The Trevor Brazile watch

Even Trevor Brazile’s less productive weeks are pretty darn good.

Sure, Brazile failed to cash at Kennewick, Wash., and Lynden, Wash., but he won the steer roping at the Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo in Vinita, Okla., and was the all-around champion at the Kitsap County Fair & Rodeo in Bremerton, Wash., earning paychecks in team roping and tie-down roping.

It added $5,738 to his bottom line, bringing Brazile’s season all-around earnings to $206,202 and keeping him $8,489 ahead of his pace in 2007, when he set a single-season record of $425,115.

Brazile’s win in Vinita, with a two-head time of 22.1 seconds, moved him up a spot to fifth in the steer roping world standings. He leads the tie-down roping standings and is third among team roping headers.

Bremerton was Brazile’s 11th all-around title in the past five weeks.

He is currently competing in the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo in Pueblo, which ends Sept. 1.

Justin Boots Playoffs to be televised on ESPN2

The Justin Boots Playoffs, in Puyallup, Wash., and the Justin Boots Championships, in Omaha, Neb. – the concluding events of the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour presented by Justin Boots – will be televised on ESPN2 this fall and rebroadcast on ESPN Classic.

The Sept. 11-13 Justin Boots playoffs premiere at noon on Oct. 18 and will be re-shown at noon on Oct. 24 (ESPN Classic) and again at 11 a.m. on Oct. 25 (ESPN2). The Sept. 24-26 Justin Boots Championships will air at noon on Oct. 25 (ESPN2), just after the final broadcast of the Puyallup coverage, and then re-shown at noon on Nov. 1 and noon on Nov. 29 (ESPN Classic).

The Justin Boots Playoffs feature the top 24 contestants in each event from the year-long Wrangler MDT, and the top 12 after Puyallup advance to Omaha for the $800,000 Justin Boots Championships, hosted by Ak-Sar-Ben’s River City Roundup.

RodeoHouston takes part in Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was a proud sponsor of Texas A&M University’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, which ran Aug. 15-23.

“This is what the Show is about — providing educational opportunities for people of all ages,” said Skip Wagner, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo president. “And, we''re giving back to men and women who have truly given more than most of us can imagine.”

A dozen men and women, injured as a result of military service in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001, participated in the free program. It is designed to assist veterans with disabilities in becoming small-business owners.

In 2008, the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University joined a consortium, led by Syracuse University, to bring world-class faculty, entrepreneurs, disability experts and business professionals together in a program focused on training veterans in small business ownership.

The program is completely free for the veterans, including travel and accommodations. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been a sponsor since the program began at the Mays Business School.

“As a veteran, I am personally excited about this program, and that the Show can be part of a solution that helps these men and women move forward with positive, practical information,” said Leroy Shafer, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo chief operating officer. “It’s a commitment to our community that will pay dividends well beyond the individuals directly involved.”

For more information on the EBV, visit http://maysbusiness.tamu.edu/press/ebvbrochure.pdf.