Clint Cannon’s a friend, and I’m proud to call him that. Tonight he earned the All American Pro Rodeo Finals bareback riding championship with an 86-point ride on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket. It marked the sixth time this year that a cowboy has won a rodeo title on the 8-year-old bay gelding. It also[...]

I’m listening to the final night of the All American ProRodeo Finals on ProRodeoLive.com, and thanks to Steve Kenyon’s great work, I’m able to feel as though I’m in Waco, Texas. Like a lot of tournament-style formats, there is a clean-slate semifinals featuring the top nine contestants in each event from the preliminary performances –[...]

Chisholm Trail committee steps into action to bring championship to town DUNCAN, Okla. – The intent is simple: Provide high quality entertainment to its community while providing a championship home for some of the greatest athletes in this part of the country. That’s exactly what the Chisholm Trail committee is doing by hosting the 2012[...]

Armes, Keylon use winnings in Kansas City to qualify for their first grand finale KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bray Armes earned $2,326 during this year’s American Royal Rodeo. He needed every bit of it. Armes, of Gruver, Texas, scooted into the 15th spot in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s steer wrestling world standings, thereby earning[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – The action of the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo doesn’t end when the last bull bucks inside the Stephens County Fair and Expo Center. The championship rodeo is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18-Saturday, Oct. 20, in Duncan and will feature the top 12 contestants in each event from[...]

Emmy Award-winner to be part of American Royal’s Hunter/Jumper Show KANSAS CITY, Mo. – To say Christopher Ewing is versatile is a bit of an understatement. He’s an actor, having performed on shows like “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “Kate & Allie.” He’s a spokesman, having been on more than 80 radio[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Ethan McDowell and Dakota Koehn know each other pretty well. They grew up competing in rodeos together and have roped together off and on for much of their young lives. Now seniors at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, the team ropers are hoping to clinch their first qualifications to the College National Finals[...]

One thing I believe in regarding my business is that I need to do what I can to to fulfill the agreements I make. Sometimes, though, circumstances don’t allow for that. I was so excited to work the Waller County Fair and Rodeo in Hempstead, Texas, last week. It is a growing event, and I[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – There is a passion burning deep inside Jan Smith, and the inferno is spreading. More importantly, it’s reaching those that need it the most. Smith owns Spirithorse Chisholm Trail Therapy Center in Comanche, Okla., and she is reaching out to those that have served and sacrificed for our country, those that have[...]

My dad died Thursday at the age of 80, and he’d lived a long life and shared many experiences with many people in those eight decades. Dad was a storyteller, and I guess that trait was passed along to me. I just do it a little differently than he did. He told jokes and tales[...]