Monthly Archives: April 2014
Ricky Huddleston 1957-2014
Written on April 8, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
My first day in Las Vegas for the 2001 National Finals Rodeo was frantic. My editor at The Oklahoman had booked me on a flight that took me from Oklahoma City to Kansas City, then on to Vegas. I arrived at my hotel, quickly unpacked, then took a cab to the Thomas & Mack Center Continue Reading »
Rangers freshman wins roping title
Written on April 7, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
ALVA, Okla. – Like any freshman, Mason Bowen has learned a lot in the first few months of his college career. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboy proved this past weekend that his rodeo education is paying off. He won the tie-down roping championship at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University rodeo in Durant. “He’s young, Continue Reading »
Lazy E offers new home to RNCFR
Written on April 7, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
ProRodeo’s National Championship will be played in storied arena for the first time GUTHRIE, Okla. – ProRodeo’s National Championship has a new home. The Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo is scheduled for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the Continue Reading »
Benefit scheduled for bullfighter Pierce
Written on April 5, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
From the CBR FORT WORTH, Texas – When James Pierce was diagnosed with kidney cancer, members of his bull riding and rodeo family responded with love and prayers. They are taking it a step farther with at the Whybenormal Benefit, set for the afternoon of Sunday, April 13, at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth. Continue Reading »
Locals set stage for Bridgeport rodeo
Written on April 3, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
BRIDGEPORT, Texas – Rodeo excellence and Texas cowboys seem to go hand-in-hand. That bodes quite well for the Karl Klement Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, at Sunset Retreat Arena, formerly the Bridgeport Riding Club Arena. Many of the sport’s greatest stars live within a 45-mile Continue Reading »
Champs lead 2014 hall class
Written on April 2, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
From the PRCA World Champion Cowboys Pete Grubb, Wayne Herman, Glen O’Neill and Byron Walker, along with two-time World Champion Bullfighter Miles Hare and Big Bend Rodeo’s Spring Fling – one of just two horses to be honored as both a bareback and saddle bronc horse of the year – head the 2014 induction class Continue Reading »
Can Tierney go two-for-two?
Written on April 2, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
The last time Paul David Tierney performed inside the Lazy E Arena, he won the prestigious Timed Event Championship of the World. He became just the 12th man in the 30-year history of the event, which identifies the greatest all-around timed-event cowboys in the world. He joins his father, Paul, who owns four TEC titles, Continue Reading »