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 ...

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 ...