On the national rodeo circuit, competitors are traveling frantically during the Independence Day weekend when there's an abundance of higher paying rodeos. It's called Cowboy Christmas.

And when I write my columns for newspapers next week, I'll make over the big winners, the riders and ropers who pocket $25,000 or $30,000 at multiple rodeos. It's a rare time of the year to rapidly make bigger money.

But the Professional Bull Riders' athletes can be thankful for one reality: almost every week is a Cowboy Christmas.

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Today could be a big day for the PBR.

A huge day.

It's the day when Ty Murray is in Pittsburgh to appeal to sports editors of The Associated Press to grant more coverage to the Professional Bull Riders.

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It does my heart good to know that a big part of Ty Murray's recent success on "Dancing with the Stars" was based on fan appeal.

It's also heartwarming to know Murray will leverage his success on the hit ABC series by traveling to Pittsburgh on June 27 to appeal to sports editors of the Associated Press to grant more coverage to the Professional Bull Riders.

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You, the fan, made astute comments on last week's blog about how the PBR recognized that bull riding should be a stand alone sport and established what has become the world's premier circuit for the dangerous event.

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When I recently talked with a mother of a well-known roping competitor about how great it is to watch the Professional Bull Riders thrive in today's western world, she gave me one big lecture.

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Ty Murray's recent success on the hit ABC series "Dancing with the Stars" will go down as one of the most remarkable efforts ever to raise the profile of pro bull riding.

Murray, who has a record seven world all-around titles, said over and over that the main reason he agreed to go on the show was the help raise the awareness of his sport.

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As I closed my Saturday blog a week ago, I made the following statement: "Bull riders conceivably in one weekend, at a Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series regular-season show, can earn the same amount of money that it takes to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo."

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It's one big weekend at Professional Bull Riders headquarters in Pueblo, Colo.

Three men who represent key points of the PBR becoming the world's most lucrative bull riding association will be inducted into the Ring of Honor. The world title race leader will compete in Pueblo after proving he can earn points despite dealing with a painful elbow injury. And one young bull rider has been sidelined from the top tier tour after suffering a freak accident.

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The Professional Bull Riders wisely has led the way in covering Ty Murray's success on "Dancing with the Stars," world title race leader Kody Lostroh is attempting to continually be competitive while nursing a nagging riding arm elbow injury, and the PBR announced that a belt buckle that commemorates the late legendary World Champion Bull Bodacious is in the works.

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Professional Bull Riders' world title race leader Kody Lostroh is relearning to ride with the opposite hand after sustaining an elbow injury. Flint Rasmussen rolled into this weekend's Built Ford Tough Series tour stop in Worcester, Mass., which is his third event since his return. And J.B. Mauney snapped out his slump last weekend and could make a big move toward the No. 1 ranking.

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