Thursday was a good day for cowboys who attended Oklahoma Panhandle State University. During the Wrangler Champions Challenge in Scottsdale, Ariz., Panhandle State graduate Tyrel Larsen won the saddle bronc riding title and $4,080. He posted an 85.5-point ride on Salt River Rodeo’s Smoke ring to finish half a point ahead of the runner-up, Taos[...]

DANIEL GREEN, Oakdale, Calif. Daniel Green’s third Timed Event Championship of the World title was quite emotional for the California cowboy last March. Green clinched gold buckle No. 3 with a gritty performance inside this amazing arena. He utilized his vast experience to overcome all the obstacles that came before him. In this unique, rugged[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Over the course of the last few months, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team has focused on one major objective. “We’ve been working on finishing,” said Stockton Graves, the program’s coach and a seven-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “We’ve been working on finishing everything in the short rounds, because sometimes[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Bobby Mote is one of the most decorated bareback riders in ProRodeo history. The Oregon cowboy owns four world championships and 13 straight qualifications to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He also has found competing in central Oklahoma to his liking. You see, Mote has won two of the last three bareback[...]

SAN ANTONIO – Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Big Tex has earned a lot of accolades in his years as one of the best bucking horses in professional rodeo. He added another this weekend, being named the top saddle bronc at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the reigning Indoor Rodeo of the Year in[...]

The season 24 premier of the CBS-TV reality series “The Amazing Race” was aptly titled, “Back in the Saddle.” Ranch-raised brothers Jet and Cord McCoy battled the opening episode of the 12-week series in a comfortable place in the race around the world for the $1 million first-place prize. When they arrived at the finish[...]

I’m going out on a limb, and I know it, but there come times when one must make bold predictions. Here is mine for the 2014 ProRodeo season: Sage Kimzey of Strong City, Okla., is going to win the Resistol Bull Riding Rookie of the Year. Yeah, it’s a big limb, I know. Heading into[...]

Steve Kenyon of Pro Rodeo Live is broadcasting from the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, and, as always, he does an amazing job. Tonight he’s joined by another good friend of mine, Rob Matthews, who operates Pro Rodeo Roundup. Both men are winners of the PRCA Media Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism; Kenyon[...]

The Cowboys are back. Brothers Jet and Cord McCoy return to prime-time television for Season 24 of the reality series “The Amazing Race,” which airs at 7 p.m. Central Sundays on CBS-TV. The All-Star Edition’s premier is this Sunday, Feb. 23. “We continually hear from fans that they want their favorites back, and we listened[...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story appears in the March edition of Women’s Pro Rodeo News, the official publication of the WPRA. Through the rigors of the 2013 ProRodeo season, Nikki Yost and Taylor Young made a pact to qualify together for the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo. “I couldn’t be going with someone better than Nikki,”[...]