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,...

  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...

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...

   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...