broadcast all the exciting action beginning Saturday at midnight.

World, DNCFR champions headline 2008 Pocatello field
[Feb. 25, 2008] The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) announced the field of contestants who have qualified for the 2008 Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (DNCFR) presented by U. S. Smokeless Tobacco on March 19-22, at the Holt Arena at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. The DNCFR is the crowning event of the PRCA’s 12 circuit system of regional competition.

PRCA Standings as of February 25, 2008
[Feb. 25, 2008]  

Broussard picks up big win in the Twin Cities, Murphy remains atop the standings for Jager Ranch
[Feb. 25, 2008] The Xcel Energy Center in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul was the featured venue for the seventh stop on the 2008 World's Toughest Rodeo™ Tour featuring Toughest Cowboy™ presented by Jagermeister. Eight cowboys took center stage in front of the near capacity crowd competing in the revolutionary, ironmen of rodeo competition where cowboys ride in the three roughstock events in one night in a new match style competition. Each competitor was jockeying for position and their respective seeding heading into the Playoffs next week in Nashville, Tenn. By Ann Blieker

PRCA Standin as of February 19, 208
[Feb. 19, 2008]   By Courtesy PRCA

Murphy continues his winning ways in the Twin Cities, remains atop the standings for Jäger Ranch
[Feb. 18, 2008] The 2008 World’s Toughest Rodeo featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jägermeister road into the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis/St. Paul for two tournament stops en route to the championship tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Eight cowboys continue to battle it out in the ironmen of rodeo competition where the cowboys wear jerseys and ride in the three roughstock events in one night in a new match style competition.

RODEO: Equal time for cowgirls
[Feb. 14, 2008] The Longhorn World Championship Rodeo gallops into the Palace of Auburn Hills this year, and for the first time, top riders in the Women's Pro Rodeo Association will compete.

Catch the exciting action of Toughest Cowboy from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul this weekend on FSN
[Feb. 13, 2008] The 2008 World’s Toughest Rodeo™ featuring Toughest Cowboy™ presented by Jagermeister, the ironman event of rodeo, rides into the Xcel Energy Center in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul for stop the sixth stop on the nine stop rodeo revolution tour. Fox Sports Network (FSN) will broadcast the exciting action beginning this weekend. With two stops remaining before the playoff round, cowboys are trying to jockey into position but the question still remains, “Who will win Jäger Ranch?” By Ann Bleiker