Dancehall band to play Cattlemen’s Days
GUNNISON, Colo. – Part of the success of the annual Cattlemen’s Days celebration lies in the involvement of so many. That’s why organizers decided to make a change to their post-rodeo entertainment, bringing in the dancehall music of Ken Stonecipher and the Wooden Nickel Band. “What we really wanted to do was have people engaged […]
Making a difference locally
Gunnison Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign is helping Gunnison Valley Hospital be a model for what can be done in rural health care GUNNISON, Colo. – While the Gunnison Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink program is a grassroots effort focused on community, its impact resonates all across the country. Robert […]
Sosebee returning to Roundup
DODGE CITY, Kan. – Much of Cody Sosebee’s life has changed since the last time he was in Dodge City. This past December, he worked the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the first time in his career. A couple of months ago, he became engaged to Tonya Baumgartner, and now he’s planning a wedding. At […]
Alsbaugh returns home for rodeo
GUNNISON, Colo. – Linda Alsbaugh is one of the most respected and appreciated people in professional rodeo. She’s been around the game for more than 50 years. She’s been named the Secretary of the Year in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, and in 2012, she and her late husband, Art, received the Donita Barnes Lifetime […]
Hyland reigns as Miss Colorado
Former Miss Rooftop Rodeo serving as state’s ProRodeo ambassador ESTES PARK, Colo. – The road from Windsor, Colo., to Estes Park is 44 miles long and features many winding turns and tight corners. Alex Hyland knows every bit of it. Six years ago, she was Miss Rooftop Rodeo, the rodeo queen enlisted to serve as […]
Gunnison TETWP expands transport fleet
Gunnison’s Cattlemen’s Days finds unique ways to give back to community all year through TETWP and new patient transportation vehicle GUNNISON, Colo. – The Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink board understands what it means to meet the needs of the community beyond the annual rodeo. Through its efforts over the last 13 years, […]
Carr a big part of Pecos’ history
PECOS, Texas – The Western roots of this west Texas community run deep, and the legacy they hold firmly in the drying soil is magnificent. The volunteers that produce the annual West of the Pecos Rodeo know that better than anybody, and they work hard through the year to showcase it. It will happen again […]
VIP Experience is growing
Town of Estes Park, Rooftop Rodeo enhancing the opportunities for guests ESTES PARK, Colo. – Just a year after creating the VIP Experience for Rooftop Rodeo, the town of Estes Park is already upping the ante to those patrons. “This is going to be great for those people who are interested in experiencing our rodeo […]
Concert, auction a big deal in Gunnison
Farr, Otto to join legendary artist Dean Dillon for the No. 1 TETWP fundraiser in the nation CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. – The Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink program is the largest of its kind in professional rodeo. It’s a grass-roots effort that has been raising money for the needs of families battling breast […]
Top bullfighters return to Reno
Wrangler Bullfight Tour stop to feature six of the top seven in the BFO RENO, Nev. – Over the past couple of weeks, Colt Oder has experienced the highs and lows of freestyle bullfighting. He got tangled up with Rockin’ B & Magnifica’s Mexicano at the Bullfighters Only Wrangler Bullfight stop in Decatur, Texas, resulting […]
Rangers finish 3rd at college finals
CASPER, Wyo. – The cowboy way is alive and well in Alva, Okla., and the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team proved it last week at the College National Finals Rodeo. Five Rangers qualified for the championship round in Casper, and the men walked away as the No. 3 team in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo […]
Stars returning to Pollockville
Top cowboys, bucking horses will be featured at the Hard Grass Bronc Match in July POLLOCKVILLE, Alberta – There were a number of amazing things that happened to Layton Green in 2018: He won the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association saddle bronc riding championship. He qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the first time, […]
PBR heading to Dawson Creek
Alpha Bull to showcase Canada’s top bull riders during big December event DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia – Zane Lambert has ridden bulls all across Canada. He is one of the top men on the PBR Canada tour, and he will join other top cowboys competing at the PBR Dawson Creek Fueled by Lyons Production Services, […]
Broadcaster lauds Rooftop
Estes Park rodeo performances to be featured on satellite radio, Internet ESTES PARK, Colo. – Steve Kenyon’s voice is recognizable to those who have heard or seen him. He’s a personality in rodeo, the radio voice that listeners turn to when they want to know what’s going on in the sport. He’s been to dozens […]
Teen giving back to kids after brain injury
MARION, La. – Hanna Conley has no recollection of the barrel racing wreck that changed her life. On Dec. 9, 2016, as her horse tried to round the second barrel, it stumbled then fell, and Hanna, then 13 years old, landed face first in the arena dirt. The result was a traumatic brain injury that […]
PBR to debut in Whitecourt
Byrne, other top bull riders to be part of Alpha Bull event in central Alberta community WHITECOURT, Alberta – The danger and excitement of man vs. beast dates back to the days of gladiators. Now, though, it’s a nearly orchestrated dance of 150-pound men doing their best to tame nearly a ton of bucking flesh […]
Harrison eager to return to Gunnison
GUNNISON, Colo. – Many of the greatest athletes in ProRodeo make their way to this picturesque community every July. John Harrison is an entertainer, rodeo clown, barrelman and comedian all rolled up in a ball of fun and funny, and he might be the best athlete of them all at this year’s Cattlemen’s Days PRCA […]
Rangers ready for college finals
ALVA, Okla. – Maverick Harper is as confident as he’s ever been in his rodeo career, and it comes at a good time. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboy is competing at the College National Finals Rodeo for the first time, and he likes the opportunities that are before him when the action takes place […]
Rumford returns to Rooftop
Celebrated rodeo clown joins Sanders, Hilton as award-winners working rodeo ESTES PARK, Colo. – Justin Rumford is just naturally funny, and that’s a good thing. He’s a comedian by nature, something he picked up years ago on his family’s Kansas ranch. Now he is the preeminent funnyman in professional rodeo, having been named the Clown […]
Pharr speeds to Claremore title
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The dirt on their faces said something about Conner and Sterling Pharr. They’re having fun on the rodeo trail with their daddy, Tim. So is he, for that matter. He has set up his rodeo schedule around his sons’ education; not that school’s out for the summer, the boys jumped in the […]
Reeves slides into No. 2 position
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Matt Reeves just missed his seventh qualification to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo a season ago. He doesn’t want to do that again. On Saturday night during the second performance of the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo, Reeves wrestled his steer to the ground in 4.3 seconds to move into second place […]
Brunson spurs to Claremore lead
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Louie Brunson has been ever so close to qualifying for ProRodeo’s grand finale, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. If he keeps riding like he did Friday night at the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo, he might make it there yet. Brunson matched moves with Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Django for 85 points […]
McSpadden honored in Claremore
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The opening night of the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo was the perfect time to celebrate all that Clem McSpadden was. “We’re here to pay tribute to a man who gave us a lifetime of public service to his community, to his rodeo and to his country,” Claremore City Manager Jim Thomas […]
A day of remembrance
I’m not sure why, but today hit me hard. It’s been 18 years since my mom died. Maybe it was my aunt’s post about missing her sissy. Maybe it was the comments that revealed a certain specialness about my mom. Nonetheless, there have been a wide range of tears shed over the last 12 or […]