Rodeo is more dangerous than football and ice hockey, but riders often wear far less protective gear. After decades of danger ...

Rodeo organizations now require all riders to wear protective equipment. The National High School Rodeo Association and Arizona Junior Rodeo Association rulebooks require contestants to wear a helmet, ...

With jaw set and cowboy hat solidly secured, Neal McDonough strides through “The Last Rodeo” as Joe Wainwright, a former champion bull rider who’s believably broken in body and spirit. Ever since the ...

Professional bull ... injuries while competing in the Wharton County Youth Fair Xtreme Bulls event in Wharton, Texas April 3. He was 24. His father, Wade Grant, said the bull his son was riding ...

Bull riding has the highest rate of injury of any rodeo sport, according to a study published by the Kansas Journal of Medicine called “Rodeo Trauma: Outcome Data from 10 Years of Injuries ...