BIG SPRING, Texas – Bareback rider Justin McDaniel has been in the winner’s circle plenty in his six-year ProRodeo career. Twice he’s won the average at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and just three seasons ago he left the bright lights of Las Vegas with the most coveted piece of hardware in the sport, the[...]

BIG SPRING, Texas – Great things happen during the Big Spring Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo. This year, the volunteers who produce the annual event have designated opening night as a way to give back – to the fans who make the rodeo a success and to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, an endowment that offers[...]

BIG SPRING, Texas – For decades, rodeo has been home to some of the funniest acts in the world of entertainment. For the last few years, none has been better than Keith Isley, and he’s got the hardware to prove it. Each of the last two ProRodeo seasons, Isley has earned the coveted Triple Crown[...]

BIG SPRING, Texas – Skipper Driver wouldn’t like this. In his 67 years, the stories were never about Driver, a cowboy from the day he was born on Nov. 23, 1943, to the day he died, April 20, 2011. No, the stories were to be about everyone else. But that’s what’s great about Driver. That’s[...]

I visited with Carlee Pierce today, and I was taken back to my roots. Carlee lives in Woodward, Okla., home of the Woodward Elks Rodeo, the same event that helped direct a passion that still burns in my soul about a wonderful sport and better athletes. My father was born in Woodward County nearly 80[...]

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Some of the greatest names in the sport of rodeo will be in Erath County for the Cowboy Capital of the World Rodeo. But the group with the greatest admirers will be the three sets of high school coaches who will compete in the wild cow saddling during each of the three[...]

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – D.J. Domangue makes a living on the backs of nearly a ton of bucking flesh. That’s the life of a bull rider, and Domangue has been at this business for most of the past decade. Three times in his nine-year career, the Louisiana-born cowboy has played on the biggest stage in ProRodeo,[...]

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Matt Bright earned $81,489 last year riding bucking horses, his best season yet for the 27-year-old cowboy from Azle, Texas. Bright, a bareback rider, earned his first qualification to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on a foundation laid by his nine event titles, including the Cowboy Capital of the World Rodeo. He[...]

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The men who ride bucking horses know the most important aspect of their job is the animal beneath them. That’s the foremost reason saddle bronc riders make sure they’re part of the field when Carr Pro Rodeo produces an event. It’s why they’ll be on hand at when the Cowboy Capital of[...]