Kindergartners at Graland County Day School got a different kind of education when ProRodeo athletes Chad Van Campen, Jule Hazen and Garrett Nokes visited with them on Jan. 14.  The timed-event cowboys were in town to compete at the National Western Stock Show rodeo, and they visited the school to talk about their sport. Nokes[...]

The cowboys from Season 16 of “The Amazing Race” are back for the 18th edition of the CBS-TV reality TV series. I plan to keep you as up to date as possible concerning the goings-on of Jet and Cord McCoy and their run at $1 million. Based on last year’s experience, I can tell you[...]

I love the power of a people working together, and thousands of Professional Bull Riders fans are uniting in a single effort to get announcer Justin McKee his job back. I’m not sure it’ll work, but I applaud the effort. Justin is a rodeo announcer turned TV commentator who still loves the life on the[...]

Shane Proctor is a talented bull rider. During his run at the National Western Stock Show rodeo in Denver, he was dominating, winning all three go-rounds and the average championship. It all added up to $17,350 for the Mooresville, N.C., cowboy, who won the 2008 Toughest Cowboy competition. The No. 2 money-earner was Bo Casper[...]

We’re just a few hours away from the final go-round of the National Western Stock Show’s rodeo. As I write this, I’m still awaiting final word out of Denver about the championship-round qualifiers, the top 12 contestants in each event through the initial two rounds of competition. That news release will include the first- and second-round[...]

My favorite thing about rodeo is the people, and I have hundreds of examples why. The most recent is when I wanted to have 3-year-old Cade Hemphill meet real professional cowboys, so I contacted saddle bronc rider Chet Johnson, a three-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. He was competing at the National Western Stock Show[...]

The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo has a long history as one of the biggest and best indoor events of the ProRodeo season. Competition began Tuesday with two nights of Bulls Night Out, while the rodeo began in earnest with slack Wednesday and Thursday mornings – the first of 30 performances took place Thursday[...]

Ryan Rodriguez has two passions: Making people laugh and spending time with his family. Now he’s living the best of both worlds, sharing his entertainment for audiences all over the world while working with his 5-year-old son. Welcome to the world of “Radical” Ryan Rodriguez, a rodeo clown who will be part of the Professional[...]

His name is Don, but he answers to other monikers. That’s the life of an entertainer, which defines Don “Hollywood” Yates, from his Elvis impersonations as a youngster to his over-the-top behavior as “Wolf” on the 2008 season of “American Gladiators.” Don, Hollywood and the Wolf will come together as another piece of the entertainment[...]

Four-time and reigning bareback riding world champion Bobby Mote was scheduled for surgery Tuesday to repair a sports hernia – a hernia in the abdominal region just above the groin. It’s an ailment Mote has suffered with since last summer, yet he rode through the pain in through the latter half of the season –[...]