LAS VEGAS – It’s been an impressive run for the Team MGM Grand contestants at the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Through six go-rounds, the cowboys and cowgirls who are making the MGM Grand their home during the duration of ProRodeo’s biggest event have collected $893,952. The NFR’s purse, $6 million, is the biggest the[...]

LAS VEGAS – This is a dream, and it’s pretty good. In fact, Jhett Johnson won’t want to be awakened. In his fifth qualification to the sport’s biggest event, the Casper, Wyo., cowboy is having his best Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Johnson and his partner, Turtle Powell of Stephenville, Texas, have placed in the first[...]

LAS VEGAS – The 10 nights of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is the time for the best cowboys in the game to have a good week of work. It’s better if it’s a great week of work. Matt Sherwood is hoping the former turns into the latter and that he and partner Cory Petska[...]

LAS VEGAS – Gold Coast Katie wasn’t the prettiest girl in the bareback riding dance on Tuesday night, but she was just what Matt Bright needed in his second trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Bright, of Azle, Texas, rode the Classic Pro Rodeo horse for 76 points, good enough for sixth place in[...]

LAS VEGAS – The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was set up to be a tremendous test of athletic talent, courage and handling the mental and physical demands that come with ProRodeo’s championship event. Bareback rider Casey Colletti is feeling the aches and pains of being an elite bareback rider, now competing on the biggest stage[...]

1. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas, 89 points on Sutton Rodeos’ Crystal Springs Peach, $17,885; 2. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 88.5, $14,135; 3. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo., and Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., 86, $9,087; 5. Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 85.5, $4,615; 6. Jacob O’Mara, Prairieville, La., 83, $2,885.

1. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 13.93 seconds, $17,885; 2. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 13.95, $14,135; 3. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 13.96, $10,673; 4. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 13.97, $7,500; 5. Jody Sheffield, Ogden, Utah, 13.99, $4,615; 6. Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 14.02, $2,885.

1. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., 7.4 seconds, $17,885; 2. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 7.6, $14.135; 3. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 8.1, $10,673; 4. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 8.2, $7,500; 5. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.5, $4,615; 6. Timber Moore, Aburey, Texas, 8.6, $2,885.,

1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 3.5 seconds, $17,885; 2. Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas/Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., and Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz./Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz., 3.8, $12,404 each; 4. Brady Tryan, Huntley, Mont./Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., and Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz./Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 3.9, $6,058 each; 6. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas/Martin[...]

1. Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 3.6 seconds, $17,885; 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 3.8, $14,135; 3. Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo., Casey Martin, Sulphur, La., and Shawn Greenfield, Lance Creek, Wyo., 4.0, $7,596 each; 6. Mickey Gee, 4.1, $2,885.