Wallace, a professional rodeo clown from Illinois, spent the weekend performing at the 56th annual Spartan Stampede, hosted by the MSU Rodeo Club at the Michigan State University Livestock Pavilion.

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 ...

Dalton Morris was born and raised in Odessa, Missouri. His father and grandfather were both trick riders in rodeos, doing stunts like jumping on and off a galloping horse and climbing under its belly.

Back home, Meyers would dress up in clown attire and play rodeo in his yard. Since his family raised goats, he'd be a "goatfighter." Meyers took part in rodeos that weren't based in his yard, too.

DENVER — From the time he was in fifth grade, Richie Harris aspired to be a rodeo clown. “Ever since that day, I said, ‘This is what I want to be,’” he said. Coloradoan Richie Harris (pink shirt) has ...