GUTHRIE, April 27 — A Professional Bull Riders (PBR) competition took place in an empty arena in the US yesterday with cowboys in facemasks clinging onto 1,500-pound bucking bulls while most professional sports remained on coronavirus lockdown. Members of the safety crew wrangled errant bulls...
Monday, 27 Apr 2020 07:56 AM MYTGUTHRIE, April 27 — A Professional Bull Riders competition took place in an empty arena in the US yesterday with cowboys in facemasks clinging onto 1,500-pound bucking bulls while most professional sports remained on coronavirus lockdown.
Stands were bare due to social distancing guidelines for what would otherwise have been a rowdy affair featuring American and Brazilian competitors and leading bulls such as “Fearless,” “Two Socks'”and “Skeeter Peter” after a 41-day hiatus. US President Donald Trump's leading infectious disease adviser said earlier this month that sports could potentially resume in empty stadiums.
“Some might ask, 'Why buck bulls during a pandemic?'” Gleason tweeted on Saturday. “For us, we believe every American has an obligation to help get our economy back on track — not by rushing ahead blindly — but in safe and responsible ways.”
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