Well before he was a teenager, Andres “Dre” Vidales became interested in bull riding, inspired by the movie Eight Seconds, about Lane Frost, the legendary American rodeo cowboy and champion bull rider ...

Growing up in suburban Maryland, Niraj Suresh didn’t ride bulls. He played football and practiced martial arts. But Sunday afternoon, without telling his parents so they wouldn’t worry, the ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Moria Novakoski was recently afforded a reprieve from the frigid farms of West Michigan, traveling to the wine country mountains of Southern California. While in the city of ...

Jack Brentzel has suffered bruised legs, a broken wrist and has been thrown too many times to count. But that hasn’t stopped the Greensburg Salem High School sophomore from pursuing his passion for ...