Tana Poppino is a superior athlete and one of the elite barrel racers in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, a three-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. A Coloradoan by birth, she’s been in the northeast Oklahoma community of Big Cabin for a long time. She’s married to a cowboy, steer roper Marty Poppino,[...]

The Professional Bull Riders has considered itself a global organization for a long time. There’s good reason. Adriano Moraes, Ednei Caminhas, Guilherme Marchi and Renato Nunes are all Brazilians, and all own the title of PBR world champion. Australian Troy Dunn also carries that prestige. This past weekend, Brazilian Valdiron de Oliveira won the Madison[...]

Angie Meadors has a lot going for her. This past December, she qualified for her sixth trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, where she won two go-rounds outright and split the final night of competiton. In all, she walked away from ProRodeo’s season championship event with $50,700 in earnings, which just about anyone would[...]

More than half the cowboys competing at in the first round of the Madison Square Garden Invitational on Friday night rode their bulls the qualifying eight seconds. That’s pretty incredible, especially in the Professional Bull Riders’ Built Ford Tough Series, where the riding percentage isn’t near that good most go-rounds. Douglas Duncan of Alvin, Texas,[...]

There are thousands of fans who are plenty excited for the start of the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series schedule. They show up in packs to events all across the country, and when they’re not on site, they tune in to all the action on the Versus network. They all have their favorite[...]

The Professional Bull Riders will kick off the Built Ford Tough Series schedule this weekend at the Madison Square Garden Invitational in New York City. It’s the first of 29 events for 2011 and will feature the top 40 bull riders to open the campaign – made up mostly of the top 40 from last[...]

Sunday afternoon, I plan to be inside Arrowhead Stadium rooting on the Kansas City Chiefs in their first-round playoff game with the Baltimore Ravens. It’s the Chiefs’ next step at fighting for a world championship, and it’s why the playoffs is a fantastic time of year in sports. In rodeo, we have the Wrangler Million Dollar[...]

My holiday visits reminded me that oftentimes we remember things from many years ago but struggle to remember recent activities. So this trivia question is about testing your short-term memory. Who were the average winners at the 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo?

Neal Reid is a talented writer with a work ethic that’s just as strong. He has worked countless hours at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, where he serves as managing editor of ProRodeo Sports News. But he’s done much more than that. As one of the few members of the PRCA’s communications department, Reid wears[...]

It’s more than 650 miles from Denver to Odessa, Texas, and there will be plenty of rodeo folks making their way across every foot of pavement over the next two weeks. It’s time for the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo at the Ector County Coliseum, a six-performance rodeo that takes place over nine days. Two[...]