Billy Bob Brown and Tanner Braden join Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves at the top of their bracket with money-won heading into San Antonio's final round.

Luke Brown is kicking off 2020 aboard a fast yellow head horse that got his start in the Ariat World Series of Team Roping.

Here's who is making the cut in San Antonio's tournament-style rodeo.

Ty Blasingame, the 35-year-old Wyoming header with two Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifications under his belt, popped off the tip of his right-hand ring finger in the third round of the third bracket at the 2020 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

Dustin Bird hopped aboard Kaleb Driggers' formidable gray gelding Yahtzee to charge into the San Antonio record books with a sharp spin for Nebraska stand-out Levi Tyan.

Cody Snow and Paul Eaves won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver in the new tournament-style format.

Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira split the ninth go-round win with Brenten Hall and Chase Tryan, each making 4.3 second runs.

NFR header Charly Crawford breaks down the prospects for Round 8 of the 2019 NFR.

Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp won Round 7 and moved to number-one in the average with three rounds to go in the 2019 National Finals Rodeo.

Here's the breakdown on the third run of the first pen of steers at the 2019 NFR.

Eight-time World Champion Heeler Rich Skelton might be at home in Texas, but he's watching the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo carefully, preparing fo a trip himself next year.

Dixon Flowers' Rope Horses DT Sugar Chex Whiz—an AQHA World Champion and the newly crowned Purina Horse of the Year—will make her first run at the Thomas & Mack in Round 7.

After a flag that left the internet abuzz with controversy in Round 5, the Minor brothers put an exclamation point on their win in Round 6.

"The Champ" Clay O'Brien Cooper's take on this year's NFR team roping.

Tyler Wade's Espuela Bro oughta be good—he's the product of a the famous Driftwood Ike stallion Blue Light Ike out of a the Thoroughbred mare Brio Victress, with a solid start in California's cattle country.

Kyle Lockett took the most unlikely road to this year's Wrangler National Finals Rodeo—a road that put his wife and kids above all else. Here's to the true cowboy Lockett is, and the journey he's taken us on with him this year.

After a plus-five in Round 1, Clay Smith and Jade Corkill got the go-round win in the second round of the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Bobby Joe Hill of Hill Rodeo Cattle breaks down what to expect from the team roping draw for Round 2 of the 2019 NFR.

What you need to know going into Round 1 of the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, with Garrett Tonozzi, two-time NFR header, George Strait and two-time WCRA champ.

There are five Wrangler National Finals Rodeo rookies in the team roping field at this year’s Super Bowl of Rodeo. Headers Brenten Hall (who will rope with Chase Tryan) and Tate Kirchenschlager (Tyler Worley), and heelers Hunter Koch (Matt Sherwood), Caleb Anderson (Jake Cooper) and Worley will take their first swing at twisting the Thomas & Mack in 2019. Each has his own set of circumstances and reasons why that first Finals is the toughest one to make. As we roll into the 61st annual NFR, we thought it would be fun to ask a few of team roping’s big-dog veterans their opinions on this phenomenon in general, what took each of them more than a minute to get to The Show for the first time and their advice to this year’s Finals freshmen.

The 2019 WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RODEO offers a $10-million payout across the bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping heading, team roping heeling, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding—including a daily payout of $84,615 in each event. Contestants have come from as far back as 15th in the PRCA World Standings to win world titles and, Anthony Lucia—rodeo announcer and host of the RidePass show “Live with Lucia”—has watched the lead-up drama unfold all year in arenas across the country. Here, Lucia breaks down the competition event by event to help you choose the gold buckle winners and make your ProFantasy Rodeo picks, too.

The unconventional journey from the hills of Mexico to the bright lights of Las Vegas for Hill Rodeo Cattle's NFR steers.

Paul Eaves is headed to his eighth Wrangler NFR to defend his Gold Buckle.

Luke Brown is set to rope at his twelfth straight Wrangler NFR.

Ryan Motes breaks down his round one win from the Sikeston (Missouri) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo.