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Houston has some of highest funeral costs, Tesla Motors wants to sell electric cars directly to customers, J.C. Penney's embattled CEO was fired, and more.
It used to be embarrassing to be a Rangers fan. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex’s major league baseball team was the least impressive of the fifteen teams in the American League, having never made it to the World Series—or even come close—until 2010. Not only were they bad, but they were boring. As Bryan Curtis wrote in 2008: “Around the country, mentioning you were a Rangers fan typically solicited . . . nothing. But it was an unsatisfying kind of loserdom.” So when he moved away from his Dallas-Fort Worth life—with its ”sunny contentment as the world passed by”—he abandoned his baseball cap (“the superior 1972–1985 model, with the red bill and the block T”).
Houston has some of highest funeral costs, Tesla Motors wants to sell electric cars directly to customers, J.C. Penney's embattled CEO was fired, and more.
A new survey suggests that Dallas-Fort Worth is 62 percent Texas Rangers fans while only 61 percent call themselves Dallas Cowboys fans.
Guess what's number one (hint: look at the picture).
On the eve of early voting, the iconic Texas Rangers endorsed the Lite Guv in the U.S. Senate primary.
Yu Darvish is poised to be the Texas Rangers' eighth all-star when baseball's "Final Vote" promotion ends today at 3 p.m.
The play-by-play man's surreal reference to a base runner "at fifth" and a "botched robbery" got national attention. He is sitting out two games for medical evaluation.
That terminology is team president Nolan Ryan's own description of the Ballpark at Arlington's new one-pound, two-foot long, $26 chili-cheese dog.
On watching ballgames at the old Arlington Stadium; writing about the Texas Rangers, America’s new favorite team; and comparing notes on morality with C. J. Wilson.
The Rangers? Don’t look now, but after four decades of haplessness, the boys from Arlington are poised to make a run at something more than just another pennant. They might just be . . . America’s (new) Team.
1. Third Time’s the Charm! Right?For the third straight year, the Texas Rangers head into the postseason with hopes that are high and realistic. Led by perennial MVP candidate Josh Hamilton, they’re the best-hitting team in baseball. They’ve got a lights-out closer in Joe Nathan and, despite some devastating injuries,
After the Texas Rangers' outfielder publicly relapsed, fans and columnists alike had opinions about Josh Hamilton the Player. But what about Josh Hamilton the Recovering Addict?
The Texas Rangers shelled out $51.7 million for the exclusive opportunity to sign the 25-year-old pitcher. Today, they either enter into the baseball convenant, or the Rangers get their money back.
Whether you’re talking to teens about politics or on a date with a baseball fanatic, we’ll give you something to talk about.
Sports blog's audio leak of Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington’s clubhouse speech reveals that—news flash—managers like to curse.
With two chances to win the World Series with a single strike, the championship slipped away from the Rangers for the second year in a row.
Should the Astros join the Rangers in the American League West?
What’s different about this Rangers team that earned them their first trip to the World Series? Everything.
The Texas Rangers may not have won the World Series, but it was a year fans will never forget.
A manager who admitted using cocaine? Owners who declared bankruptcy? Something about Claws and Antlers? No, the craziest story line of the season is that the Rangers have finally earned some respect.
The miserable lives of Texas Rangers fans.
How much do Tom Hicks and Jerry Jones pay themselves for the privilege of owning the Dallas Stars, the Texas Rangers, and the Dallas Cowboys? That and more in a revealing joint interview.
Why he was a hit running the Texas Rangers.
Out of uniform, in his own words, Texas icon Nolan Ryan on baseball, ranching, values, and his love for his native state.
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To say he’s the strong, silent type is something of an understatement. Unlike most baseball stars, Texas Ranger Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is all action and no talk—and that makes him one of the game’s real gems.
Baseball season is here at last, and for the Texas Rangers and their fans, it’s a whole new Ballpark.
Even after his baseball career is over, Nolan Ryan will continue to be a role model for my kids—and me.
The Texas Rangers have been thinking: Can they afford to keep Rubén Sierra, their best player ever?
Whenever sports–souvenir companies look at Rangers ace Nolan Ryan, they see dollar signs.
If throwing a spitball is an art, Gaylord Perry is Michelangelo.
When Billy Martin takes his Texas Rangers on the road, the games are among the least of their worries.