Bernard Flanigan always wanted to be a cowboy, even growing up in urban Trenton, N.J. He would go to the movies every Saturday to see Roy Rogers or Hopalong Cassidy. He learned to throw a rodeo rope ...

For champion trick roper Gene McLaughlin, the world is a target. His 3-year-old grandson speeds past. McLaughlin draws a bead and lets fly. In seconds, the boy is roped like a calf. A visitor taking ...

As a boy, Andy Rotz spent countless hours alone in his basement, watching training videos and practicing complex tricks with a cotton rope. Today, he uses the cowboy skills he's honed to amaze the ...

DECATUR, Texas -- It's a safe bet that there isn't another 3-year-old boy in Decatur that needs as much roping room as Braxton Hindman. At 30 pounds, the youngster has become an online sensation ...

Andre McClain usually gets a lot of strange looks when he walks into a room decked out in his Western- style clothing with lots of fringe, sequins and cowboy boots. People become more mesmerized with ...

Learning to lasso is insanely difficult, but in this BBC video champion roper “Cowboy Craig” Ingram shows how it’s done in super slow-motion. It’s mesmerizing. The rope appears to defy some of the ...