{"id":403510,"date":"2026-08-11T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403510\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:56:27","slug":"neil-leibman-exits-texas-rangers-chairman-role-to-pursue-new-business-opportunities-national-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403510\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Leibman exits Texas Rangers chairman role to pursue new business opportunities | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Neil Leibman stepped down Monday from his role with the Texas Rangers as chairman of the company that oversees local television broadcasts of games, and the MLB team&#8217;s sports and entertainment group.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers said Leibman, part of the ownership group that bought the team in 2010, left his position with the club to focus on other business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>kAmk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^2CE:4=6^C2?86CD\\&gt;=3\\EG\\d5hbfhg72h7c244`af55dc6_5e436_46Qm{6:3&gt;2? H2D 492:C&gt;2?k^2m @7 #2?86CD $A@CED |65:2 U2&gt;Aj t?E6CE2:?&gt;6?E r@&gt;A2?J[ H9:49 H2D 2??@F?465 \ud83d\ude15 y2?F2CJ a_ad 2D E96 A2C6?E 4@&gt;A2?J 7@C E96 E96?\\?6H #2?86CD $A@CED }6EH@C&lt;[ 2D H6== 2D #t&#8217; t?E6CE2:?&gt;6?E[ E96 E62&gt;\u2019D @77:4:2= DA@CED 2?5 6?E6CE2:?&gt;6?E A2CE?6C 2?5 @77:4:2= 3@@&lt;:?8 286?E 7@C 6G6?ED 2E :ED 4FCC6?E 2?5 7@C&gt;6C DE25:F&gt;D]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmq67@C6 E92E[ 96 H2D E96 E62&gt;VD r~~ 2?5 AC6D:56?E @7 3FD:?6DD @A6C2E:@?D] w6 H2D ?2&gt;65 492:C&gt;2? @7 E96 #2?86CD @H?6CD9:A 4@&gt;&gt;:EE66 \ud83d\ude15 a_`b]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm\u201c}6:= 92D 366? 2 4@?DE2?E H:E9 E96 #2?86CD D:?46 @FC 8C@FA AFC492D65 E96 4=F3 \ud83d\ude15 a_`_[\u201d D2:5 #2J s2G:D[ E96 E62&gt;VD &gt;2;@C:EJ @H?6C] \u201cw6 H2D A2CE @7 D@&gt;6 @7 E96 &gt;@DE D:8?:7:42?E &gt;@&gt;6?ED \ud83d\ude15 7C2?49:D6 9:DE@CJ 2?5 A=2J65 2 =2C86 C@=6 \ud83d\ude15 @FC 3FD:?6DD @A6C2E:@?D] w:D 4@?EC:3FE:@?D E@ E96 %6I2D #2?86CD q2D632== u@F?52E:@? H:== 36 A2CE @7 9:D =6824J[ 2D H:== E96 3F:=5:?8 @7 v=@36 {:76 u:6=5 2?5 56G6=@A&gt;6?E 677@CED \ud83d\ude15 E96 pC=:?8E@? t?E6CE2:?&gt;6?E s:DEC:4E]\u201dk^Am<\/p>\n<p>k9C ^m<\/p>\n<p>kAmp! |{qi k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^9F3^&gt;=3Qm9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^9F3^&gt;=3k^2mk^Am<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Neil Leibman stepped down Monday from his role with the Texas Rangers as chairman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,4490],"class_list":["post-403510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-national_sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}