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Since the first Rodeo Cowboys Association world team roping titlists were crowned 90 years ago in 1929, 40 of them have listed Arizona as home. Fact is, back in the [...]

'The most important thing I've ever built.' That's how three-time gold-buckle header Clay Tryan described the arena at his home in Lipan, Texas. It's the place he perfected his run [...]

The American frontier was a time and place when rules didn't apply and scores were settled with shootouts. But that had nothing on jackpotting in the 1970s. To quote the [...]

Three generations of our rodeo family have never known life without Jan Yates. Jan made us all feel right at home, whether we were passing through Pueblo or in the [...]

There's an already notorious new team in town, and in addition to two tons of talent, Luke Brown and Paul Eaves have another advantage in their arsenal. It's the Allen [...]

Long before a few Navajo boys picked up wicked cowboying skills deep in the Arizona desert--which made them world champs--another guy was doing the same.'I used to trip steers out [...]

Cabin fever is for real, and cowboys have been living it like all Americans. Recent coronavirus-related cancellations of ropings and rodeos have forced team ropers to 'shelter in place,' and [...]

Charles Sampson has to be one of the most unlikely ProRodeo Hall of Famers of all time, growing up the 11th of 13 kids in the impoverished Watts neighborhood on [...]

Gilbert Carrillo and his twin brother, Adam, were standout bull riders on the Professional Bull Riders Tour in the early days of the PBR, earning more than $1 million between [...]

AP Photo/Matt York Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner has secretly been competing in rodeos for years under the name 'Mason Saunders' in an attempt to avoid attention from baseball fans. [...]

Byline: Brock ColyarKesha Morse is the first female president of New York City's Federation of Black Cowboys, which offers rodeos, school visits, and horsemanship training programs for New York City [...]

There are countless reasons why certain rodeos have a special spot in the hearts of cowboys. For some of our industry's icons, it's mainly big money; for others, sentiment and [...]

The PRCA's Board of Directors voted down a proposal six to two on August 18, 2014, that would have made it mandatory for all PRCA rodeos to add equal money [...]

Riding With Pride pages 2-3 (1) What is the article mainly about? (A) the history of African American cowboys (B) the difference between modern rodeos and cattle drives from the [...]

Researchers and doctors at the University ofTexas-Southwestern noticed a trend--ropers who made their way to the institution for treatment of what doctors called 'rodeo thumb.' But unlike the usual patients, [...]

When I was seven or eight years old I remember the thing that inspired and captivated me was guys like the Camarillos, Gary Gist, the Rascos and Ken Luman, who [...]

The horses you ride define your career. I can name countless examples of guys who roped good, then got that special horse that made their combination so great. Leo Camarillo [...]

Each of the 10 go-rounds of the WNFR lasts just under two hours, which leaves a whole lot of time to experience all that Sin City has to offer. Whether [...]

When it comes to roping on the Pendleton grass, cowboy emotions run the gamut. Some fear it while others revere it. Some dread it, but suck it up and enter [...]

Obviously, Trevor Brazile's career arc is the most interesting in professional rodeo. His ability to sustain competitiveness in three events for nearly a decade is uncanny. But what happens in [...]

I've been roping for a living for a long time, and we all go through different stages in our careers. When you're young, this feels like the only thing in [...]

Bobby Mote and Tuf Cooper don't have much in common at first glance, besides being world-class cowboys who are beloved by fans. From opposite ends of the arena, Mote's a [...]

Why is it we never can put supreme teams together on paper and just know they'll be spectacular? You'd think that putting the two best ropers on the same roster [...]

The last time the team roping world at large saw Nick Sartain and Kollin VonAhn, it was not pretty. After winning their first world championships in 2009, they returned to [...]

There comes a time in the lives of most young men when they need to test their mettle. In whatever life path they've chosen, they need to see if they've [...]

I was looking at the list of teams for the annual winter-rodeo opener in Odessa, Texas, the week before Christmas and it was no surprise to see most of the [...]

The 2011 ProRodeo regular season ended with a dramatic and abrupt flourish at the Justin Boots Championships of the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour in Omaha, Neb. The hottest teams going: [...]