The bottom line is that Jet and Cord McCoy are competitors, from brotherly contests growing up to competing for rodeo championships or racing around the world for $1 million. That’s why they’re back competing in the CBS-TV reality series “The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business,” which will air at 7 p.m. (Central) Sundays beginning Feb. 20.[...]

In his two trips to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, team roper Matt Sherwood has made the most of his opportunities. Both times, in 2006 and ’08, Sherwood walked away from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association heading world championships. On Thursday, he added to a long[...]

The McKennon Wimberly Benefit & Bull Riding has been moved because of conflicts at the original arena. The event is confirmed for March 24-26 at the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association Arena, 800 FM 1821 N, Mineral Wells, Texas. There will be a barbecue dinner and Calcutta at the Expo Center. The bull riding, futurity[...]

This is as seen in newest edition Short Round magazine, the official publication of Championship Bull Riding. For subscriptions, go to http://theshortround.com/. Just click on the link, and it’ll take you to the PDF: CBR-NFR Click on this link, and you can see the two-page spread: CBR-NFR-spread

Developed in 1985 by the Lazy E Arena near Guthrie, Okla., the annual Timed Event Championship is a rugged test of the top all-around timed-event cowboys in the world. This year’s championship is scheduled for March 4-6 and will feature, as always, 20 excellent competitors. It’s a showcase of folks who can rope anything and[...]

What does the future hold for bull riding? You’d think there is nothing but a bright future for the sport, born from the most popular event in rodeo. But there are some that are concerned. Count world champion and bull riding legend Cody Custer as one of the latter. He believes young cowboys are testing[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Every elite athlete can point to their early development as a starting point to excellence. For six of the qualifiers to last season’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, their foundation was laid in No Man’s Land with their education at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. From world champions like Jeff Willert and Taos Muncy[...]

I had a wonderful visit with one of bull riding’s greats on Saturday, and I learned many things from Cody Custer in the process. In talking about the importance of fundamentals, Custer revealed a lesson he learned from ProRodeo Hall of Famer Denny Flynn, who prepared for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo by going back[...]

Taos Muncy is an outstanding bronc rider, a three-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo who won the world title in 2007, his first trip to play on ProRodeo’s biggest stage. He was just 20 years old when he first wore that gold buckle. It takes dedication, athleticism and an extreme focus to continually[...]

In his career, Chris Shivers has had more 90-point rides in Professional Bull Riders events than any other cowboy, and that didn’t stop during the first night of the premier tour event in Oklahoma City. Based on statistics from the PBR’s 90 Point Club, Shivers has 85 scores in the upper echelon of rough-stock scores,[...]