The men from the boys: Bull riding is dangerous, irrelevant and a rare expression of old-style masculinity. (Guts). From: Alberta Report | Date: December 3, 2001| Author: Byfield, Joanne | COPYRIGHT 2001 United Western Communications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Bull riding has been called the most thrilling eight seconds in sports. But spectators at the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton in mid-November experienced a far different emotion seconds after Greg Whitlow came flying out of the chute atop a 1,300-pound mountain of raging muscle called Lights Out. That feeling was horror. The beast knocked the 26-year-old cowboy unconscious, threw him to the ground, stomped on him and gored him before rodeo clowns could intervene.

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