When Troy Lerwill was a fledgling clown/barrelman/bullfighter, he worked a rodeo in San Demas, Calif., just outside of Los Angeles. That’s where he kick-started “The Wild Child” act that has made him a household name in rodeo. You see, Lerwill was fighting bulls and clowing at the rodeo there for Diamond G Rodeos, where his[...]

Lost in the hubbub of the Ram First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo is the fact that roughstock cowboy Clovis Crane won three titles in Harrisburg, Pa., this past weekend. Crane, 32, of Lebanon, Pa., won the all-around title and $9,719. More importantly, though, he won the average titles in both bareback riding and bull riding.[...]

The future of rodeo is strong based on a couple of things I learned today. I just watched a Facebook video from steer wrestler Spud Duvall, who posted a clip of his young son, Treagan, bailing off a toddler scooter onto a stuffed animal and grappling the “steer” to the ground. I suspect it won’t[...]

Bareback rider bringing gold buckle talent to Oklahoma City for RNCFR EDITOR’S NOTE: Attached is a feature story about one of the great world champions  who will be part of the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, set for March 29-April 1 in Oklahoma City. OKLAHOMA CITY – Will Lowe’s resume is extensive and paints a[...]

It’s just a two-hour drive from Clint Cooper’s hometown of Lovington, N.M., to Odessa, Texas, home of the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo. But over the course of an 11-year ProRodeo career, Cooper has never won the January rodeo in this West Texas community best known for its high school football legacy. Now living in[...]

I’d like to tip my hand to the rodeos and stock contractors who are doing everything they can to make our sport become even better. You will see it at some of the most storied rodeos across this land, primarily in longtime stock contractors reaching out to other livestock producers to help make for better[...]

Since the day he signed his name on his permit to begin competing in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Will Lowe has been one of the very best bareback riders in the sport. You can look at his 10 straight qualifications to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo or his nearly $2 million in earnings since.[...]

It was a night for names at the Denver Chute-Out, PBR’s Touring Pro Division event in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo. The overall winner was an Illinois man named Chance Roberts, who earned $18,792 by being the only cowboy in the 90-man field to ride three bulls. Douglas Duncan placed in[...]

OKLAHOMA CITY – The first time Sherry Cervi circled the cloverleaf pattern at the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, she was 19 years old. That was in the spring of 1994, and the Arizona cowgirl followed that season with her first qualification to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. She’s been rolling ever since. “This rodeo[...]

We haven’t heard much from Kasey Hayes in recent months. After Monday”s first round of the PBR Touring Pro Division event in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, Hayes changed all that. He rode the Cody Ohl bull Dr. Feel Good for 89.5 points to win the first performance of[...]