Bull Fighting

Team Cavenders takes the lead at World Championships
[Jan. 9, 2009] Team Cavenders took advantage of everything laid before them during Friday’s fifth go-round of the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships. By Ted Harbin

Bullfighters share their lives with Odessa students
[Jan. 8, 2009] When they're not fighting bulls, Cory Wall and Joe Garretson love to teach the skills it takes to control the bucking bovines.

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, while in town competing in the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships, the two talented athletes spent time teaching Odessa schoolchildren about their jobs, their passions and their lifestyle. By Ted Harbin

World Championship judges leave bullfighting cleats behind
[Jan. 8, 2009] Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships

ODESSA, Texas - At most rodeos, Rowdy Barry's work takes him inside the arena, where he gets up close and personal with bucking bulls. The same can be said for Allen Nelson By Ted Harbin

All-American Dodge shares limelight with Mann Creek
[Jan. 8, 2009] ODESSA, Texas - At least some other team is atop the leaderboard at the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Finals.

Dave Jantzi of Sugar Creek, Ohio, and Toby Inman of Davis Junction, Ill. – representing Team All-American Dodge - won the opening two go-rounds of the championship, but settled for a split for the third-round win with Jay Brewer of Graham, Texas, and Steve Wangler of Plainview, Neb. Both teams scored 77 points. By Ted Harbin

Team Mann Creek fighting through Brewer’s injury
[Jan. 7, 2009] ODESSA, Texas - The pain came quickly, and Jay Brewer knew exactly what was wrong.

A little more than a month ago, the Graham, Texas, bullfighter suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. When the same joint dislocated last Thursday during his first fight of the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships, Brewer’s disappointment was as strong as the pain. By Ted Harbin

Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships - Round 2
[Jan. 4, 2009] Team All-American Dodge still hot, wins second go-round - Dave Jantzi and Toby Inman are riding a hot streak.

The Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships are a great place to get on a roll, and on Saturday night during the second performance that takes place in conjunction with the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo, the duo representing Team All-American Dodge pulled through with their second straight win. By Ted Harbin

Team All-American Dodge wins first go-round going away
[Jan. 3, 2009] The tallest bullfighters in the pen made the biggest move on opening night of the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships on Friday at the Ector County Coliseum. By Ted Harbin

SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo - January 2-10
[Jan. 2, 2009] ODESSA, Texas - This west Texas community has a lot to boast about. The Permian Basin is the home of some of the best-known high school football. It's where oil rigs and energy wells dot the landscape...But over the next 10 days, it's home of the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo... By Ted Harbin

Cowboys, cowgirls fight through pain for pay
[Jan. 2, 2009] During the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo, Joe Garretson of Springfield, Mo., will be protecting cowboys and competing when he should be doing physical therapy, less than two months removed from shoulder surgery. Garretson and teammate Cory Wall of Burlington, Colo., make up one of five teams competing in the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships, which take place during the six days of the rodeo, January 2-3 and 7-10. By Ted Harbin

PBF bullfighters getting Dodge Ram tough in west Texas
[Dec. 29, 2008] Professional Bulfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight World Championships - Odessa, TX - All-American Dodge of Midland/Odessa knows what it means to be All-American tough. Now All-American Dodge and the Professional Bullfighters Inc. will show you a whole new way to Grab Life By The Horns. By Ted Harbin

Thunder EquiGames Over the Top
[Dec. 23, 2008] The Thunder EquiGames advertisements were pretty catchy. In bold letters they said "Bulls" "Ropes" "Guns" "Barrels" "Glory", but it wasn't real clear what the EquiGames were all about until announcer Bob Tallman explained. By Susan Kanode

Major Prize Money up for Grabs at Thunder EquiGames in Las Vegas
[Dec. 10, 2008] Remember Team Roping begins December 10th - The South Point Equestrian and Events Center will plays host to Thunder EquiGames, Dec. 6-14. The multi-faceted celebration that includes a horse sale, team roping, barrel race, mounted shooting and the richest free-style bull fight in history. By Susan Kanode, Cowgirl Magazine

Well Known Bullfighter, Jimmy Anderson Dies
[Dec. 6, 2008] Jimmy (Jungle) Anderson, well known bullfighter and rodeo clown of the PRCA and PBR passed away December 4th, of heart trouble, at his home at Dublin, Texas. By Gail Woerner, Rodeo Historian

Allan Dessel Rodeo's New Superstar
[Dec. 2, 2008] The first time I saw Allan Dessel fight bulls he was still in high school and very active in Iowa High School Rodeo. I had been told about this remarkable young man from Cherokee, Iowa, by several members of our program and was excited to meet him. As we stood talking behind the chutes he expressed his goal to be a professional bullfighter. By Cindy Meyers, Rodeo Attitude