GUTHRIE, Okla. – A strong work ethic pays off for the world’s greatest athletes. Tie-down roper Josh Peek fits nicely in that category. The pains of labor gave birth to grand success Thursday during the second performance of the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo at the Lazy E Arena. Peek, a six-time Wrangler National Finals[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Joe Gunderson can taste one of ProRodeo’s most prestigious titles. Now in his seventh trip to the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, Gunderson is ready put a defining statement to a pretty stellar rodeo career by adding the coveted national championship. “It would be awesome to win this thing,” said Gunderson, a[...]

HAYS, Kan. – When Bronc Rumford took the job as rodeo coach at Fort Hays State University, he understood the priorities that come with it. “College is all about education, and our rodeo club and our rodeo team is about motivating kids to get an education,” said Rumford, a Fort Hays State alumnus who has[...]

Every news agency I’ve ever been associated with has done some sort of self-promotion. Call it marketing. Call it space or time filler. Call it an editorial right to pats one’s self on the back, but it’s been part of presenting news in a competitive market for decades. Metro TV stations are quite possibly the[...]

My first day in Las Vegas for the 2001 National Finals Rodeo was frantic. My editor at The Oklahoman had booked me on a flight that took me from Oklahoma City to Kansas City, then on to Vegas. I arrived at my hotel, quickly unpacked, then took a cab to the Thomas & Mack Center[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Like any freshman, Mason Bowen has learned a lot in the first few months of his college career. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboy proved this past weekend that his rodeo education is paying off. He won the tie-down roping championship at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University rodeo in Durant. “He’s young,[...]

ProRodeo’s National Championship will be played in storied arena for the first time GUTHRIE, Okla. – ProRodeo’s National Championship has a new home. The Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo is scheduled for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the[...]

From the CBR FORT WORTH, Texas – When James Pierce was diagnosed with kidney cancer, members of his bull riding and rodeo family responded with love and prayers. They are taking it a step farther with at the Whybenormal Benefit, set for the afternoon of Sunday, April 13, at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth.[...]

BRIDGEPORT, Texas – Rodeo excellence and Texas cowboys seem to go hand-in-hand. That bodes quite well for the Karl Klement Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, at Sunset Retreat Arena, formerly the Bridgeport Riding Club Arena. Many of the sport’s greatest stars live within a 45-mile[...]

From the PRCA World Champion Cowboys Pete Grubb, Wayne Herman, Glen O’Neill and Byron Walker, along with two-time World Champion Bullfighter Miles Hare and Big Bend Rodeo’s Spring Fling – one of just two horses to be honored as both a bareback and saddle bronc horse of the year – head the 2014 induction class[...]