News - Calgary Stampede
HOUSTON, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two-hour live coverage of the RODEOHOUSTON BP Super Series Championship (Saturday, March 19, 3:45 p.m. CDT) and the Cinch RODEOHOUSTON Super Shootout (Sunday, March 20, 3:30 p.m. CDT) will be aired on FOX Sports Net regional affiliates.
HOUSTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The RODEOHOUSTON(TM) Super Shootout: North America's Champions, is a ground-breaking new event for 2011. "This is the biggest change in the sport of rodeo in recent history," said Skip Wagner, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo president.
CALGARY, July 9 /PRNewswire/ - The 2010 edition of the Calgary Stampede, one of Canada's most famous tourism icons and one of the world's great urban festivals, kicked off this morning with the spectacular Stampede Parade. More than 220,000 visitors from across Canada and 70 other countries are expected to visit Calgary for this year's city-wide celebration, Juy 9 to 18.
Police officers in Canada's self-proclaimed Cowtown of Calgary, Alberta, will soon be wearing standard-issue cowboy hats as part of their uniform. Chief Rick Hanson said the wardrobe change isn't related to the city's status as host of the world's largest annual outdoor rodeo event -- the Calgary Stampede -- but rather in response to the officers' comfort, the Calgary Herald reported. Hanson said 64 officers who work outside soon will wear wide-brimmed black cowboy hats to match their black uniforms.
CALGARY, Alberta, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The world-famous Calgary Stampede, occurring now through Sunday in Calgary, Alta, welcomed A.J.
