Last month, a bull played peek-a-boo with rodeo clown and barrelman extraordinaire Dusty Myers, sticking its head in the barrel with him, and then lifting the barrel and Myers way off the ground.

SILOAM SPRINGS -- New this year to the Siloam Springs Rodeo is contract act Allan Dessel of Paulina, Iowa. Not to be confused with a bullfighter, Dessel is a barrelman, he said. Barrelmen and ...

As a bullfighter, to stand there and not move when you know you’re going to take a hit for a guy, that’s the hardest part,” ...

John Harrison has “the best job in rodeo,” he says. It doesn’t matter that one of his responsibilities as a barrelman is to distract bulls in the arena. His most valued duty? That’s “putting a smile ...

WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) - Young cowboys and cowgirls are sharpening their rodeo skills at the Rafters Cross Cowboy Church. The ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Rodeo Clown Matt Merrit sat down with KSAN-TV’s Haleigh Hinojosa to talk about the upcoming Extreme Bulls event. Merrit says the Extreme Bulls event is the ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The San Angelo Rodeo Clown Matt Merrit sat down with KLST-TV’s Carolyn McEnrue to talk about talk about what it is like as a rodeo clown. Merrit during the ...

It's an hour before showtime and Rob Gann is running late. He has to get his makeup on, climb into his costume, and build a flash-bang firework that will provide the big noisy finish for his act.

Everyone loves tough guys in ten-gallon hats and juicy hot dogs snuggled inside hunks of deep-fried cornbread. But even 2,200-pound Brahma bulls think clowns are creepy. So head to this weekend’s 61st ...