Toyota Field, the gleaming home of our brand-new Double-A team the Rocket City Trash Pandas is ready for prime time. While Minor League Baseball has called off the 2020 season, Trash Pandas…
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Coming through one door, two people in shorts, adjusting their sunglasses to the afternoon glare and adjusting their temperatures from the chill inside. Outside another door, a waist-high snowbank…
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We’ve got space. And just because we’re having to keep our space six feet apart, that doesn’t faze a city that closed the gap of 1,261,154,400 feet from the earth to the moon. “We’ve Got Space” is…
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Thirty-one years ago this month, I was a sportswriter covering the University of Tennessee basketball team. A relatively mediocre Vols team was assigned to the NCAA East Regional first-round site in…
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Ralph Nelson drove into Huntsville on April 17, 2017, but could never have imagined the extraordinary chain of events that would unfold over the next three years. However, there was one thing he…
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There are enough Super Bowl rings toted back home to Huntsville and Madison County that you could fill a nice-sized jewelry store window display. The most recent bringer of the bling: Reggie Ragland…
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Down by four points and looking sluggish, the UAH Chargers find an open man for a three-pointer. Then, a steal – and another three-pointer. Then a rebound and a layup, and in barely more than a…
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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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