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Rodeo: News
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Kollin Vonahn and Five
Iowa is better known for its cornfields than it is its cowboys.
Nonetheless, team roping's phenomenal growth over the past 15 years has even
made inroads in the Midwest.
Kollin VonAhn, the 2005 College National Finals Rodeo heeling
champion, grew up in Sac City, Iowa, among the first... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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A New Calf Rope From the Rope Shop
The Rope Shop is introducing a new calf rope, the SYNGRASS Synthetic Manila tie-down rope. According to the makers, SYNGRASS has that old-time Manila feel and performance in a modern engineered synthetic rope with less stretch than any rope on the market. "All the polygrass is made in Portugal,"... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Setting the Standard
On the rodeo road, people are polite. It's one of the values that
draws fans to the sport and keeps people involved in the lifestyle. Sure, no one
out there is perfect and no one rodeoing is beyond reproach in every interaction
they have. But by and large, there's a polite, respectful... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Legends Never Die
None of us who knew Lane Frost--or even those who only wish they
had--will ever forget him. Lane left a mark in rodeo's record books and all our
memory banks that will not fade in any of our lifetimes. He was truly that
special.
Lane had the charisma of Elvis, and he didn't reserve his... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Murphy Wins Toughest Cowboy Title
After eight weeks on the Toughest Cowboy Series, Bandy Murphy
emerged as the best three-event roughstock cowboy, winning the 2009 Toughest
Cowboy title and the deed to a 40-acre parcel in the Rocky Mountains outside
Laramie, Wyoming.
After an eight-week elimination-style season, the final... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Kathi Myers Elected WPRA President
The Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) announced on
March 2 the results of their recent elections and Kathi Myers of Pedricktown,
N.J., will take over the duties of President on March 15 after receiving 335
votes to Patti Roberts' 234 votes. This will be the first time in the... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Murphy Wins Toughest Cowboy Title
After eight weeks on the Toughest Cowboy Series, Bandy Murphy
emerged as the best three-event roughstock cowboy, winning the 2009 Toughest
Cowboy title and the deed to a 40-acre parcel in the Rocky Mountains outside
Laramie, Wyoming.
After an eight-week elimination-style season, the final... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Strait-Up Fast
On March 14, a 21-year-old kid from Nevada cashed the biggest
paycheck ever made out to a team roper.
It seems fitting then, that he earned it at arguably the wickedest
team roping that's ever been. The 27th annual George Strait Team Roping Classic
was the gunfight of all gunfights (a guy... | read »
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Class of 2009 ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Ace Berry Some of the best three-generation times my family has involve "Papa
stories." Unless it's storming outside, that's when we all grab a plate and head
out to the black-iron table on the porch. Ace Berry's name came up out on the
porch the other day, when my dad remembered the day he... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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The Unlikely Champions
While RodeoHouston might not be rodeo's biggest stage, it is where
the sport's stories are told to more people at once than anywhere else. With
72,412 rodeo (and perhaps Brooks & Dunn) fans in attendance for the Super
Series Shootout final performance in Reliant Stadium in Houston, one might... | read »
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