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PBR TOURS & WORLD FINALS Premier Series 2 Television Schedule 3 Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour 4 Touring Pro Division 5 PBR Australia 6 PBR Brazil 7 PBR Canada 8 PBR Mexico 9 PBR World Finals 10 2017 PBR World Champion 11 2017 World Finals Event Winner/Rookie of the Year 12 2017 PBR YETI World Champion Bull 13 2017 World Finals Awards 14 2017 World Finals Event Results 15 2016 PBR Media Guide | 1 PBR USA TOURS THE PBR 2018 TELEVISION SCHEDULE The PBR brings the “Toughest Sport on Dirt” to major arenas across the United States DATE EVENT TIME [ET] NETWORK with the nationally-televised premier series, featuring the Top 35 bull riders in the 1/6 New York City, New York 12:00PM CBS SPORTS world, Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour, the league’s expansion tour, and Touring Pro 1/6 New York City, New York 10:00PM CBS Sports Network Division, PBR’s developmental tour. 1/7 New York City, New York 8:00PM CBS Sports Network 1/13 Chicago, Illinois 8:00PM CBS Sports Network Each event pits the best bull riders in the world against the top bovine athletes 1/14 Chicago, Illinois 8:00PM CBS Sports Network on the planet during two hours of heart-pounding, bone-crushing, edge-of-your- 1/20 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 10:00PM CBS Sports Network seat excitement from the thrills and spills on the dirt to the rock ‘n’ roll music and 1/21 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8:00PM CBS Sports Network pyrotechnics of the show. It’s entertainment and world class athleticism rolled into one 1/28 Sacramento, California 12:00PM CBS SPORTS and unlike any other major-league sport. 1/28 Sacramento, California 8:00PM CBS Sports Network 2/3 Anaheim, California 10:00PM CBS Sports Network 2/4 Anaheim, California 12:00PM CBS SPORTS 2/10 Kansas City, Missouri 10:00PM CBS Sports Network PREMIER SERIES 2/11 Kansas City, Missouri 8:00PM CBS Sports Network The PBR’s nationally-televised premier series features the world’s Top 35 bull riders 2/18 St. Louis, Missouri 8:00PM CBS Sports Network going head-to-head against the fiercest bucking bulls on the planet. 2/24 Arlington, Texas 10:00PM CBS Sports Network 2/25 Arlington, Texas 12:00PM CBS SPORTS In 2018, the series opens at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Jan. 5-7. It 3/4 Little Rock, Arkansas 8:00PM CBS Sports Network concludes in Las Vegas with the PBR World Finals, the richest bull riding event in the 3/11 Duluth, Georgia 5:30PM CBS Sports Network world, awarding nearly $2.2 million in prize money, including the $1 million bonus to 3/18 Albuquerque, New Mexico 4:00PM CBS Sports Network the PBR World Champion, who also receives the coveted $20,000 gold buckle. 3/24 Glendale, Arizona 2:00PM CBS SPORTS During a regular-season, two-day event on the premier series, each of the 35 riders will 3/25 Glendale, Arizona 5:00PM CBS SPORTS 4/8 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 4:00PM CBS Sports Network ride in one round each day - Round 1 and Round 2. Following Round 2, the riders with 4/15 Tacoma, Washington 2:00PM CBS SPORTS the 15 highest two-round total scores will advance to the championship round where 4/15 Tacoma, Washington 5:00PM CBS Sports Network they will each ride one more bull. The overall event winner will be the rider with the 4/22 Billings, Montana 2:00PM CBS SPORTS highest combined score from all three rounds. 4/22 Billings, Montana 4:00PM CBS Sports Network For a standard three-day event, each of the 35 riders will ride in one round each day for 4/29 Columbus, Ohio 1:00PM CBS SPORTS three days. Following Round 3, the riders with the 15 highest three-round total scores 4/29 Columbus, Ohio 2:00PM CBS Sports Network 5/11 Las Vegas, Nevada 10:30PM CBS Sports Network will advance to the championship round where they will each ride one more bull. The 8/17 Nashville, Tennessee 9:00PM CBS Sports Network overall event winner will be the rider with the highest combined score from all four 8/18 Nashville, Tennessee 9:30PM CBS Sports Network rounds. 8/19 Nashville, Tennessee 2:00PM CBS SPORTS 8/26 Tulsa, Oklahoma 1:00PM CBS SPORTS PBR MAJORS 8/26 Tulsa, Oklahoma 6:00PM CBS Sports Network Four events on the premier series are considered PBR Majors – New York City; Arlington, 9/9 Springfield, Missouri 6:00PM CBS Sports Network Texas; Las Vegas; and Nashville, Tennessee. These events offer unique formats, bonus 9/16 Atlantic City, New Jersey 6:00PM CBS Sports Network bulls, increased prize money and are broadcast on CBS Television Network. 9/23 Greensboro, North Carolina 6:00PM CBS Sports Network 9/30 Austin, Texas 6:00PM CBS Sports Network 15/15 BUCKING BATTLE 10/7 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6:00PM CBS Sports Network In several markets throughout the season the PBR adds a special round of competition 10/14 Washington, DC 2:00PM CBS Sports Network 10/21 Nampa, Idaho 6:00PM CBS Sports Network to the premier series events called the 15/15 Bucking Battle. This round features the 11/7 World Finals – Las Vegas, Nevada 9:30PM CBS Sports Network Top 15 bull riders in the PBR randomly matched against the Top 15 bulls at the event. An 11/8 World Finals – Las Vegas, Nevada 9:30PM CBS Sports Network additional purse and one-and-a-half times the round points are up for grabs. Although 11/9 World Finals – Las Vegas, Nevada 9:30PM CBS Sports Network the points do not factor into the specific event’s overall outcome, they do count toward 11/10 World Finals – Las Vegas, Nevada 10:30PM CBS Sports Network the PBR World Standings. 11/11 World Finals – Las Vegas, Nevada 3:30PM CBS Sports Network *Subject to change. Please visit www.pbr.com for the most up to date television schedule. 2018 PBR Media Guide | 2 2018 PBR Media Guide | 3 REAL TIME PAIN RELIEF VELOCITY TOUR TOURING PRO DIVISION The PBR’s Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour (RVT) began in 2014 as the premier The Touring Pro Division (TPD) is the developmental tour of the PBR where both expansion tour for the PBR, featuring the young, emerging bull riding talent established veterans and newcomers to the professional ranks compete against some alongside some of the superstars of the sport. of the most famous bucking bulls in the sport. The TPD gives riders the opportunity The RVT brings the excitement and talent of the PBR that fans have come to expect to compete in PBR-sanctioned events while earning points to qualify for the Real from the leader in the sport of bull riding to cities across the U.S. that are not Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour and ultimately the league’s premier series. currently included on the premier series’ schedule. More than 100 TPD events are sanctioned annually by the PBR, awarding almost $3 The tour is 100% produced and operated by PBR, providing fans the highest quality million in prize money. experience available. In 2018 the RVT will visit approximately 35 cities, including The standard one-day TPD format has 35 competitors; each will ride one bull in the Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour Finals in Las Vegas. Round 1. The Top 10 riders advance to the championship round to compete on one The RVT is the primary and most important qualifying series for bull riders to earn more bull each. The overall event winner is the rider with the highest combined valuable points needed to qualify for the premier series and ultimately the PBR score on two bulls. World Finals. Additionally, every winner of a RVT regular-season event will be seeded Two-day TPD events will take up to 70 competitors with 35 riders competing each at one premier series event during the season, providing yet another avenue for day. The Top 10 riders each day advance to the championship round to compete on the PBR’s emerging talent to increase their position in the overall world standings. one more bull each. The overall event winner is the rider with the highest combined The RVT Finals will be featured as the last event of the season, taking place just score on two bulls. prior to the PBR World Finals each year. The Top 35 riders from the RVT along with qualifying representatives from PBR’s international territories including Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico will compete for the final five positions available at the PBR World Finals making it the most important event on the schedule outside of the PBR World Finals itself. 2018 PBR Media Guide | 4 2018 PBR Media Guide | 5 PBR INTERNATIONAL TOURS PBR INTERNATIONAL TOURS PBR AUSTRALIA PBR BRAZIL PBRAustralia.com.au PBRBrazil.com Based in Townsville, Australia, PBR Australia has been in operation since 2005, operating In Brazil live attendance at western sports events is nearly double the live gate of two competition series, producing approximately 25 sanctioned events annually. soccer. Brazil has produced eight PBR World Champions, including five of the past 10 Australia native and former bull rider Glen Young is the General Manager overseeing the with Silvano Alves (2011, 2012 and 2014), Renato Nunes (2010) and Guilherme Marchi team. Points earned on all tours counts toward qualification for the PBR Australia Finals. (2008). PBR Brazil is led by general director Martha Cajado with the help of Adriano The bull rider with the most points earned at the end of the year, combining those earned Moraes, a three-time PBR World Champion, serving as Competition Director.