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THURSDAY AUGUST 5 2021 1BFACEBOOK.COM/STARTELEGRAM TWITTER.COM/STARTELEGRAMSTAR-TELEGRAM.COM 1 Sports Texas Rangers fans have to wait long for a Joey Gallo Appreciation Day in Ar- lington. The Rangers open the 2022 regular season hosting Gallo and the New York Yankees at Globe Life Field on March 31. The Rangers, who will be celebrating their 50th season in Arlington, will be facing home-grown slugger Joey Gallo, who was traded to the Yankees last week after nine years with the organization. The teams will open 2022 with a four-game series, which was released along with the complete MLB schedule. Rangers game times will be announced at a later date.

the 30th time in 51 sea- sons the Rangers open at home, including the sixth time in the past seven. Texas has opened a season against the Yankees five previous times, including twice in Arlington in 1978 and 1980. Following the four-game Yan- kee series to open the schedule at Globe Life Field, the Rangers embark on a six-game road trip with three contests each in Mia- mi and Toronto. Texas will play 17 of its first 29 games at home through May 1. Teams will play 19 games against division opponents (76 total games) and six or seven games against non-divisional league opponents in home and home series (66 total games).

Teams will also play 20 inter- league games (10 home and 10 road). The Rangers will play five National League East teams and the Rockies. The Rangers played the NL East since 2017. host the Braves and Nationals for three- game series and have two-game home and home series against the Phillies and Rockies, who are in the NL West. And play two three-game series on the road against the Mets and Marlins.

The season concludes with a six-game road trip against the Mariners and Angels, Sept. 27- Oct. 2. Stefan Stevenson: 817-390-7760, MLB Rangers start 2022 by hosting Gallo, Yankees BY STEFAN STEVENSON The second-year Cowboys receiver has turned the first two weeks of training camp into his personal playground with ridicu- lous catch after ridiculous catch, all to the delight of his team- mates and the crowds in the stands. It matter that quarter- back Dak Prescott has missed the last five practices with a sore shoulder.

The Lamb show has contin- ued. Without question, he has been the star of camp. A contested touchdown catch against tight coverage from cornerback Trevon Diggs to end Coach Mike McCarthy has introduced a drill in practice called opportunity during sit- uational football for the Dallas Cowboys make a big play on offense or a stop on defense. It could be a two-minute drill or a red zone situation. an opportunity for the offense or defense to build mo- mentum.

What he should call it is CLT: CeeDee Lamb Time. practice on Sunday resulted him being mobbed by teammates, and the play even had an in- jured Prescott running over and giving him a bow. one thing I hate about being out, I play with my new the quarterback said afterwards. But that will happen soon enough and rest of the league will find out what the receivers coach Adam Henry already knows. Lamb is a bonafide superstar in the making, this coming from a man who coached Odell Beck- ham Jr.

both at LSU and with the New York Giants. Henry said Lamb has it all. Lamb had a fantastic rookie year after being picked 17th overall out of Oklahoma by the Cowboys in 2020, catching 74 passes for 935 yards and five touchdowns as primarily a slot receiver. Those are huge numbers for a slot receiver, Henry said. That Lamb did it, catching passing from four different quarterbacks with Prescott side- lined for the final 11 games, makes it even more special.

He was simply spectacular for a slot. No inside receiver caught more slot passes of 20 or more air yards than 10 for 306 yards and two touchdowns in last year. With Prescott slated to return the starting QB role prior to the Sept. 9 season opener, the Cow- boys believe the sky is the limit for Lamb, who be limited Dallas Cowboys Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb has been the star of training camp, without question. Lamb ready to emerge as Cowboys superstar NFL BY CLARENCE E.

HILL JR. SEE CEEDEE LAMB, 6B Speedway Motorsports con- ducted a national search to find the next general manager for Texas Motor Speedway. After all, the company had to replace Eddie Gossage, who had been in the role since the track opened in 1996. But the right person to suc- ceed Gossage happened to be just down the hallway. Rob Ramage has been pro- moted to senior vice president and general manager of TMS, Speedway Motorsports presi- dent and CEO Marcus Smith announced on Wednesday.

Ramage, 53, has served as a TMS executive and general counsel since 2013. was really pleased, frankly, when it came down to the final few that we had an internal candidate that fit the bill per- Smith said, that was Rob Gossage, known as a show- man and old-school promoter, announced be stepping down in May. His final event was the NASCAR All-Star race in June. Smith opened his remarks by congratulating Gossage on a remarkable 32-year career with Speedway Motorsports before the page to a new for TMS under Ram- age. Ramage has done a little bit of everything in his eight years at the track, from taking tickets to directing traffic to engaging with fans to driving mainte- nance tractors.

But his primary duties cen- tered on risk management and working with government enti- ties, business leaders and com- munity advocates. Before join- ing TMS, Ramage practiced law in Dallas. Asked about the biggest chal- lenge in transitioning into his MOTORSPORTS Texas Motor Speedway names Ramage next general manager SEE MOTORSPORTS, 6B BY DREWDAVISON GET THE LATEST NFL NEWS AS THE STEELERS AND COWBOYS PREPARE FOR THEIR PRESEASON OPENER. Go to and click on the section called READY TO PLAY ON NBC TV TONIGHT Track field, beach volleyball final, platform diving final and skateboarding park final. MORE COVERAGE Find a summary of events inside, and 20 pages of analysis, profiles and results in the eEdition at in the section.

MEDAL COUNT Country Tot United States 25 30 22 77 China 32 22 16 70 ROC 14 21 18 53 Britain 15 18 15 48 Japan 21 7 12 40 Through Wednesday CANTON, OHIO After roughly two weeks of training camp practices in Southern California, the Dallas Cowboys are primed and ready for preseason opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. Cowboys coach Mike McCar- thy is pleased that the NFL opted to reschedule the match- up that was to have occurred in last game, before the pandemic wiped it away. And it will be the first capacity crowd for an NFL game since the Kan- sas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV 18 months ago. Playing in the Hall of Fame Game has given the Cowboys an extra game and additional prep time as they look to bounce back from an injury-plagued 6-10 season. The regular season starts in five weeks, on Sept.

9, against the defending champion Buccaneers in Tampa Bay, but first first. The Cowboys, will approach Steelers game with a dual focus, thanks to a having a dual practice with the Los An- geles Rams back in California less than 48 hours after kickoff. The Cowboys will return to Oxnard early Friday morning and take the day off before taking the field with the Rams on Saturday. think the most important thing is we want to go out and compete, go out and establish our place now as a football McCarthy said. I definitely am factoring in Sat- work.

looking at the combination of work and Saturday as one. trying to find some bal- ance in those reps. So the snaps on players on game will definitely be tied to their projected snaps in The rookies and young play- ers will be the primary focus on Thursday against the Steelers. Cowboys face Steelers Thursday with dual focus BY CLARENCE E. HILL JR.

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