Ralph Nelson was one of the architects of the Arizona Diamondbacks, putting together that expansion team in the late 1990s. The first major league player to sign a contract with the Diamondbacks was…
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It hosted Elvis Presley and the first game in Nashville Predators’ history. It has hosted a menagerie of Eagles, Channel Cats, Vipers, Raptors, Bad Wolves, Hawks and Bulldogs. It has hosted Motley…
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OK, so we like to slap the “Rocket City” label on our events around here. Nobody’s begrudging that. Heck, we’ve even bestowed it on a professional baseball team, right? The Rocket City Trash Pandas…
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It was an aptly titled inaugural event: The Southern Showcase. On a warm September Saturday morning, with a massive crowd, more than 1,700 runners and a carnival atmosphere, it was a perfect showcase…
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On a searing Saturday afternoon, echoing softly across Butler Green at Campus No. 805 is a constant drumbeat of “thump … thump … thump …” It’s the sound of Eggo-sized bags, filled with pellets, coming…
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Updated with 2019 Information It’s becoming as much as holiday tradition as the Huntsville Christmas Parade, the Tinsel Trail, the Galaxy of Lights and ice-skating in the park. For the fourth straight…
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Huntsville Aquatics Center It isn’t all hype and bluster when Chris O’Neil calls the Huntsville Aquatics Center “a world-class aquatic facility.” He knows of what he speaks. O’Neil, the City of…
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Credit: Eric Schultz/ Rocket City Photo Huntsville Hosts Alabama State Games Is that even a sport? I was walking away from the clang-clang-clang symphony at the horseshoe pit at Brahan Spring Park…
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At the risk of being immodest, I am a gold medal winner from a previous Alabama State Games. But I have come to blog, not to brag. Besides, there’s an asterisk attached to the blue ribbon nearly as…
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