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The 2007 season may be young, but one cowboy's fate has already been decided.

They didn't rope together, but now Matt Sherwood and Allen Bach stand together in history as the first non-partners to claim world titles since the event began recognizing two world champions.

For the second time in a row and the fourth time in five years, a bull from the David Bailey Rodeo Company stood supreme after being named the best of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Ordinarily, recording a no-time in half of the rounds at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo isn't a good thing. Neither is finishing 14th among 15 teams in the average race.

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Trevor Brazile's very impressive resume just got better. After six second-place finishes in the final steer roping world standings, the three-time all-around world champion won his first single-event world title during this weekend's NFSR.

When the National Finals Steer Roping kicks off this weekend, its new home in Hobbs, N.M., won't be the only change.

Shane Drury, a national college bull riding champion and National Finals Rodeo qualifier, died Oct. 31 after a long battle with Ewing's sarcoma.

For the third time in four years, 8-year old Grated Coconut of the Calgary Stampede earned the respect of the top roughstock cowboys in the world and was named 2006 PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year.

Until this year, only the lucky spectators with front-row seats at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas truly had the chance to view, up close and personal, the rides and runs at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. In 2006, Skycam is changing the rules.

Ask any timed-event competitor and they'll tell you that fate, luck and practice will only get you so far. To be truly spectacular, you need to be blessed with an exceptional four-legged partner, and there are few (if any) more exceptional than Zan.

In the past three years, Vince Stanton figures he spent more than $60,000 on surgeries and tests to fix lingering injuries to his groin and pelvis, but nothing worked until he stumbled across the $150 remedy that brought him back from the sidelines.

Cory Melton learned more about himself in a year-plus without riding than in the previous 13 seasons of trying to make the whistle while on the back of a raging bull. So what changed?

By his own standards, rookie tie-down roper Cody James has exceeded his own expectations. Now heading into September and the final push to make the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, James says everything now is just icing on the cake.

Clint Craig is not ready to utter the "no mas" phrase just yet although he faces an enormous uphill battle if he hopes to extend his season into December, as he did in 2004. Despite the hurdles, the Arkansas native welcomes the challenge.

As Jason McClain eyes a comeback, he hopes he still has a chance at a world title. But has he run out of months?