Today: why “rodeo clown” is a serious occupation. Barrelmen are the people with the job of protecting bull riders when they fall and things go haywire. The protective barrier used to keep ...

Hundreds of riders on horseback and in wagons will gallop into Memorial Park on Friday as part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's decadeslong trail-riding tradition, but many already made ...

Image Jordan Spears in the bull-riding competition. The rodeo riders atop the raging, bucking broncos could go home with life-changing injuries, incurred in front of tens of thousands of people.

Eleven groups, totaling thousands of riders, rode in on horseback and in wagons from towns like Cheek, Goliad and Brenham to participate in this Rodeo Houston tradition, which dates back to the 1950s.

BELTON — Turning a tragedy into something beneficial, the Live Like Ace Foundation held a team roping competition this past weekend in the Equine/Livestock Complex of the Cadence Bank Center in ...

But it's not enough to just hold on. Riders get paid by getting a top score from judges, based on their technique and how the bronc bucked. A rodeo outsider, by his own admission, Steiner’s ...

On the final night of his Super Series rounds, Mr. Gardner from Generations Pro Rodeo and Reiste scored 87 points, making it three for this 32-year-old bull rider. After three rounds of insane ...

Nashville will play host to the Music City Rodeo, with professional riders taking over Bridgestone Arena on May 29-31. The event will mark the first time the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ...

Trophy buckles for rodeo riders became popular in the 1920s and have since crossed into the mainstream fashion world. The shinier, the more flamboyant, the more Texas-sized, the better.

As a professional bull rider, he has traveled to rodeos around ... ultimate goal of competing in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. "I don't smoke, I don't drink, I barely go to clubs," Smith ...

But it's not enough to just hold on. Riders get paid by getting a top score from judges, based on their technique and how the bronc bucked. A rodeo outsider, by his own admission, Steiner’s ...

Keyshawn Whitehorse says a prayer in his Navajo language before he rides a bull competitively. “It keeps me grounded in who I am and where I come from,” he said. Whitehorse, 27, will be ...