Brazile is the No. 1 man in rodeo. Not only is he the No. 1 money-earner this season, he is also the top gun in Steer Roping. That bodes well for the record-breaking 14-time World Champion. The last two times he wore the No. 1 back number at the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping[...]

In addition to the top 15 cowboys, steer roping finals will feature the greatest horses GUTHRIE, Okla. – It takes a great horse to make a cowboy. No matter which rodeo event it is, each cowboy realizes the path to championships is on talented mounts. “There’s no event in rodeo where you need a great horse[...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: For the next few days, I will be running biographies on the qualifiers to the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little more about the top 15 cowboys. ROCKY PATTERSON The Kansan is the two-time reigning World Champion Steer Roper for a reason: He earned[...]

Benette Barrington used a great word to describe her barrel racing mount, JL Dash Ta Heaven, during his first-round run at the American Royal Rodeo a little more than a week ago. “He was very fluent,” she said of the 6-year-old sorrel stallion, whose daddy, Dash Ta Fame, is a top breeding stud in barrel[...]

Shane Proctor has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the first time in his career. It’s not that the roughstock cowboy hasn’t been at the top of his game before, but he’s focused his attention on the Professional Bull Riders organization. Proctor is also a saddle bronc rider, and he heads into the[...]

This is championship season. In a week, I’ll be getting prepared for the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping. That weekend also will feature the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta. Not only is that the home of great Canadian champions, but several Americans have walked away from the Northlands with those coveted Canadian titles.[...]

I love learning something new. This past Friday night during the second performance of the American Royal Rodeo at securely tight Sprint Center, barrel racer Tana Poppino shared some valuable information with me. You see, not only is Jeanne Anderson a two-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from White City, Kan., she’s a[...]

Home is where the heart is, or in the case ofLas Vegas, where the body rests for a few hours at a time. The MGM Grand Hotel & Casino will be the home of Rodeo Media Relations and TwisTED Rodeo during the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. It’s an awesome resort, and it’s just west[...]

After yesterday’s televised finale of the PBR World Finals, I was excited to see that Cord McCoy finished in the top 10, so I went to the PBR’s website to see just where my friend finished and where he might’ve finished in the final world standings. I couldn’t find the results, much less the standings.[...]

I wrote two stories Saturday for the Kansas City Star. The first one, which you find published on the paper’s website because it was replaced by the second, was how the bull riders at the American Royal Rodeo were shut out on Saturday afternoon. The second one, found HERE, tells a much different tale. Three[...]