Leon Coffee has been painting his face for the rodeo for more than four decades. His work face never changes but the adrenaline of the job can go outside the lines when you least expect it. "I ...

Clint Lott sported his bright, multicolored button-up shirt over layers of protective padding on Saturday, a cowboy hat atop his head. He readied himself for the arena at the Brazos County Expo by ...

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SILVERTHORNE – The clowning business is tough, and it’s got nothing to do with making a pony out of balloons. Leon Currier II has broken both his feet, six ribs and had to re-learn how to walk after ...

Leon Coffee poses in his dressing room at the Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show (KPRC 2) HOUSTON – Rodeo legend Leon Coffee began riding bulls as a child. Come high school, the self-described ...

Daniel Dyson wears makeup, pink polka-dot socks and thinks clowing around at the rodeo is a bunch of bull. That’s because he is a rodeo clown at the East Montgomery County Fair Association Rodeo.

The black socks used to fly across the Isley family's living room floor, and as momma was beside herself thinking mice had invaded the house, young Keith would laugh and toss another. Back then, Keith ...

Last Sunday, John Harrison left the San Angelo, Texas, rodeo to head home to Oklahoma. The 40-year-old rodeo clown received news he knew would one day come, but was still hoping he wouldn’t hear for a ...

It's an hour before showtime and Rob Gann is running late. He has to get his makeup on, climb into his costume, and build a flash-bang firework that will provide the big noisy finish for his act.