Inside the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, there’s a beautiful display of the reigning world champions, filled with biographies of each contestant and, in some instances, other memorabilia. Filled with the 2010 titlists – it has yet to be updated with the recent winners – the one thing that caught my eye was[...]

A little more than a month ago, saddle bronc rider Cody DeMoss had to make a tough decision during the pinnacle event of the 2011 ProRodeo season; the veteran cowboy, an eight-time qualifier, realized the pain from an injury to the upper portion of his free arm was too great, so he opted out of[...]

I made it to the base of Pikes Peak today, the home of the PRCA and the WPRA and just a few miles north of the home of the PBR. This is the time for family, but I hope to get in some cowboy time, too. It’s only right, don’t you think. What is sad[...]

What does it take to be a world-class bareback rider? Will Lowe knows. Ten times in his career, Lowe has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He’s left the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas with a world champion’s Montana Silversmiths gold buckle three times. So what does he have to say? “First[...]

When Troy Lerwill was a fledgling clown/barrelman/bullfighter, he worked a rodeo in San Demas, Calif., just outside of Los Angeles. That’s where he kick-started “The Wild Child” act that has made him a household name in rodeo. You see, Lerwill was fighting bulls and clowing at the rodeo there for Diamond G Rodeos, where his[...]

Lost in the hubbub of the Ram First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo is the fact that roughstock cowboy Clovis Crane won three titles in Harrisburg, Pa., this past weekend. Crane, 32, of Lebanon, Pa., won the all-around title and $9,719. More importantly, though, he won the average titles in both bareback riding and bull riding.[...]

The future of rodeo is strong based on a couple of things I learned today. I just watched a Facebook video from steer wrestler Spud Duvall, who posted a clip of his young son, Treagan, bailing off a toddler scooter onto a stuffed animal and grappling the “steer” to the ground. I suspect it won’t[...]

Bareback rider bringing gold buckle talent to Oklahoma City for RNCFR EDITOR’S NOTE: Attached is a feature story about one of the great world champions  who will be part of the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, set for March 29-April 1 in Oklahoma City. OKLAHOMA CITY – Will Lowe’s resume is extensive and paints a[...]

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[...]