NEW YORK (March 15, 2010) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) has been nominated for Professional Sports League of the Year by the 2010 Sports Business Awards presented by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily. This is the first time the PBR has been nominated for this award.
Other nominees in the Professional Sports League category are Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and the National Football League.
The 2010 Sports Business Awards recognize excellence and outstanding achievement in the business of sports for the period from January 1, 2009, through February 28, 2010. Professional major and minor leagues whose central offices are located in North America were eligible.
Winners will be announced at an awards gala on Thursday, May 20, in New York.
For more information about the 2010 Sports Business Awards and a complete list of nominees in all categories, go to http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/65118
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About the PBR:
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 400 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one and one half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series and Touring Pro Division. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders compete in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.
