Last month, a bull played peek-a-boo with rodeo clown and barrelman extraordinaire Dusty Myers, sticking its head in the barrel with him, and then lifting the barrel and Myers way off the ground.

SILOAM SPRINGS -- New this year to the Siloam Springs Rodeo is contract act Allan Dessel of Paulina, Iowa. Not to be confused with a bullfighter, Dessel is a barrelman, he said. Barrelmen and ...

There's a new barrel man in town. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced John Harrison will wear the barrel for 2025 after longtime rodeo clown Leon Coffee rolled his barrel out for the last ...

Fargo - The question was as simplistic as it was outrageous. What's it like getting hit by a bull? "You ever get in a washing machine when it's on and roll it down a flight of stairs?" 12-year rodeo ...

Contrary to what some may believe, rodeo clowning is serious business. Beneath the makeup, the wigs and the costumes are athletes whose job is to protect the bull riders. Rodeo fans will have several ...

Leon Coffee whose green cowboy hat and painted face welcomed millions to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, popped out of his barrel for the a final time earlier this year. But he's now becoming a ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The San Angelo Rodeo Clown Matt Merrit sat down with KLST-TV’s Carolyn McEnrue to talk about talk about what it is like as a rodeo clown. Merrit during the ...

True cowboys and cowgirls are hard to find, but not at the Houston Rodeo. Life on the road leads them here this time every year for the biggest rodeo in the world, where they’ll ride and wrangle ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dustin Brewer got a bad break at the 2000 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Literally. Brewer, a bullfighter, broke his leg during the first night of competition, putting him out of the ...

We call ourselves Marketplace, so part of our job is exploring how marketplaces work, in all their forms. David Brancaccio and the “Marketplace Morning Report” team are setting out to visit in-person ...