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A statue of baseball great and team owner Nolan Ryan stands in front of the main entrance of Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.

Sports

Home of the brave: Austin-area singers audition for national anthem spot at Dell Diamond

Jimmy Maas

From remembering the words to starting on the right note, it takes a lot of work to earn one of the coveted spots to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Round Rock Express game.

Life & Arts

Christine Nix On Being The First African-American Female Texas Ranger

John L. Hanson Jr.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Christine Nix, assistant professor and program coordinator of…

Texas

100 Years After The Porvenir Massacre, Most Texans Still Haven’t Heard The Story

Alexandra Hart

From Texas Standard.One hundred years ago Sunday, a posse made up of Texas Rangers and the U.S. military raided the border village of Porvenir in the…

Crime & Justice

Texas Observer Reports Mass Graves Investigation May Have Been Botched

From Texas Standard:John Carlos Frey, a reporter with the Texas Observer, joins the Texas Standard to talk about the wrong-doings he found while looking…

In this Sept. 13, 2009, photo, Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez pauses during a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Arlington, Texas.

Life & Arts

Catcher Ivan Rodriguez Will Retire After A 23-Year Career

Eyder Peralta

A 14-time All Star, Rodriguez won a record 13 Gold Gloves.

Texas play St. Louis tonight in Game 7 of the World Series.

Top Morning Stories October 28, 2011

Jessica Mahoney

World SeriesThe Texas Rangers lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-9 in 11 inning last night. The two are now tied in the World Series, 3-3. That forces a…

<p>A little too late: Pitcher Marc Rzepczynski of the St. Louis Cardinals is removed by manager Tony La Russa in the eighth inning during Game Five of the MLB World Series against the Texas Rangers. Earlier in the inning, Rzepczynski was mistakenly left in the game because of a miscommunication between LaRussa and his bullpen. And the pitcher gave up the game-winning hit.</p>

Sports

Mundane Mixup Helps Rangers Take 3-2 Lead In World Series

Mark Memmott

Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa told his bullpen to get Jason Motte ready to pitch. A coach misheard him. So the wrong pitcher stayed in the game. And Rangers' star Mike Napoli got the game-winning hit.

Friends and family watch baseball players take hitting practice for scouts from the Texas Rangers at the Dell Diamond Wednesday morning.

Texas Rangers Hosts Open Tryouts in Round Rock

Jessie Wang

It's every baseball player's dream: To be picked from the crowd at an open tryout at your hometown ball park to play for your favorite Major League…

Nolan Ryan is currently in the hospital for a reoccurring heart condition. Ryan is the CEO and club President of the Texas Rangers and part owner of the Round Rock Express.

Sports

Nolan Ryan Hospitalized for Chest Pain

Kelsey Johnson

Nolan Ryan, the CEO and club president of the Texas Rangers, was hospitalized in Houston after experiencing discomfort in his chest yesterday morning at…

Texas

Top Texas Ranger To Retire

Nathan Bernier

The first Hispanic to lead the Texas Rangers is retiring at the end of this month. 47-year-old Antonio “Tony” Leal is leaving to work in the private…