J.B. Mauney spent his entire life in the chute before suffering a career-ending injury. Now, less than a year later, the two-time world champion bull rider is back in the same place he started.

J.B. Mauney paces from the elevated platform on the edge of the bucking chute to a spot right behind the gates, waiting to give the bull riders one last talk before the gate opens. Watching and ...

Last year, J.B Mauney’s professional bull riding career came to an abrupt end when a ride on PBR bull Arctic Assassin resulted in a fractured neck at a rodeo in Idaho. While receiving treatment for ...

Fresh off the Thunder's NBA Championship, the city's other professional team is gearing up to begin their push for a world title this season. The Oklahoma Wildcatters, owned by Midwest City’s own ...

J.B. Mauney recently won the 2013 World Professional Bull Riding Championship, making him the first American to do so since 2009. The North Carolina native spoke with TIME’s Belinda Luscombe for this ...

I was listening to an interview of J.B. Mauney the other day and it cemented him in my mind as one of the best bull riders. James Burton Mauney was born Jan. 9, 1987, in Charlotte, North Carolina, ...

Legendary men and women within the rodeo industry were recognized Thursday for their contributions to rodeo and Professional Bull Riders. The PBR Heroes and Legends events, the PBR’s version of a Hall ...

LAS VEGAS – It has been a work in the making since the Built Ford Tough Series began its second half of the season in Tulsa, Okla. Ever since then J.B. Mauney has made his march up the world standings ...