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Images are presented from the Convict Poker event as part of the Angola Prison Rodeo at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, during which inmate cowboys play poker and then a bull is released and the last man sitting is the winner.

The article documents the travel rodeo riders, including Jacobs Crawley, Jeremy Ray Melancon, and Sterling Crawley, during what they refer to as their Cowboy Christmas, or their rodeo schedule for the week of July 4, as of August 4, 2014. Topics include details of the rodeo scoring and prizes awarded by the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association, the cost of their travel and living in Jacobs' van, and Sterling and Jacobs' 1st and 2nd place winnings, respectively, of the Molalla, Oregon Buckeroo Rodeo.

This article presents three photographs taken at recent sporting events. Image of the James Madison vs. William & Mary college football game; Photograph of bull rider Cory Melton; Depiction of a basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Seattle Super Sonics.

Features Spud Jones, a Navajo Indian rodeo cowboy.

The article describes the appeal of the Texas longhorns as of June 1984. Based on the book "The Longhorns," by J. Frank Dobie, the breed has adamantine strength and an aboriginal virility. The independence of the animal is attributed to its cleverness and survival skills. Another attraction of the longhorn to the cattle industry is the guarantee of the unassisted birth of a calf of a Longhorn bull and other cattle breed.

Focuses on Canada's 1997 Calgary Stampede rodeo. Details of the roughstock events, which include bull riding, saddle bronc riding, and bareback riding; Details of those events that are races against the clock, including barrel racing, calf roping and steer wrestling; How thirteen-year-old Mackenzie Loree became the Stampede's 1997 Junior Steer Riding champion.

Profiles contenders of the National Little Britches Rodeo, a rodeo circuit for children, 8 to 18. The events include: bull riding, barrel racing, pole bending, trail course, break-away roping, flag race, goat tying, dally ribbon roping, and more. Jenny Coalson, 15, of Ellicott, Colorado; Kyle Hughes, 14, and his sister Kashlee, 10 from Model, Colorado; Tate Watkins, 15, from Kim, Colorado; Michael Fontenot, 13, Hackberry, Louisiana; More.

The article features Larry Mahan, a six-time World All-Around Rodeo Champion from Salem, Oregon. It says that Mahan is the all-around champion because he rides in three events such as bareback, saddle bronc and bulls. It describes Mahan's life as a rodeo champion and says that people like him travel together to join as many as 200 rodeos in a year, not for the money but for the love of the animals. It also says that Mahan will be cast as the aging star against 22-year-old Bobby Steiner during the 1973 National Finals in Oklahoma.

The author discusses how J. B. Kingman considered his rodeo cowboy hat as his pride and joy, who was considered one of the best rodeo contestants of the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA) in the U.S. in the 1970s. He says that Kingman bought himself an M.L. Leddy Supreme hat, which he later lost and caused him some troubles. He also mentions that an RCA rule requires cowboys to wear representative Western hats. He adds that Kingman quit the rodeo after getting into trouble while finding his M.L. Leddy Supreme hat.

The article profiles Larry Mahan, an athlete, a businessman, the All-Around Champion in the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and the world's richest cowboy in 1967. Mahan entered rodeo in Stockton, California before he graduated from high school and he postponed his education for a year and tried the rodeo circuit full time to collect tuition. In the 1967 NFR, he was among the top five in the bareback, saddle broncs and rodeo. Mahan went to a riding school run by Canadian All-Around Champion Kenny McLean in British Columbia before he joined the 1966 NFR.

The article talks about rodeo which is a combination of the back-country-corral past and the big-time influences of the present. The sport offers an incentive of 3.5 million U.S. dollars to its participants and has the patronage of 10 million spectators a year, considered larger than the audiences of the National Football League. It is a sport that can make anyone be ranked ahead of a rodeo celebrity. The sport still has the tradition of having participants nameless and faceless like the cowboys of the past.

The article profiles General William J. Fox, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer who took up Mexican-style rodeo as a retirement hobby. He enrolled in the engineering school at the University of Southern California but dropped out in order to attend Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He became Director of Aviation and Chief Engineer for the County of Los Angeles but he gave up these duties to spend more time with his son. When he retired, he went to Mexico to study Spanish but he ended up in the town of San Miguel de Allende.

The article presents an update on college sports in the U.S. Houston Cougar coach Guy Lewis opposes the dunk ban in basketball because he believes that the dunk is the most exciting shot in basketball. Members of the Sports Advisory Conference of the administration of President Richard Nixon attended a White House reception addressed by the president. Colleges that have rodeo scholarships are recruiting members of the Rio Grande High School Rodeo Club in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Old faithful, Yellowstone Park's famed sulphuric spume, isn't Wyoming's only predictable eruption. The other one has popped the lid off the state capital during the last full week in July for the past 107 years. A rite of passage for cowboys, a golden goose to Wyoming's coffers and the ultimate celebration of the Old West to those who make the pilgrimage, Frontier Days in Cheyenne lives up to its billing in the rodeo world as "the daddy of' em all." Everything about Frontier Days is outsized. About 1,800 contestants are competing this year in nine performances that began last Saturday and run through July 27 at The Frontier Park, making Cheyenne the world's largest outdoor rodeo. Wyoming, which doesn't have a state income tax, collects, on average, approximately $1.25 million per year in sales tax during Frontier Days, according to the Cheyenne Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Decade after decade, through wars, hard economic times and the passing of generations, it put Cheyenne and Wyoming on the map. In late July the citizens of Cheyenne put on hats and boots and cowboy up, whether they can sit in a saddle or not. Rodeo's the one thing they have in common. It's part of a broader definition of who they are.

The article details the unprecedented eighth World Bull Riding Championship win by Donnie Gay at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The event consisting of 10 performances over nine days was the culmination of a year-long rodeo tournament among the 650 Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association- sanctioned rodeos across North America. Among the title contenders were Charlie Sampson, Kent Cooper, and Roy Cooper.

The article reports on the National Finals Rodeo event held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in early December 1973. The event featured the sons of former rodeo champions, as well as a long-time champion named Larry Mahan. The sons include Marvin Paul Shoulders, son of all around rodeo cowboy champion Jim Shoulders, Bobby Steiner and Don Gay. The championship was won by Steiner.

The article presents the highlights of the annual regional intercollegiate rodeo at the University of Wyoming in Laramie in May 1955. The event was attended by rancher and 2,000 Laramie residents. The event featured a college rodeo clown which baited Brahma bulls and college cowgirls who tied the legs of small goats. Colorado A & M, Brigham Young University and Wyoming won the first, second and third place in the rodeo, respectively.

The article features cowboy Delbert Earl Copenhaver of Chelan, Washington, who will be participating in 17-day rodeo show and competition at Madison Square Garden in New York City in October 1954. Copenhaver and other cowboys will be judged in Brahma bull riding, calf roping, bulldogging, bareback and in saddle bronc riding. The rules governing rodeo rising are mentioned.

An image of Dusty Hausauer being thrown from his horse during a rodeo saddle-bronc competition is presented.

A photograph of rodeo contestant Wes Kleven taken during the Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 19, 2008.

A photograph of cowboy Trevor Brazile, winner of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada, is presented.

This article presents images of bull riders Travis Muir and Clint Knutson at the steer wrestling competition at the Frontier Days celebration in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Muir is pictured in the mud after falling on his bull while Knutson is pictured riding a bull. The article notes that Muir is from Pierce, Colorado.

This caption accompanies photographs of the 2006 Professional Bull Riders World Finals, held in Las Vegas, Nevada during October of 2006. Bull rider Heath Shrimp is pictured riding a bull named Super Cool during the event. Brazilian bull rider Guilherme Marchi was the points leader for the Professional Bull Riding season standings as of October 2006.

The article focuses on the growth of the popularity of professional bullriding as a sport in the United States. J. W. Hart is a founding member of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) tour. The PBR, which launched in 1994 when 20 riders invested $1,000 each and broke ranks with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, is, by some measures, the fastest-growing sport in the nation, one making inroads into suburbs and cities, where people can afford the $100 top ticket. According to a study by Scarborough Sports Marketing, the number of people who watched or attended a PBR event swelled by 52% from 2002 to 2004. The PBR's fan base is less than half of NASCAR's, but its growth rate was the largest of the 12 sports studied in the survey. The PBR can be seen every week on the Outdoor Life Network (which pays more than $700,000 a year in rights fees) and on eight Sunday afternoons on NBC (from which the PBR buys airtime for $225,000 per hour).

Focuses on Australian horse rider Scott Johnston as of November 1999. Details of his scheduled participation in the 1999 National Finals Rodeo; History of Johnston's injuries in a 1998 airplane accident; Career and biographical information; Comments from Johnston.

Profiles Ty Murray, a Rodeo Cowboy. Description on how Murray rides a bull; Achievements; Comparison of Murray with other cowboys.

This section offers sports news briefs in the U.S. as of December 23, 1974. Buffalo Braves basketball player Bob McAdoo was able to make 79 points in two games against the New York Knicks in less than 24 hours. Bowler Earl Anthony received 3,000 U.S. dollars for winning the Winston-Salem Invitational held in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 1974 all-around honors at the National Finals Rodeo held in Oklahoma City was won by Tom Ferguson of Miami, Oklahoma.

The article offers information on rodeos in the U.S. as of 1981. Rodeos are known for providing an opportunity for a cowboy to prove himself, providing entertainment and serving as social events in the ranch business. Among the events on a rodeo program are the saddle bronc event and bull riding. Other traditions in a rodeo are the rodeo pageant and the playing of the national anthem.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "New Swim-suits in the New Arizona" in the January 16, 1967 issue, "Dean of the Faceless Men" in the January 16, 1967 issue and "Faces in the Crowd" in the January 31, 1966 issue.

The article recalls the time in 1932 when the organizers of the annual rodeo in Odessa, Texas, decided to include rabbit-roping in the competition. To get more publicity, the American Legion decided to make the Great Rabbit-Roping Ruckus event a part of the annual rodeo. However, several people protested the plan claiming that rabbit roping is inhumane and demoralizing. Despite criticisms, the American Legion proceeded with the plan.

This section presents a schedule television and radio broadcasting of sports events in the U.S. from May 13 to 22, 1955, including the Rodeo Intercollegiate Rodeo in Laramie, Wyoming, the Golf Eastern Intercollegiate Golf Association tournament in New Haven, Connecticut, and the Motorcycling Grand Prix races in Avalon, California.

The article reports on the victory of sisters Nancy and Joan Chambers in the annual rodeo competition held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City in October 1954. To enter the competition, their father persuaded his friends who own the Cimarron Ranch in Putnam Valley, New York, to sponsor them. Nancy Chambers is chosen queen of the rodeo based on pre-determined criteria.

Presents information on notable sports fixtures in Nevada. Henderson as Sports Illustrated's Sportstown; Thomas & Mack Center as host of the National Finals Rodeo; Little White Wedding chapel, where Michael Jordan got married; Other locations.

Indicates on a map of Colorado the cities which have sporting significance. Pat Day from Eagle; Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland; Jim Gray; Rick Reilly from Boulder; University of Colorado; Greg Beikert from Longmont; Roy Halladay from Arvada; Jeremy Bloom from Loveland; Chauncey Billups from Denver; University of Denver; Chris Fowler from Denver; Steve Jones from Yuma; Aurora (Colo.); Deer Trail (Colo.); Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs; U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; Pikes Peak; Manassa (Colo.); Leadville (Colo.); Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Ignacio; Luther Ellis of Mancos.

Focuses on the rodeo bull Bo Dippin'. The five-year-old, 1,600-pound rodeo bull out of Bagwell, Texas, has thrown all but one of the dozen cowboys who tried to ride him for the required eight seconds this year. BO'S M.O. In rodeo parlance, Bo Dippin' likes to" turn back and stay in," which means that he spins as he bucks. Bo Dippin's pa, 1,800-pound Bodacious, was retired from competition in '95 for fear he'd kill a rider. Earlier that year he broke bones in rider Scott Breding's face--even though Breding was wearing a catcher's mask--by snapping his head back into Breding's face. Bob Tallman, the founder of Buckers Inc., a marketing company in Texas, has frozen vials of Bodacious's semen that he sells for$ 400 a pop.

Focuses on rodeo rider Marty Eakin. Biographical information; Number of competitions he has won, despite being only 19 years old, including the National High School Rodeo; Other sports he played while a student at Caprock High School in Caprock, Texas.

Features several athletes in the U.S. Rodeo awards of Jacey Honey, a junior at Swink Highschool; Record set by Kerron Clement in the 400-meter hurdles; Karatedo titles won by Tommy Hood Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina.

Focuses on Byron Koonsman, a professional cowboy and bull rider. Performance at a rodeo in Mesquite, Texas; Membership of Koonsman in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA); Injuries sustained by Koonsman throughout his career.

Compares over- and under-rated sporting events, Wimbledon and the National Finals Rodeo. View that tennis at Wimbledon is dull; View that high-tech rackets have killed grass-court tennis, and that an absence of wooden rackets made Wimbledon obsolete; Description of the dangers, rewards, and excitement of rodeo sports.

Offers information on the life and career of rodeo bull Locomotive Breath. His success in throwing 12 of his 13 riders in 1999; Details of his performance in the 1999 Pro Bull Riders World Championships; Rewards given to the riders.

The article presents the highlights of the Rodeo Superstars event held at the Will Roger's Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas in May 1978 sponsored by the U.S. Tobacco Co. The event featured a new format, namely the head-to-head competition, wherein losers are immediately out of the game instead of the previous format wherein competitors take their turns in an event. The best professional rodeo stars were invited and featured calf roping, bull riding, and girl's barrel racing. Results of the various events are elaborated.

The article presents the highlights of the National High School Rodeo held in the Helena Valley, Montana. About 1,131 competitors from 29 U.S. states and two provinces in Canada participated in the world's largest rodeo competition. Texans and Monk Dishman won three of the 13 events in the bareback broncos. Sterling Wines won the all-round cowboy title while Texas won its second high school title in a row.

The article features U.S. rodeo athlete Jim Shoulders. He had won 16 world championships and has been in retirement for more than a decade. His son, Marvin Paul, is said to be aiming for at least one world title in rodeo though he does not intend to break his father's records. Marvin Paul has been competing for seven years and has earned close to 100,000 U.S. dollars. Jim owns a ranch populated by Mexican steers, saddle horses and bucking horses.

The article discusses various reports by Doug Looney published within the issue, including one on rodeo star Jim Shoulders and his family and another on the Little Brown Jug harness racing event in the U.S.

The article features free-lance artist Walt Spitzmiller and cites his rodeo assignment for the magazine "Sports Illustrated." The artist relates the appeal of the first rodeo event he attended with his mother in Saint Louis, Missouri. He watched the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and First Annual Rodeo of New Orleans, Louisiana, among others, to create 30 paintings and drawings as well as a limited-edition lithograph. Spitzmiller explains his identification with the cowboys.

The article discusses highlights at the collegiate rodeo championship in Saint George, Utah. The Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas won the title over favorites, California Polytechnic and Casper College of Wyoming. The all-round competition was dominated by A. C. Ekker of Utah and Phil Lyne of Southwest Texas. Aside from rustling and rassling, visitors were also treated to nightly street dances.