In baseball math, if each inning lasted a decade, Arlington’s Senter Park would be past its seventh-inning stretch. This season, it’s ready for a comeback. You’d be hard-pressed to find much in Arlington that hasn’t changed since the ’50s, when the Optimist Club began leasing the park’s 3.2 acres for youth baseball fields. Back then, if a kid wanted to play in an organized league, this was the only game in town. “We’ve had people tell us I remember having my first homerun out there,” said Cheryl Erickson, board member of the Arlington Optimist Club. “It has a lot of history.” Thirteen years af ..read more

This National Medal of Honor Day marks exactly one year until the grand opening of the National Medal of Honor Museum. During a special morning event at Arlington City Hall commemorating Medal of Honor Recipient Colonel Neel Kearby, we recognized the City of Arlington and the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation for their unwavering support and generosity since the inception of this historical project. With their substantial and founding donations, each played a pivotal role in establishing and advancing this monumental endeavor. In recognition of their support and extraordinary gifts, the theater wi ..read more

Thanks to a curious family and a determined group of volunteers, Arlington residents can find a peaceful park alongside a busy thoroughfare in the heart of the city. Converting a former plant nursery into the O.S. Gray Natural Area seems like a logical step, but getting there required a path as winding and extensive as the trails that circle the 20-acre retreat located minutes from downtown Arlington and the expanse of the University of Texas at Arlington. The city-owned park, 2021 W. Abram St., grew from a query by the young daughter of Arlington residents Kevin and Carrie Donovan, who regula ..read more

The 26th year of the nationally-recognized Texas Rangers Richard Greene Scholarship Program is drawing to a close as graduation time grows near. Launched in 1997 in a collaboration between the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation and the Arlington Independent School District, the objective was to annually award a promising student from each of Arlington’s six high schools with a $10,000 college scholarship. The total investment to date of the Rangers Foundation, under the leadership of Executive Director Karin Morris, now exceeds $1.5 Million. But the program is far more than the financial invest ..read more

For the first time, baseball fans who want to sample food local to Arlington – can now do that at every Texas Rangers home game this season. The Arlington Eats partnership – the same one that launched Hurtado Barbecue into a standalone concession location last season – is planning to rotate among eight local eateries that will split all 81 home games. The idea has been tested on weekend games for the past two years with a smaller group of restaurants. This year, each establishment will have about nine home games to serve food in the Lexus Club and near section 101 in the main concourse. Prince ..read more

The smell of smoking meat greets you as you walk in the door of Hurtado Barbecue in Mansfield. But this isn’t just any barbecue, this is Mexicue, owner Brandon Hurtado’s unique blend of Tex-Mex and barbecue, sort of barbecue with a zing. “A lot of our items have a spicy Tex-Mex flair,” said Gary Giddings, general manager. And Texans can’t get enough of Hurtado Barbecue, named one of the Top 50 barbecues in the state by Texas Monthly and one of the top 50 in the nation by Southern Living magazine. That’s high praise coming from a state that prides itself in its beef and barb ..read more

Depending on when they happen, just three strikes – three simple strikes – can have a monumental impact on the game. If you’re like me, you now hear the voice of Eric Nadel in your head “Sborz kicks and fires, he struck him out looking! It’s over! It’s over! The Rangers have won the World Series! Rangers fans you’re not dreaming. The Rangers are the World Series Champions!” That called strike three was monumental for a team, a franchise and a long suffering fan base. So perhaps it should not be surprising that last year three rule changes had a similarly monumental affect. In 2023 three rules ..read more

This month I’m going to do some bragging. Forgive me if you will, but here it comes. It’s all about my film producer, stunt coordinator, and stunt performer daughter Amy and her producer partner Chris Stinson. They have spent most of the last couple of months attending the movie industry’s multiple awards ceremonies. Topping the list is the annual Academy Awards event where one of their films, The Holdovers, was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress (a winner), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. In January, The Holdovers&n ..read more

Now available are 888 luxury hotel rooms in the brand new Loews Arlington Hotel along with the stunning new Arlington Convention Center offering the largest ballroom in Texas. And that comes with all the amenities that ensure successful meetings for any client looking for a best-in-class experience. Together with its 300-room sister hotel, Live by Loews!, now connected by a sky bridge, Arlington is able to compete with any venue in the country for the largest corporate conventions and the significant economic impact they bring with them. Alex Tisch, president and CEO of Loews Hotels, was recen ..read more

A mild winter in North Texas has produced countless times in the last couple of months that I have stepped outside and thought, “let’s play two.” Same for you? I am not surprised. Winning a World Series title can, and has, changed the collective mindset of a fan base. Never have I spent an off-season talking so much baseball with fans on the street. It has been great for a guy who loves to talk about all sports, but I have always said that baseball is my first love. All of which begs the question: What’s next? It is a good question and much less complicated to answer than in most off-seas ..read more