Perhaps his greatest moment as a cowboy came courtesy of his experimenting with team roping, but for Houston native Fred Whitfield, his heart still lies with tie-down roping. In 1999, Whitfield became ...

A rodeo legend has died, according to his family. Roy Cooper, eight-time world champion roper and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Famer, died the night of April 29. Multiple news reports said Cooper died in a ...

Partnerships play a big role in Mark Berry's life. Twenty years in competitive team roping have taught Berry the importance of having a horse that knows the game and a roping partner capable of ...

After five years in the arena together, team roping pair Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin have decided to make a change after not making it to the NFR for the first time as a team. Team roping is the ...

Team roping partners Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord saw their lead in the overall standings for headers and heelers, respectively, evaporate after the first two days of the National Finals Rodeo. They ...

The Shane Hanchey Invitational concluded yesterday in Giddings, Texas. Let’s look at what happened and who walked away victorious. This invitational had a star-studded line-up. With 60 contestants, ...

A rodeo doesn't earn the title "Daddy of 'em All" for no reason. Cheyenne Frontier Days invites the best of the best every year to compete, and that rings especially true in team roping. That's one of ...

Tim Bagnell has ambitions. Lofty ambitions. "My goal is to make calf roping the thing here," declares the Polson cowboy/dentist. "Come hell or high water. "I want to get kids calf roping. I want calf ...

Someday, Coy Burruel hopes to be a horse chiropractor. For now, though, he's quite content with working his horses hard — and possibly causing them some back pain — in the pursuit of fame on the youth ...

Team roping is the one rodeo event that forces athletes to rely heavily on their partner. Headers and heelers in the sport create a cohesive relationship between one another that can defy the laws of ...