Category: Event

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Entertainment / Event / In the ARENA / PBR

Nashville Stampede’s Dener Barbosa Wins Final Regular-Season PBR Unleash The Beast Event in Louisville, Kentucky, to Crack Top 5 in Feverish 2023 World Championship Race

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As the 2023 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast regular season concluded Sunday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, Dener Barbosa (Paulo de Faria, Brazil) further established himself as a World Championship contender. Barbosa went a perfect 3-for-3 inside the KFC Yum! Center to win the PBR Cooper Tires Invitational, presented by Kubota, and vault to No. 5 in the world standings. 

Entertainment / Event / In the ARENA / Out of the ARENA

Anthony Lucia: A Voice for Rodeo

Working The American Rodeo is an experience Anthony Lucia will never forget. The trick roper, team roper, and now rodeo announcer from Weatherford, Texas not only announced The Crown Jewel of Rodeo with Garrett Yerigan, but also hustled on to interviews with the champions immediately following the action. Over the past two years, Anthony has done both jobs individually. He was honored—and challenged—to tackle them simultaneously in 2023. “I doubted myself at times if I could do it, to go from entertaining during a live event to that special moment of talking with someone who’s advancing or just won $100,000. But by the grace of God I got through it, and it was an honor to be part of it all.”

Cowtown / Event / In the ARENA / PBR

Perfect Alex Cerqueira wins eighth iteration of PBR Stockyards Showcase in Fort Worth, Texas

As the lone rider to go a perfect 2-for-2, Cerqueira earned 58 Velocity Global points inside Cowtown Coliseum.

FORT WORTH, Texas – In front of an electric Thursday night crowd in Fort Worth, Texas, Alex Cerqueira (Iguatemi, Brazil) delivered a perfect 2-for-2 finish to win the eighth iteration of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Stockyards Showcase inside the iconic Cowtown Coliseum.
Cerqueira first struck in Round 1 when he delivered what would remain the high-marked ride of the event. Matched with Disco Inferno (Lancaster & Jones Pro Rodeo), Cerqueira remained in perfect time with the animal athlete, reaching the requisite 8 for 87.5 points.