Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rodeo legend has died, according to his family. Roy Cooper, eight-time world champion roper and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Famer, ...

Roy Cooper throws a calf during the calf-roping competition in the Will Rogers Coliseum on Jan. 15, 2003. Ron T. Ennis Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives Roy Cooper took the sport of calf roping by ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rodeo legend Roy Cooper died in a fire at his home near Decatur the night of Tuesday, April 29, 2025. He was 69. (Cooper family ...

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 ...

The rodeo world is in mourning after the passing of Wade Lewis, the 1982 National Finals Steer Roping average champion. The legendary rider had a stunning career, and moved through the arena ...

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 ...

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, ...

He was this calf-roping cowboy, with a mullet to match. His enthusiasm seeped through your television set whenever he was interviewed. And his calf-roping sack celebration pulled everything together — ...

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 ...