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Cowboys of Color Rodeo founder and professional rodeo trailblazer Cleo Hearn has died at 86 years old. According to a statement from the family and the Cowboys of Color Rodeos, Hearn died Sunday, Nov.

Heber City, Utah — Pop culture has gone country. Beyoncé broke stadium attendance records this year with her country-couture Cowboy Carter tour. “Yellowstone” has spun off its own cinematic universe.

Sage Newman has made Rapid City, S.D., a second home over the last couple winters. At the 2025 Rodeo Rapid CIty Xtreme Broncs ...

Fast times and fierce competition crowned champions across multiple rodeo events. Discover the standout cowboys and cowgirls who earned top payouts.

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 much-needed hip surgery may have this top bareback rider on the bench for a few months, but he hopes to return better than ...

For the first time in decades, a familiar figure will be missing from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. Hearn began producing the Texas Black Rodeo in 1971. In the 1990s, it evolved into Cowboys of ...

The MRCA Rodeo Finals are coming up October 16-18th at the Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds. The members of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association have built over the years an association that exemplifies ...

The whiff of dirt mixed with the smell of horses and bulls filled up the Clatsop County Fair and Expo building on Saturday night. Spectators in attendance for the Clash of the Cowboys were decked out ...

HEBER CITY, Utah — Pop culture has gone country. Beyoncé broke stadium attendance records this year with her country-couture Cowboy Carter tour. “Yellowstone” has spun off its own cinematic universe.