The Professional Bull Riders Association World Finals

21st October 2008 | Category: Las Vegas,Sports | Tags:

The Professional Bull Riders Association World Finals events are on the horizon and they are going to be an interesting… well.. an interesting ride.

Playing out in fantastic Las Vegas, where your entertainment goes far further than the PBR Finals, at the Thomas & Mack Center, the PBR World Finals are the culmination of a years worth of 8 second rides, where every one could either see you winning points, or taking home life threatening injuries.

The Professional Bull Riding World Finals are the gravy at the end of all those impossible rides.

Beginning October 31st and running through November 9, the PBR World Finals are certainly worth a look.

The standings this year so far are:

Guilherme Marchi
Valdiron de Oliveira
Kody Lostroh
J. B. Mauney
Renato Nunes
Mike Lee
Ross Coleman
L.J. Jenkins
Wiley Petersen
Dustin Elliott

The riders who qualify for the World Finals, who are injured and questionable for the event are:

Clayton Williams– who was in first place
L.J. Jenkins–currently in 8th place
Chris Shivers–18th place
Mike White–20th place
Paulo Crimber–23 place
Austin Meier–27th place
Brendon Clark–28th place
Colby Yates–29th place
Josh Koschel–30th place
Adriano Moraes–35th place

What can we say… Bull Riding is a tough sport.

While you’re in Vegas, if you’ve got a spare afternoon, also taking place in Vegas during the same time span, is the NHRA Nationals in Drag Racing, on November 2nd at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Why not feed your addition to two sports with one trip??

Click here to see other Las Vegas events.

World Series Baseball

21st October 2008 | Category: Sports | Tags:

1903 World Series ProgramBaseball, hot dogs and apple pie… All part of the American way of life. Two of the three come together this week as baseball’s world series gets underway in Tropicana Field, a domed stadium in Florida’s St Petersburg.

Baseballs World Series, which has been a tradition in the United States since 1903 when the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates battled it out in an effort to end the fierce rivalry between two opposing leagues,is rapidly approaching, with the outcome quite uncertain this year. It’s going to be an exciting and competetive series. .

Game 1 of the World Series will be played out on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, and Maddon says that Scott Kazmir will be the club’s starting pitcher for the game.

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has also officially named his World Series rotation, stating that he’s going to stick to the same group and order that he used for the first two rounds of the playoffs.

The stage is set and the arena is ready, now all that’s left is to grab your tickets and go.

Purchase your Tampa Bay Rays Tickets here.

Purchase your Philadelphia Phillies Tickets here.