GUTHRIE, Okla. – Wesley Silcox and Cody Teel are about as different as two bull riders can be. Silcox, 28, is from Utah and is now in his 11th season competing in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association; he is 5-foot-8 and has qualified to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo six times in his career. Teel[...]

DALLAS – When Clay McCallie looks around the Carr ranch near Athens, Texas, he sees the magnificence. The ranch is home to tree-lined pastures and the greatest bucking stock in professional rodeo, and it’s McCallie’s task to take care of every inch and every breathing being on the place. He takes his job quite seriously,[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – For 10 December nights in the City of Lights, John Harrison rolled out an oversized protective barrel that served as his front-row seat for bull riding during the 2013 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. As the barrelman selected for ProRodeo’s super bowl, Harrison’s job was to man the specially made steel keg as[...]

I took special notice of Monday’s news release from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, especially concerning the note about legendary roper Joe Beaver crossing the $3 million mark in career earnings. I recall the pomp and circumstance surrounding the announcement of Beaver crossing the $2 million mark during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo a dozen[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Sherry Cervi is the most decorated cowgirl making a living on the ProRodeo trail today. Just a few months removed from earning her fourth Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Championship, Cervi is already prepared to run for another title: National Champion. She will be one of 24 barrel racers competing at the[...]

Over the last five years, I’ve watched bareback rider Steven Peebles develop. Even as a young man, he was one of the very best at his craft. He keeps getting better. A couple of gnarly injuries the past two seasons have slowed the Oregon bronc buster down a tad, but he continues to be an[...]

I’ve spent the last few days wrapping up the biggest portion of the advance work for the Timed Event Championship of the World. This year’s field of 20 top cowboys is outstanding. In fact, it features four former champions representing 11 titles: reigning and three-time champ Daniel Green, five-time winner K.C. Jones, two-time titlist Kyle[...]

Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Howard Stutz put together THIS comprehensive opinion piece about the negotiations to keep the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas for the next 11 years. In his report, Stutz wrote, “The combined efforts of South Point owner Michael Gaughan, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President Rossi Ralenkotter, Las Vegas[...]

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The life of a rodeo bullfighter comes quite naturally to Clay Heger. His father, the late Paul Heger, was a bullfighter and clown, and the younger Heger was just a month old when he went to his first rodeo. “I was in clown acts when I was 2 years old,” said Heger,[...]

Tickets for RNCFR, including Randy Rogers Band and Rodney Atkins, go on sale Feb. 7 GUTHRIE, Okla. – When the stars align in central Oklahoma, spectacular things occur. That will be the case during the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, set for April 10-12 at the Lazy E Arena. It is the home of the[...]