WPRA announces 2026 awards

The WPRA Board of Directors has chosen its 2026 committee and contract award winners, honoring the people and rodeos that keep the sport running behind the scenes.

Key points WPRA announces 2026 awards
  1. The WPRA Board of Directors has chosen its 2026 committee and contract award winners, honoring the people and rodeos that keep the sport running behind the scenes.
  2. Flying U Rodeo won Stock Contractor of the Year for the first time, while announcer Randy Corley and his daughter Amanda Corley Sanders were both recognized.
  3. Winners will be celebrated at the WPRA Star Celebration at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, December 3.
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Cervi rodeo results roundup

Three PRCA rodeo results reports list leaders and payouts from recent competitions in Texas and a Cervi Championship Rodeo event.

Key points Cervi rodeo results roundup
  1. Three PRCA rodeo results reports list leaders and payouts from recent competitions in Texas and a Cervi Championship Rodeo event.
  2. The Waller County Fair & Rodeo in Hempstead, Texas, ran Oct. 1-3 with leaders in steer wrestling, team roping, tie-down roping and barrel racing.
  3. The 377 Last Hoorah Team Roping in Stephenville, Texas, on Sept. 30 paid out across three team roping rounds.
  4. A third report covers bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding rounds and shootouts, with a total payoff of $61,975.
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Chesney nears McGraw chart record

Kenny Chesney's song 'Carry On' is No. 1 on the Radio & Records/Mediabase country chart, his 37th chart-topping hit.

Leather brothers face off

Brothers Macaulie and Boston Leather, back-to-back PBR Australia Champions, will ride for opposing teams when the Missouri Thunder and Kansas City Outlaws meet in the Show-Me State Showdown at Rattler Days.

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's Divorce: Here's What Their Lives Are Like One Year Later

A year after country singer Keith Urban and actress Nicole Kidman divorced, both are living separately in Nashville and co-parenting their two daughters under a custody agreement.

Rattlers host Rattler Days

The PBR Team Series returns to Dickies Arena in Fort Worth for Rattler Days, Oct. 2-4, with the Texas Rattlers hosting Oklahoma, Arizona and rival Austin.

Uncle Kracker's country breakthrough

Uncle Kracker scored his first country hit when he joined Kenny Chesney on 'When the Sun Goes Down,' which reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2004.

PRCA names top bucking stock

The PRCA announced its 2026 Pendleton Whisky's Let 'er Buck Bucking Stock of the Year Awards on Sept. 29.

Wright rides to Vegas

Statler Wright won the saddle bronc title at the Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup in Sioux Falls with an arena-record 90.75-point ride on Ozark, earning $34,000 and $35,566 for the weekend.

Buckeye Country Superfest 2027 lineup

Buckeye Country Superfest will return to Ohio Stadium on July 10, 2027, with Chris Stapleton as headliner.

Wade backs Hondo Rodeo Fest

Two-time world champion header Tyler Wade has been invited back to the Hondo Rodeo Fest, which returns this November in downtown Phoenix.

Riley Green's underwear modeling past

Country singer Riley Green says his 2023 Gildan underwear ambassador deal has become a running joke in every interview he does.

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