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Etbauer still riding hard, competing for saddle bronc titles at 45

One goal is to keep your toes turned during the entire ride, but something tells me it’s not the same as a ballerina mastering first position. It’s also important to swing your feet over the horse’s shoulders in a split second, and as the animal bucks, to bend those knees and finish your spurring stroke, which sounds a little like the advice Lon Kruger might give on shooting free throws if his players did so from a saddle.

Texan bucks demons, wins

Attitude adjustment is old hat for cowboy Chris Harris.

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Whitfield excited to saddle up

Fred Whitfield was enjoying Wednesday afternoon’s mundane rehearsal for tonight’s first of 10 opening ceremonies of the National Finals Rodeo.

Marchi’s misfortune benefits fellow Brazilian Palermo

Guilherme Marchi of Brazil came within four seconds of making “perfeito” — that’s “perfect” in Portuguese — on the final day of the Professional Bull Riders World Finals on Sunday.

Marchi climbs notch from runner-up to PBR champ

Moments after Guilherme Marchi finished second in the Professional Bull Riders championship last year for the third straight time, winner Justin McBride told the disheartened Brazilian that 2008 would be his year.

Mauney stays in money

North Carolina is a hotbed for stock-car racing, and it’s not the first locale that comes to mind as a breeding ground for bull riders.

Surgery gives Shivers new lease on career

At 29, Chris Shivers is the same age as Justin McBride, his fellow two-time Professional Bull Riders world champion.

Injuries only served to inspire bull rider Mauney

Getting injured turned out to be one of the best things to happen to bull rider J.B. Mauney, who suffered broken ribs, a lacerated liver and a bruised kidney and spleen in June 2005.