Call it the Beyoncé effect: One of America's biggest music superstars unleashed a stampede of excitement for Black rodeos across the country with her 2024 album "Cowboy Carter." Nowhere is that more ...

Saddle up, it’s officially rodeo season in Houston! Journalist Taylor Crumpton coined the term “been country” in reference to the critics questioning the authenticity of Beyoncè’s first full-length ...

Cleo Hearn poses for a portrait at Mesquite Arena on March 4, 2014. The city of Lancaster honored Hearn by naming an equestrian trail at its Bear Creek Nature Park after him. Hearn is founder of the ...

A horn blares, the stall gate opens, and out comes a raging 2,000-pound bull, bucking its hind legs wildly to knock a rodeo rider off its back. Red dirt fills the air as the crowd cheers, and a ...

Saddle up for a gripping celebration of culture, history, and rodeo greatness! The Arizona Black Rodeo isn’t just an event, it’s a movement that honors the legacy of Black cowgirls and cowboys. The ...

It was 30 years ago that the Bill Pickett Rodeo first inspired Oakland native Valyncia Brooks to ride a horse. The event, which is in its 41st year as it returns to the East Bay this weekend, has for ...

At Daniel Bey’s ranch house, in the heart of Kansas City, Kansas, the 41-year-old cowboy and horseman readies his nylon and polyester rope with practiced ease. Surrounded by a barn, a workstation ...

It wasn’t your typical rodeo — SP5DER, the Los Angeles-based fashion and lifestyle brand partnered with the nonprofit organization and transformed the circuit into a runway; before the show, models ...

The smell of leather, dirt, and livestock mingling together hung in the air inside the auditorium at Hale Arena in the Kansas City West Bottoms, where the metro’s first Black rodeo in several years, ...