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 ...

Rodeo athletes are injured or die at higher rates than athletes from any other sport. The bull riding injury rate is over 10 ...

Lake County Rodeo will be held this weekend (Friday and Saturday) at the Lake County Fairgrounds. The latest in a long ...

Professional Bull Riding was meant for TikTok fame. It’s short, intense, and impossible to look away. A rider adorned in thick gloves, a protective vest, and a helmet hops onto a bull from the ...

The bull always wins the ride. It’s quite difficult to stay atop the bucking mammal, so in the sport of bull riding, all the judges ask is for participants to remain on the animal for at least eight ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — 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 ...

In bull riding, that's how long athletes strive to stay on the bucking animal. It may seem short, ... Concussions are also a concern, and PBR started requiring helmets in 2013, ...

J.B. Mauney conquered the toughest bulls in the world. As he prepares to enter the Bull Riding Hall of Fame, he reflects on the injury that made him hang it up.

Bull riding is considered one of the most dangerous sports in the ... In 2013, the PBR made helmets mandatory to protect against concussions. The sport requires its riders to be flexible, agile ...