The City of Elgin finds itself under the microscope of state law enforcement after Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Rangers to investigate allegations of financial mismanagement that have roiled the small Bastrop County community. The announcement came Thursday, bringing state-level scrutiny to a city budget dispute that has already sparked heated public confrontations and raised questions about millions in taxpayer ... Read more
Rangers Shake Up Coaching Staff as Iconic Third-Base Coach Announces Departure.yv
The Texas Rangers are going to have a new-looking coaching staff in 2026. Early in the offseason, the club announced Skip Schumaker would become the 21st full-time manger in franchise history. With that move has come a few departures. In early October, catching coach Bobby Wilson announced on Instagram that he would not be returning next year. He spent the past six seasons with the organization. On ... Read more
Pitchers Aren’t Just Throwing Heat—Here’s How They’re Turning Heads with Their Defensive Skills.yv
Logan Webb doesn’t take himself too seriously as a defender. He joked after the news broke that he had received his first Gold Glove Award by saying “if I can win it, anybody can win it.” Webb, who relies on his catcher to finesse a lot of border-line pitches or the four infielders behind him to mop up ground-ball after ground-ball, gets it. He knows what good defense looks like, and what he does really doesn’t ... Read more
Giants’ Slumping Offense Forces Desperate Changes as the Team Scrambles for a Breakthrough.yv
Somehow, the Giants lost track of the basic elements of smacking a baseball. Mounting a rally and scoring a run have become monumental tasks, not routine practices. In Monday night’s latest example in Arizona, the Giants collected all of seven hits, Rafael Devers struck out four times, manager Bob Melvin was ejected for arguing bad calls on Heliot Ramos, another Logan Webb quality start was wasted, and another third baseman ... Read more
From Rejection to the Warriors’ Sidelines—Natalie Nakase’s Unlikely Rise and Why She Thanks the Naysayers Who Tried to Stop Her.BT
This post was updated Nov. 3 at 1:50 a.m. Natalie Nakase stood on the Chase Center court in San Francisco. It was the same wooden floor where Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum posted 37 points last May and Golden State Warrior guard Stephen Curry dropped 62 in 2021. The thousands of roaring “Ballhalla” fans clad in violet and gold were not cheering on a player, though. They were losing their voices for Nakase, who ... Read more