Express Sports has entered into an agreement to purchase Cowboy Sports Agents (CSA), the premier agency representing bull riders in the world. The new company has been named Express Sports Agency, owner Bob Funk announced at a press conference today.

Express Sports Agency will follow the mantra of Cowboy Sports Agents to be committed to the advancement and promotion of the sport of bull riding and its athletes. Through professional representation of cowboy-athletes, CSA ensured the continued competitive success of the sport and established an opportunity for equal compensation and recognition of bull riding athletes with other professional sports figures.

“The PBR looks forward in working with Express Sports in their new endeavor. Bob Funk and his entire team have shown great integrity, hard work, passion and the willingness to help grow the sport,” states Professional Bull Riders CEO Randy Bernard.

Express Sports Agency will represent 19 of the top bull riders in the world including:

Bull riding world champions:
Chris Shivers (2-time PBR World Champion)
Mike White (1999 World Champion)
Ednei Caminhas (2002 PBR World Champion)

International bull riding champions:
Greg Potter (Australian bull riding champion)
Gerardo Venegas (Mexican bull riding champion)
Guilherme Marchi and Helton Barbosa (Brazilian bull riding champions)

United States Champions
Luke Snyder (the Cal Ripken of bull riding, has ridden 193 consecutive BFTS events)
Corey Navarre (only cowboy to qualify for the College National Finals, PBR Finals and NFR World Finals in the same year)

Express Sports is the premier provider of quality sports entertainment in Oklahoma. It currently serves as the local organizing body for four premier PBR events on the Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Nashville and Salt Lake City). The multi-faceted sports management and marketing company currently operates the Oklahoma City Blazers Professional Hockey Club, Express Rodeo, Express Graphics and numerous special events.

Projected closing date for this transaction is September 12.

For more information about Express Sports, please contact Josh Evans, Vice President of Communications, Express Sports, at (405) 235-7825.

About PBR:

More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 500 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one and one half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders competing in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.