Lucille Mulhall was one of the first female ropers to pave the way for women in the sport.

Fan-favorite breakaway roper, Jackie "JJ" Hampton, will return to RodeoHouston following her victory in Houston's first-ever breakaway roping competition last year. Credit: Photo by Houston Livestock ...

Jackie Crawford of Stephenville competes in break-away roping during the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Wyoming in July. Crawford is able to compete in Cheyenne and other high-profile rodeos since ...

Melody Hale has been coming to the St. Paul Rodeo for decades. Despite being a competitive roper with 30 years of experience, her trips from her home in Tenino, Washington, to the big rodeo in the ...

ODESSA, Texas — The Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo features all different types of rodeo events. There is bareback riding, bull riding and steer wrestling to name a few. But, no event in rodeo is ...

Kiera French started roping steers four years ago in Virginia. When she moved to Texas in 2002, she found it difficult to break into Houston roping organizations or even to find a place to practice.

Here is a brief description of everything you need to know to be in the know at the Cinch Roping Fiesta. Hooey – The knot ropers use to hold three legs together once the calf is on the ground. Outside ...

Martha Angelone looks around at competitors up to double her age and always has the same thought: Why weren't they allowed earlier? The sport of breakaway roping was added within the last two years to ...

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, ...

The lineup at National Finals Rodeo is getting more Western-themed spinoffs than cable network execs looking to fill prime time with new iterations of beloved series. A case in point: the Wrangler ...