I wonder if it was karma or happenstance, but those of us who watched the Fort Hays State University rodeo last weekend couldn’t help but notice the bulls failing to leave the arena. As announcer Travis Schauda pointed out, the out gate was sponsored by a local steakhouse, and in the banner that covered the[...]

One of the great things about attending the Fort Hays State University rodeo last weekend was seeing old friends. But there was a lot more to it. This was the first reunion in the 45-year history of the college’s rodeo club. The biggest and best thing about the weekend, though, came late Saturday afternoon when[...]

Cole Dorenkamp, Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Morgan Lindsay, Kansas State University Frank Morton, Dodge City Community College

Racing around the world for the $1 million prize is hard work, and the eighth leg of “The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business” was evidence of that. “You’ve been racing so hard, your cowboy hat is dirty,” Phil Keoghan, host of the CBS-TV reality series, said to Cord McCoy, who is racing with his brother, Jet,[...]

The Fort Hays (Kan.) State University Rodeo is this weekend, and I’m surrounded by my old haunts at my alma mater. I’m looking forward to the Central Plains Region action, but I’m also looking forward to seeing some old friends, no matter their school allegiance — it kind of comes with the territory of having[...]

Associates with Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. are plenty excited to be teamed with cowboy and “amazing” racer Cord McCoy. In a release that was sent out last week and posted on twisTEDrodeo.com, McCoy announced the sponsorship agreement with the Ada, Okla.-based organization that has representatives all across the country. Apparently the folks at Pre-Paid Legal[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Every athlete wants a fair opportunity to compete. In the world of rodeo, no other event does it better than the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena. It’s[...]

CLAREMORE, Okla. – It’s been eight years since the first class was inducted into the Will Rogers Roundup Club’s Rodeo Hall of Fame. The prestige keeps building. “This is a way for us to celebrate the things that have made the roundup club and the Will Rogers Stampede something special,” said rodeo chairman David Petty,[...]

D.V. Fennell has had a hunger in his belly for five months. Fennell is a two-time bareback riding qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, but bucking horses don’t read resumes. The Utah-born, Oklahoma-raised cowboy hasn’t seen a paycheck since the seventh round of the on Dec. 8, 2010. That’s the way it goes in[...]

HAYS, Kan. – The future of rodeo is among us, and it’s coming to northwest Kansas for the annual Fort Hays State University Rodeo. The college’s rodeo club will host the event, part of the Central Plains Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. It’s one of the toughest circuits in college rodeo, and the[...]