Mandan Rodeo Days featured the 2025 Rodeo Clown Reunion, which brought together ex-clowns from across the U.S. in a celebration of fun and nostalgia.

"Backflip" Johnny Dudley has been entertaining rodeo crowds for over 20 years, putting his body on the line to protect riders and make audiences laugh.

Bullfighters risk their lives to protect rodeo cowboys from dangerous bulls. Learn about their techniques, minimal protective gear, and why they stay so close to these powerful animals.

JJ Harrison's name comes up a half dozen times during the half-hour production meeting before the opening performance of the ...

It's been more than 20 years in the clown business for Johnny, and those backflips are starting to take a toll.

It's been more than 20 years in the clown business for Johnny, and those backflips are starting to take a toll.

PECOS, Texas — In a small West Texas town where the dust never quite settles, a museum stands as a monument to one of the region’s proudest legacies the rodeo. The Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame is ...

The rodeo clown applied streaks of white makeup to his weathered cheeks and gazed into the mirror one last time. After all these years, JJ Harrison still hated painting his face. He pulled a black ...

Clown John Harrison peers out of his barrel as one of the bulls charges about the ring around him Saturday. Harrison’s mother died last weekend, and he will attend her funeral in Oklahoma before ...

SILOAM SPRINGS -- New this year to the Siloam Springs Rodeo is contract act Allan Dessel of Paulina, Iowa.

The rodeo clown applied streaks of white makeup to his weathered cheeks and gazed into the mirror one last time. After all these years, JJ Harrison still hated painting his face. He pulled a black ...