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LAS VEGAS – Whether it’s on a football field in Pendleton, Ore., or a baseball diamond in Arlington, Texas, or a basketball arena in the City of Lights, Jess Pope will ride bucking horses anywhere. On Sunday night, he rode Championship Pro Rodeo’s Meat Cracker for 84.5 points to finish sixth in the third round of the National Finals Rodeo. He is 3-for-3 so far at the NFR, and the $4,953 he pocketed for that ride pushed his Sin City earnings to $51,602; he is fifth in the world with just sh...

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LAS VEGAS – Whether it’s on a football field in Pendleton, Ore., or a baseball diamond in Arlington, Texas, or a basketball arena in the City of Lights, Jess Pope will ride bucking horses anywhere. On Sunday night, he rode Championship Pro Rodeo’s Meat Cracker for 84.5 points to finish sixth in the third round of the National Finals Rodeo. He is 3-for-3 so far at the NFR, and the $4,953 he pocketed for that ride pushed his Sin City earnings to $51,602; he is fifth in the world with just sh...