Larry Mahan, the Elvis of Rodeo, Is Dead at 79
Larry Mahan, an eight-time rodeo world champion and swashbuckling showman who was once called “rodeo’s first matinee idol,” and who brokered that reputation into side careers as a Hollywood…
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The abnormal normalisation of collision sports
‘Contact sports’ is a term that sounds almost coy, as if describing things like ballroom dancing, or playing tag, or a game of billiards. It’s a bit rougher than that. Within the larger…
Rodeo cowboy life demands skills on, off horseback
Jon Gold
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
To be a professional rodeo cowboy is to be one-third athlete, one-third accountant and one-third travel…
Tucson Rodeo legend Gary Williams’ legacy endures through the lives he touched
Jon Gold
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Jose Calderon is dreading Monday morning.The La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo will be wrapped up by…
New options, familiar traditions and Lonestar: Your guide to the Tucson Rodeo
Jon Gold
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Roughly 24 hours before the start of the 98th La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo, chairman of the rodeo…
Gary Williams, longtime GM of Tucson Rodeo and sport’s ‘encyclopedia,’ dies at 73
Gary Williams, longtime general manager of the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros and a key figure in the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association for a quarter-century, died Sunday at the…
Play’n GO opens the gate for Bull in a Rodeo
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Blueprint Gaming’s mystical and mighty Genie is back to make free spin dreams come true in the feature-packed Genie Jackpots Big Spin Frenzy.
One of…
In retirement, Gary Williams still roots for the Tucson Rodeo
“This year I only felt responsible for myself.”That marks quite the change for the only general manager the rodeo had ever known.Williams was less than a month old when he attended his first…