July 15, 2020 Texas Rangers furlough about 60 employees: 'I wish there was another way' The Texas Rangers indefinitely furloughed about 60 full-time employees, a moved announced 10 days before Texas opens its new ballpark without fans due to the pandemic-delayed season.
July 13, 2020 Washington Post editor says Texas Rangers name 'must go,' gets slammed by critics Washington Post Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah argued on Monday that the Texas Rangers as a team name "must go."
July 8, 2020 Upcoming MLB free agents have fewer games to impress Robbie Ray already knew 2020 would be a big season for his financial future because it's his last one before becoming a free agent.
July 7, 2020 Asymptomatic All-Star slugger Gallo tests positive for virus All-Star slugger Joey Gallo tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing the outfielder who is asymptomatic to miss the start of summer camp for the Texas Rangers after being among teammates who had worked out at their new ballpark for several weeks before that.
July 1, 2020 MLB Hall of Fame catcher Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez touts face masks in Texas coronavirus PSA Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez knows a thing or two about using face masks for protection -- and he cheekily flashed his behind-the-plate gear in a new coronavirus PSA for Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott.
June 19, 2020 MLB's Texas Rangers face pressure to change name amid heightened scrutiny over symbols, historical figures Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers should change their team name because of its ties to brutality and racism, a Chicago Tribune columnist argued Thursday.
June 10, 2020 Indians' Delino DeShields recalls Yankees fans hurling racial slurs at him during 2017 game: 'That’s f--ked up' Cleveland Indians center fielder Delino DeShields Jr. opened up this week about an incident in 2017 where two New York Yankees fans hurled racial slurs at him during a game.
May 20, 2020 Rangers prefer new home over Arizona for 2nd spring training The Texas Rangers would prefer to stay home in their new ballpark instead of returning to Arizona whenever it is time to get back to spring training.
May 18, 2020 Art Howe, former manager and infielder, released from hospital after coronavirus fight Art Howe, a former major league manager who played 11 years as an infielder, was released from the hospital Sunday after being in intensive care battling the coronavirus.
May 15, 2020 Art Howe, former MLB manager and infielder, battling coronavirus in ICU Art Howe, a former major league manager who played 11 years as an infielder, is in intensive care in a Houston hospital battling the coronavirus.