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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bull riding champion J.B. Mauney announced Tuesday that he decided to retire after breaking his neck during a recent competition.

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 ...

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after breaking his neck in the Lewiston Roundup. The 36-year-old Mauney, from Charlotte, North Carolina, ...

The richest bull rider who ever lived still welds his own fence. "The s--- you gotta do when you retire..." J.B. Mauney says on a recent Wednesday, grinning in a flame-resistant Wrangler shirt. Mauney ...

The Oklahoma Wildcatters, the newest Professional Bull Riders team, announced Tuesday that J.B. Mauney will serve as head coach and Brandon Bates as general manager. The Wildcatters are owned by ...

DALLAS — The hefty black bull was always going to hold a place in rodeo history. He was, after all, the last bull the great J.B. Mauney ever rode, and it was a ride that didn't last long; the bull, ...

J.B. Mauney stands backstage in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The soon-to-be 32-year-old has a beer in one hand as he answers questions from a journalist. He’d probably have a cigarette ...

LEWISTON, Idaho — Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after breaking his neck in the Lewiston Roundup. The 36-year-old Mauney, from Charlotte, North Carolina, said on ...

The richest bull rider who ever lived still welds his own fence. "The s--- you gotta do when you retire..." J.B. Mauney says on a recent Wednesday, grinning in a flame-resistant Wrangler shirt. Mauney ...