LAS VEGAS – To say Ty Atchison is a quick study might just be an understatement. A lifelong cowboy who began riding horses as a toddler on his family’s southeastern Missouri place, Atchison grew up roping and wrestling steers. In fact, he didn’t mount a saddle bronc until just before his senior year in high[...]

LAS VEGAS– Casey Colletti thought his victory at the Cheyenne(Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo in July was the best thing that’s ever happened in his career. That fantastic feat is about to be trumped. Colletti, a bareback rider from Pueblo, Colo., is just 25 years old, but next week he’ll play on the biggest stage in[...]

LAS VEGAS– It’s been six years since Jhett Johnson first qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Many things have changed since then, but Johnson remains one of the greatest heelers in the game of team roping. That’s why he returns to the City of Lights for the fifth time in his career. The NFR[...]

LAS VEGAS – Matt Sherwood is one of the most consistent headers in the history of team roping at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. You see, in two trips to Las Vegas for ProRodeo’s grand finale, Sherwood, of Pima, Ariz., has left the Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus with[...]

We’re a little more than a week away from opening night at the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Have you booked your room? You still have time. http://www.mgmgrand.com/nfr/  

LAS VEGAS – When Tyson Durfey arrives in the Nevada desert next week, he’ll carry a trailer load of athletic talent, his and his horses’. He’ll also have a national championship, a third Canadian title and the dream of driving away from Las Vegas with the most coveted piece of hardware in the world of[...]

LAS VEGAS – The 2011 rodeo season was one of redemption for Matt Bright. Bright qualified for the 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and then he struggled with is bareback riding. As the gate opened for his eight-round ride, Carr Pro Rodeo’s Real Deal rared and slammed the Tennessee-born cowboy into the chute’s steel bars.[...]

LAS VEGAS – The first time Stockton Graves swung his leg over a horse, his dreams were about those fabulous gold buckles awarded to the season’s world champions. The last time Graves swing his leg over a horse, the dream was the same. That’s just part of the life of a man who makes his[...]

In a week, Stockton Graves will venture to Las Vegas to compete in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the seventh time in his career. That’s proof that the cowboy from Newkirk, Okla., is one of the elite steer wrestlers in the sport. But further proof of his greatness came this past week when Graves[...]

Today’s our Thanksgiving with my wife’s family, and there are so many things for which I’m thankful. No. 1, of course, is the presence of God in my life, but also I’m quite blessed with my family, from my wife, my girls and all those that are closest to my life. They’re my biggest supporters[...]