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OKLAHOMA CITY - Jim Shoulders, who built his name as a rodeo cowboy and achieved added fame as a beer pitchman, died Wednesday. He was 79. Shoulders, who lived in Henryetta, had a longtime heart ailment, son Marvin Paul Shoulders said. Jim Shoulders won 16 world championships, the most of any rodeo cowboy, and was a charter member of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Years after riding his final bull, Shoulders starred with former Yankees manager Billy Martin in popular ads for Miller Lite.

One to watch Trevor Brazile is the biggest name out there By Robert Gagliardi spt1@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Ty Murray, Roy Cooper, Larry Mahan, Jim Shoulders. Just a few of the big names in professional rodeo through the years. There are plenty of great rodeo athletes in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association right now, but arguably the best is Trevor Brazile. "You can't call him the next big name, he is a big name," said Cody Ohl of Stephenville, Texas, a five-time world tie-down roping champion and the 2001 world all-around champ. Brazile is the biggest...