Meet John Harrison, the Houston rodeo's new barrelman and rodeo clown. He took over the role from legendary Leon Coffee this year.

Everything changed in Dubuque, Iowa one evening when the clown for the rodeo no-showed. The stock contractor told Harrison to throw on some makeup and get in the barrel. “I had an announcer ...

Rodeo clown and barrelman Dusty Myers will perform despite a recent incident where a bull lifted him off the ground in a ...

But despite the makeup and the silly costume, being a rodeo clown is no funny business. "I'm the barrel man. I'm an island in a sea of sharks," said Coffee. "I've got to be out-of-the-way and ...