ProRodeo Sports News - Feb. 7, 2020

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BY THE NUMBERS $572K The payout – $572,742 – for the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, which concluded Jan. 26 at the Denver Coliseum. That payout was an increase of nearly 20% of the total payout in Denver in 2019. $1M The expected total combined payout – $1,018,302 – for the SWELS – Division 1 Xtreme Bulls in Fort Worth, Texas ($61,335), Jan. 21-22, and the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ($956,967), which began Jan. 24 and concludes Feb. 8. $250M As reported in a Trinity University study, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo produces an economic impact for San Antonio of more than $250 million. The 2020 Stock Show & Rodeo, which runs Feb. 6-23 at the AT&T Center, will air on The Cowboy Channel beginning Feb. 9.

Kimzey, NFL player compare careers on Bleacher Report Bleacher Report photo Sage Kimzey and NFL receiver Danny Amendola compared aspects of rodeo and pro football.

Rodeo and football collided in Miami when bull rider Sage Kimzey, the reigning six-time PRCA world champion, sat down with Super Bowl-winning receiver Danny Amendola for an installment titled “Breaking Boundaries” that streamed online at BleacherReport.com, Feb. 5. To view the installment, go to https://bit. ly/2updNJD. Kimzey and Amendola were brought together through Wrangler, tying together its rich heritage in rodeo, football and music around Super Bowl LIV when the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Will Lowe, a three-time PRCA world champion bareback rider – 2003, 2005-06 – and a 15-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier, will be sidelined for a month after suffering facial fractures and a facial laceration following his 77-point ride on award-winning horse C5 Rodeo’s Virgil during the Veteran bullfighter Robert “Blue” Jeanes, who has had his PRCA card since 1996, is calling it a career from bullfighting after the 2020 season. “I’m hitting some milestones at a lot of the good rodeos I’ve worked,” Jeanes said. “I’m 20 years at Arcadia (Fla.), 20 years at Pasadena (Texas), 15 years

Francisco 49ers, 31-20, in Miami, Feb. 2. The first installment, “Comparing Scars,” featured Kimzey and Amendola, who plays for the Detroit Lions. In the segment, the two swap stories about their craziest injuries and closest calls and discuss the thrill of competing at the championship events of their respective sports. “It’s cool to get an insight on how other sports work,” Kimzey told ProRodeo Sports News . “There are definitely a lot of differences between rodeo and professional football, but there are definitely some similarities as well.” short round at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver. Lowe had surgery Jan. 27 to repair the orbital bone in his right eye. Lowe also broke his nose and received more than 20 stitches where Virgil’s hoof split open Lowe’s lip and sliced into his cheek. at Corpus Christi (Texas) and 15 years at Beaumont (Texas).” Throughout his career, Jeanes has worked for Frontier Rodeo, the PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year the last five years. Jeanes works as a crane operator when he’s not fighting bulls.

Will Lowe out a month after injury in Denver

Bullfighter “Blue” Jeanes planning to retire

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