Cowboy hats are lasting emblems of the American West. Though the ranks of ranchers and cattlemen have fizzled, frontier style lives on in rodeos and horseback riding trails everywhere. Yet even at the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Nearly eight seconds into the ride at a rodeo this month, a wildly bucking, 1,400-pound bull named Bruiser thrust a horn toward Justin Koon's face and tossed him into the air. He ...

Australian ranchers are fighting new laws that outlaw cowboy hats because they don't meet modern safety standards. New safety laws say cowboys must wear helmets instead of the standard stockman's ...

CANBERRA, Australia — The sweat-stained felt hats worn by Australian cowboys, as much a part of the Outback as kangaroos and sun-baked soil, may be heading for the history books. They fail modern ...