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Bull rider hangs on for dear life at the 2018 Tucson Rodeo (Photo by: Mike Sultzbach)

Eight seconds of glory

Clayton Soileau April 5, 2018

Count with me. Eight, seven, six, keep it up, five, four, three, don’t let go, two, one. Sure eight seconds might feel like a blip in time for most, but for the Southwestern warriors of the rodeo,...

(Photo by: Chloe Persichetti/ Arizona Sonora News)

Behind the Tucson Rodeo

Chloe Persichetti February 14, 2018

  The grounds are empty. Empty stadium seats, open parking lots and steer pens with nothing around but silence in the air, except for one man overlooking the rodeo racetrack. This man is José...

Photo courtesy of J.D. Fitzgerald/Tucson Local Med

Women in the rodeo: Limited opportunity to get in the saddle

Lauren Ikenn March 10, 2016

Marana's Erin Parsons is very familiar with rodeos. She comes from a well-known Tucson-area rodeo family and began competing in junior events at age 6. Now 29, she is a professional barrel racer...

photo by Britt Theodora

Custom cowboy boots spurring business

Britt Theodora March 26, 2015

   Over 200,000 people attended Tucson's La Fiesta de los Vaqueros this February.   Amid the crowd, a woman with a skin-tight, all-denim outfit stands tall as she sipped her beer.  She is...

“Pink Day” at the Tucson Rodeo

Alyssa DeMember March 7, 2014

Visitors and staff wear pink at the Tucson Rodeo on Sunday, Feb. 16 to support breast cancer research and awareness.

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