Kasey Hayes rides Shaft during the Professional Bull Riding Tour stop at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on March, 13, 2015 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Serious injuries are occupational hazards for bull ...

Helmets are not required for bull riding by the major adult and youth rodeo associations. PREVENTING INJURY: Bull rider Justin Koon, of Grapevine, Ark., credits his helmet with preventing serious ...

In this Jan. 17, 2015, file photo, Chase Outlaw, of Hamburg, Ariz., dismounts Sun Dome during the Professional Bull Riders Buck Off, in New York's Madison Square Garden.

A spur-of-the-moment decision to wear a helmet may have saved bull rider Willy Ives' life last August. He borrowed a friend's helmet on a whim. While riding in the competition, Ives was bucked off ...

Fans attending the Professional Championship Bullriders Tour World Finale this weekend in Hoffman Estates won't see as many 10-gallon hats. Instead, nearly a third of the 35 riders are donning a ...

Whether bull riding helmets will eventually overtake the more traditional cowboy hat as the preferred headgear of riders remains to be seen, but with an increasing number of junior riders adopting ...

SIOUX FALLS | Kasey Hayes hopped on the bovine beast trapped in the narrow holding pen like he'd done hundreds of times. He adjusted a tight rope on his left ...

Bull riding is not a contact sport, it's a collision sport. ... But Outlaw’s use of a helmet underscores a heightened awareness of injuries — especially head injuries — since Ty Pozzobon, ...

Texas bull rider: An article in Section A on Aug. 7 about bull rider Beau Schroeder said McNeese State University, where he won a rodeo scholarship, is in Lafayette, La. It is in Lake Charles, La. — ...

He adjusted a tight rope on his left hand, found his balance and signaled he was ready to dominate the bull for the next eight seconds – or, at least, hoped to. […] Skip to content. All Sections.