It’s just a two-hour drive from Clint Cooper’s hometown of Lovington, N.M., to Odessa, Texas, home of the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo. But over the course of an 11-year ProRodeo career, Cooper has never won the January rodeo in this West Texas community best known for its high school football legacy. Now living in[...]

I’d like to tip my hand to the rodeos and stock contractors who are doing everything they can to make our sport become even better. You will see it at some of the most storied rodeos across this land, primarily in longtime stock contractors reaching out to other livestock producers to help make for better[...]

Since the day he signed his name on his permit to begin competing in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Will Lowe has been one of the very best bareback riders in the sport. You can look at his 10 straight qualifications to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo or his nearly $2 million in earnings since.[...]

It was a night for names at the Denver Chute-Out, PBR’s Touring Pro Division event in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo. The overall winner was an Illinois man named Chance Roberts, who earned $18,792 by being the only cowboy in the 90-man field to ride three bulls. Douglas Duncan placed in[...]

OKLAHOMA CITY – The first time Sherry Cervi circled the cloverleaf pattern at the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, she was 19 years old. That was in the spring of 1994, and the Arizona cowgirl followed that season with her first qualification to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. She’s been rolling ever since. “This rodeo[...]

We haven’t heard much from Kasey Hayes in recent months. After Monday”s first round of the PBR Touring Pro Division event in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, Hayes changed all that. He rode the Cody Ohl bull Dr. Feel Good for 89.5 points to win the first performance of[...]

The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo kick-started it’s 2012 run with a new event: the Colorado vs. The World showdown. I learned about the event from bareback rider Casey Colletti of Pueblo, Colo., who, I assumed, would be on Team Colorado. But that’s not the way the format worked for the bareback riders, bull[...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a story that’s been put together for the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, which will take place in two and a half months in Oklahoma City. More information can be found at RNCFR.com. Tie-down roper Tuf Cooper added to his phenomenal 2011 season this past weekend by winning the average at[...]

I’m watching the televised PBR, and I must admit I enjoyed the time-lapse images of the Madison Square Garden arena being prepared for the event and the story about where the bulls are being housed outside New York City. The bull riding has been a little ho-hum. For fans who are just tuning in for[...]

Just saw a familiar name on top of the bareback riding leaderboard at the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, Texas: Cimmaron Gerke. The cowboy from Brighton, Colo., is a five-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, but he hasn’t played in Las Vegas since 2008. His 85 is No. 1 through two[...]