ALVA, Okla. – There are times in each person’s life when a little tough love is needed to help him or her along the right path. Trisha Price got a taste of it during practice last week, and it led her to the breakaway roping winner’s circle this past weekend at the Fort Scott (Kan.)[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Keith Isley is one of the most decorated clowns in rodeo. Now Isley will bring his brand of funny to the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, scheduled for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12. “I thoroughly enjoy[...]

Ranch work is equal parts animal care, land management and jack-of-all-trades Western engineering. That experience came in handy for the McCoy brothers during the third episode of Season 24 of “The Amazing Race,” the CBS-TV reality series. The brothers put their ingenuity to work during the Sunday, March 9, telecast that featured the teams racing[...]

Paul David Tierney becomes 12th Timed Event champ GUTHRIE, Okla. – There’s a changing of the guard at the Timed Event Championship of the World. Paul David Tierney, a 24-year-old cowboy from Oral, S.D., roped, tied and wrestled 25 animals in 332.3 seconds to win his first gold buckle, the fifth Timed Event title for[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Paul Tierney has been in the lead heading into the final round of the Timed Event Championship of the World. Paul David Tierney hasn’t. He’s 24 years old competing in the “Ironman of ProRodeo” for just the third time. But he has a fine pedigree; his father is ProRodeo Hall of Fame[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – The third round of the Timed Event Championship of the World proved to be a game-changer. Pre-round leader Landon McClaugherty dropped out of contention moments after the round began Saturday afternoon at the Lazy E Arena. Past champions K.C. Jones, Kyle Lockett and Daniel Green swarmed the top of the leaderboard like[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – A good cowboy is one who learns from experiences. Landon McClaugherty is a good cowboy, and he proved it Friday night during the second go-round of the Timed Event Championship of the World. The Tilden, Texas, man raced through five runs in 57.2 seconds and pushed his two-round cumulative time to 122.6[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – K.C. Jones has spent half his life coming to the Lazy E Arena every March to compete in the Timed Event Championship of the World. Jones, 46, is in this exclusive field for the 23rd time in the event’s 30-year history. He’s one of two men who have earned the coveted championship[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Every timed-event contestant in rodeo knows it takes great horsepower to excel in the rodeo arena. Fans will get to see it in full force during the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, scheduled for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11; and 1 and 7:30 p.m.[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Parker Warner and Dustin Searcy have found their comfort zone. The team ropers from Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s rodeo team have won each of the past two National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association events in which they have competed, the most recent this past weekend at the Garden City (Kan.) Community College rodeo. “We[...]