The Glory of Youth Bull Riders

Bull riding is, out and away, the world's most dangerous organized sport. Severe injuries are commonplace--a bull rider is ten times likelier than a football player to be seriously injured--and deaths are known to happen. But, even in this age of concussion concern, the rodeo is an important rite of passage in some communities, and the cowboys start young. At the age of four, a kid might ride sheep in competitions--it's called mutton busting. They move up to calves when they're about six years o...