This isn’t their first rodeo: Meet the people behind the NFR

Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com Day nine of the 2009 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center on Dec. 11, 2009. By Anthony Fenech (contact) Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 | 2 a.m. 2009 National Finals Rodeo: Ninth Day // This isn’t Binion Cervi’s first rodeo. Twenty-five years ago, the National Finals Rodeo came to Las Vegas. Cervi, [...]

Local ropers 6th in rodeo finals

LAS VEGAS — It’s tough to compete with a world record. Farmington heeler Russell Cardoza and header Charly Crawford of Prineville, Ore. finished sixth with a run of 5.1 seconds in the ninth round team roping Friday at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The team of Chad Masters and Jade Corkill set a world record [...]

Utah cowboy likes spoiler role

National Finals Rodeo » Out of championship contention, Clint Robinson ties down dollars. By Steve Luhm luhm@sltrib.com The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 12/11/2009 11:24:17 PM Clint Cannon competes in the bareback competition during the ninth go-round of National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) [...]

Durfey moving up at National Finals Rodeo

by St. Joseph News-Press Saturday, December 12, 2009 Thanks to his best finish yet, Tyson Durfey continued to gain ground Thursday night in the waning stages of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The Savannah, Mo., native turned in a second-place showing during the eighth of ten rounds of competition in the tie-down [...]

Fallon team roper and partner break world record

Fallon’s Jade Corkill and his team roping partner, Chad Masters of Clarksville, Tenn., broke the world record in team roping on Friday night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. They did it only moments after fellow Nevadan Randon Adams of Logandale and his partner, JoJo Lemond of [...]

Field helped by workouts prior to National Finals Rodeo

By Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune (Las Vegas) Elk Ridge bareback rider Kaycee Field believes a pre-Wrangler National Finals Rodeo conditioning program has helped him survive the day-after-day grind. The National Finals conclude a 10-round run at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday night. “Ten straight [days] in the summer isn’t anything like [...]

NFR Day 9 Photo Gallery: The stage is set for tonight’s final round

Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com Day nine of the 2009 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center on Dec. 11, 2009. By Robin Leach (contact) Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 | 4:02 p.m. 2009 National Finals Rodeo: Ninth Day // It’s the Super Bowl of their sport for the cowboys and cowgirls wrapping up the Wrangler National Finals [...]

Brazile ties record as ProRodeo crowns world champions at 51st Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

Brazile ties record as ProRodeo crowns world champions at 51st Wrangler National Finals Rodeo LAS VEGAS — Memo to Ty Murray: you have company. Trevor Brazile secured his seventh PRCA all-around world championship in front of 17,418 fans in Round 10 of the 51st Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to tie Murray”s PRCA record for most [...]

Team roping world record broken twice, Harris clinches second straight gold buckle during Round 9 of Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

LAS VEGAS — JoJo LeMond and reigning World Champion Heeler Randon Adams stopped the clock at the Thomas & Mack Center in 3.4 seconds to lower the PRCA team roping world record by one-tenth of a second in Round 9 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. That record lasted all of five minutes. Five runs [...]

Business trip to Las Vegas paying dividends for Tyson Durfey

LAS VEGAS – With one round to go at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Tyson Durfey is all business. “If I can go and win some more round money tomorrow, it could turn into a $90,000 week,” Durfey said Friday night after posting a 7.8-second run to finish in a tie for fourth place in [...]