Leroy Shafer

Of Course, Then You'd Have to Admit You Went to the Show

Cowboy Up

Ad-verse Reaction

Is an animal rights billboard too explicit - or merely odious to the rodeo?

This Year's Rodeo Scandal: Diversity, Or The Lack Thereof. With Dueling Memos!

This year's rodeo brouhaha -- there usually is one -- surrounds the alleged lack of diversity of the event's staff, vendors and performers.State Sen. Mario Gallegos has filed a bill calling on the rodeo to open its books and get better about being inclusionary; local ctivist ben Mendez has circulate ... More >>

The Rodeo's Schedule Ain't What It Used To Be

Alright, so blogging has caused us to pay a little more attention to the rodeo than we usually do, which isn't difficult to achieve, given how much attention we paid to it in the past.But what's up with the gap in scheduling? We thought these things were etched in stone: Go Texan Day, parade, and th ... More >>

A New Official State Song for Texas?

A case for a new — or different, anyway — state song

BEERS, STEERS AND...

Fried Twinkies, $5 bumper cars, Hannah Montana and the hardest working kids in Texas

Millionaire Mindsetters

No skeptics need apply to this get-rich-quick proposition

Apocalypse Cow

Finding the press box at Reliant Stadium proves to be a journey into the heart of darkness

Stone Deaf

Can the rodeo rescue Reliant Stadium acoustics?

Rodeo's Gonna Git You, Sucka

When the Fat Show calls, you better answer

Color-Coded Rodeo

The livestock show's heritage nights are called "outreach" by some and "de facto segregation" by others

Houston Rodeo: Now There's an App for That

Houston Rodeo: Where high tech meets low tech.​Last week members of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's marketing and public relations team held a press conference to present some of the rodeo's new-for-2011 offerings, chief among them a feature-rich smartphone app meant to improve all aspe ... More >>

Man Dies from Roller Coaster Fall at Rodeo Houston

Photo by Jeff BalkeThe HiMiler taken at last year's rodeo carnival.​A man fell 28 feet to his death from the HiMiler roller coaster in the waning moments of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo season. The 46-year-old was given CPR at the scene before being taken to the hospital, where he wa ... More >>