TwisTED Rodeo has been low on the radar for about a week. It was time for a spring break of sorts; more, it was necessary to have some special time with my girls. That’s why posts have been done sparingly over the last few days and why Easter Sunday was a day off. But I’m[...]

The latest edition of ProRodeo Sports News included a wonderful feature on young bucking horses. What’s great about a piece like that is it shows the tremendous athleticism of these bucking beasts and the bloodlines that are a big piece of the development of these athletes. The story stands for just a few of the[...]

Bryan Richardson is a three-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Even when he isn’t among the top 15 in the world standings, the Texan is always among the bull riding leaders in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. It’s been six years since Richardson played on ProRodeo’s grandest stage. While everyone realizes how much[...]

I’d been around rodeo quite a bit the first time I walked onto the grounds of the Dodge City Roundup Arena in 1994, but I took a major step in my career on that acreage. I was still a wet-behind-the-ears journalist trying to take in everything the newspaper game had to offer while working at[...]

This weekend we celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection, typically a time with family or others close to us. Typically, though, it’s not a time off the rodeo trail. Rodeo, as we know, is cyclical, meaning that seasons revolve around themselves. For instance, the 2012 season began in October, even though the 2011 season didn’t wrap until[...]

One of the great things about being behind the scenes at a big event like the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo is hearing the stories I can’t always report. Whether it’s about a late-night fight or an overserved cowboy, the tales are magnificent. Oftentimes they’re one-sided, so you have to take them for what they[...]

Professional basketball used to have the slogan, “NBA action is fantastic.” The reality is that no other sport is more FAN-tastic than rodeo, because most of the cowboys and cowgirls who make their living on the rodeo trail understand the common man; they know how much much hard work goes in to paying for those[...]

Over the past couple of years, I’ve gotten to know a little more about rodeo photographer James Phifer. He’s worked the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping and the Timed Event Championship. There’s a great reason he works these prestigious events, along with countless other events throughout the year:[...]

OKLAHOMA CITY – It’s a cliché, but it’s true in ProRodeo: The cream rises to the top. No statement was more obvious than the final day of the 2012 Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, which crowned eight national champions on Sunday afternoon, seven of whom were part of the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Two-time[...]