That’s what JB is for, that’s what Brandon ... simply nodded yes or no to Bates’ picks. Mauney, 37, is arguably the greatest bull rider of all time. Recently retired, the two-time PBR ...

J.B. Mauney said no matter how hurt he was ... through the air attached to a raging storm of bovine muscle. Bull riding puts a man squarely in the moment like no other earthly pursuit.

raised not as cowboys but as travel-league bull riders? I think of J. B. Mauney and how his brand of working cowboy is already fading from the sport. May it not be so.