Ropers Sports News Celebrates 50 Years!

RSN owner and publisher Bob Feist proudly points to the very first four-page issue of the publication that was printed in December 1968. – Photo courtesy Bea Ahbeck/Lodi News Sentinel

By Kendra Santos
Special To Ropers Sports News

They call Bob Feist “The Godfather of Team Roping.” But that’s not only because he set the bar so high with his ground-breaking Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic, which remains the world’s richest one-day open roping. Feist also is a pioneer in the team roping publishing business, and it’s the perfect time to step back and spotlight that fact as Ropers Sports News celebrates 50 years as a respected industry voice.