George Strait held his 28th Annual George Strait Team Roping Classic this past weekend in San Antonio, and 469 teams anted up a grand apiece to compete during the two-day event. The classic's namesake ...

Howard County-based precision jump rope team Kangaroo Kids has been competing and performing for 45 years, from local elementary schools to University of Maryland halftime shows to the Macy’s ...

Team roping, also known as heading and heeling, is a horse event that features a steer and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the “header,” the person who ropes the front of the ...

Elizabeth Garcia has been a competitive jump roper for eight years, and while the sport is difficult and requires a great amount of dedication, Garcia still finds herself defending the sport after all ...

Fans can vote to send 5-year-old Colton Workman and his team-roping parter Stevie Ray Blackbird, 14, to compete at the RFD TV American rodeo until Friday. Place votes on the rodeo’s website: rfdtv.com ...

“As far as we know we’re the only (team) that jumps in a bar,” said Jennifer Therkelsen, 31, of Shutesbury. Therkelson, who is the fundraising manager for the all-adult Pioneer Valley Jump Rope team, ...

The teenagers, clad in shorts and T-shirts reading "Can You Handle It?" and "USA Jump Rope," stared intently into space, sweat dripping from their brows. They grasped the handles of their jump ropes ...

When you walk into a tack shop, the sight of the colorful ropes on the wall can be overwhelming. However, it's important to know that ropes vary in length, lay, material, diameter, and strand count ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- A jump rope team from Albuquerque is pushing to turn the playground activity into an Olympic sport. The Albuquerque Air Jump Rope is now practicing together after about a year apart ...

Probably the sanest ones in the rodeo arena were the cows. It had taken a cattle prod to get them there. So what was everybody else`s excuse? ”It`s a way to preserve a way of life,” said Rod Hays.