LAS VEGAS – The Thomas & Mack Center can be an intimidating place. Those yellow bucking chutes hold thousands of stories that explain rodeo’s history. It’s been a lot like home for Jess Pope, the defending world champion bareback rider from Waverly, Kan., who, through his wife’s family, has a strong following in Brush, Colo., where she was raised. He’s won the National Finals Rodeo average title at all three of his previous qualifications to ProRodeo’s grand finale. He’s back for a fourth straight year, and he got a good start during Friday’s first go-round, riding Wayne Vold Pro Rodeo’s True […]

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