As 19-year-old bull-riding star John Crimber tightens his grip atop a 1-ton bull waiting for the steel gate to open, the last voice he is likely to hear is from the man he calls “pai,” Portuguese for ...

A new study conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University Children's Health has shed light on the alarming rates of pediatric injuries resulting from mechanical bull riding. The study, titled ...

Bull riding is a rodeo sport where a rider is mounted atop a bucking bull. The rider’s main focus is to stay on the bull for eight seconds, holding on with only one hand, the other remaining in the ...

Bull riding is unpredictable, riveting to watch and can be extremely dangerous for competitors. Bull riding has been dubbed "the most dangerous eight seconds in sports" and rightfully so. The sports' ...

The bull always wins the ride. It’s quite difficult to stay atop the bucking mammal, so in the sport of bull riding, all the judges ask is for participants to remain on the animal for at least eight ...

South Florida has become a hub for professional sports of all kinds. We've got pickleball, cricket, soccer and now — bull riding. Considered the most dangerous eight seconds in sports, it's not like ...

Some sports are a lot more dangerous than others. Bull riding has ten times the injury rate of football, according to a report by the Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society. Rodeos can also be ...

Bull riding legend Cody Lambert explained how the scoring system works ahead of the PBR World Finals in Fort Worth ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Eight seconds. That’s how long a rider ...