I’m leaving home for the Oklahoma City area today for the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping, which is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Lazy E Arena near Guthrie, Okla. It should be a fantastic championship, 10 rounds of the top steer ropers in the game. My hope is to update round-by-round through[...]

Below is an article I wrote and released to the media today on behalf of Carr Pro Rodeo and the Tom Thumb Texas Stampde, which takes place Nov. 12-13 in Allen, Texas. ALLEN, Texas – J.W. Harris has proven himself one of the best bull riders in the history of the sport. He owns the[...]

Over the years, there have been many world champions in the PRCA. The ones that matter most, it seems, are the reigning champs, like Bobby Mote or Jesse Kruse or J.W. Harris, the guys who won the bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding titles a year ago. But there’s a great history to the sport.[...]

D.V. Fennell has been a friend for much of the last decade. Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with the man and getting to know him even better. And here’s something most folks don’t know about D.V.: He’s very well spoken and very entertaining, providing insights and details about his life[...]

This weekend at the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping, Trevor Brazile likely will move a step closer to his record-breaking eighth all-around world championship. He’s done pretty well there beofre, at the steer roping finals and at the Lazy E Arena northeast of Oklahoma City. He’s won two steer roping world championships and six[...]

The Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping takes place Friday and Saturday at the Lazy E Arena northeast of Oklahoma City. It will be a showcase of the 15 best steer ropers from the 2010 season. Reigning world champ Rocky Patterson heads into the finale with the lead, but ever-present Trevor Brazile is No. 2[...]

Chris LeDoux not only was a great entertainer, he was a real cowboy. If you listen to his music, you can hear it. His tales were spun about the rodeo trail, likely written on the rodeo trail. I met the man in the late 1990s at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. I was covering[...]

Three-time world champion bareback rider grew up going to the American Royal Rodeo, and Saturday night he earned a share of the rodeo’s title. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/30/2372848/gardner-native-wins-share-of-bareback.html

Jhett Johnson is one of the best heelers in team roping, a four-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He’s also a friend. On Friday night before the American Royal Rodeo in Kansas City, we got to visit for a few minutes before he and his partner, Turtle Powell, made their second run inside[...]

Bobby Mote will compete in bareback riding on the final night of the American Royal Rodeo, but he was roping for big money Friday. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/29/2370864/champion-bareback-rider-looking.html