The bull always wins the ride. It’s quite difficult to stay atop the bucking mammal, so in the sport of bull riding, all the judges ask is for participants to remain on the animal for at least eight ...

AND ON THE ROSTER, A LOCAL BULL RIDER FROM SMITHVILLE. REPORTER: 19-YEAR-OLD KOLTIN HEVALOW HAS GROWN UP AROUND BULLS. HERE AT HIS RANCH IN SMITHVILLE HE LEARNED TO RESPECT THEM. >> IT IS LIKE A ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Eight seconds. That’s how long a rider ...

As 19-year-old bull-riding star John Crimber tightens his grip atop a 1-ton bull waiting for the steel gate to open, the last voice he is likely to hear is from the man he calls “pai,” Portuguese for ...

WILLMAR — A rain or shine event, the Great Frontier Bull Riding did not disappoint. Conditions were nearly perfect Thursday before a packed crowd at the Kandiyohi County Fair. Bull riders, mostly from ...