It’s more than five hours to the closest beach, and John Hunt Park is woefully lacking when it comes to palm trees, the soothing sound of crashing waves, and the comfort of ocean breezes. But the…
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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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Throwing axes at a target conjures up images the Last of the Mohicans, Ivar the Boneless stepping off a long ship, and lumberjack competitions, but it’s a modern sport suitable for teens and older…
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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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To those who haven’t been on a bicycle recently, exploring Huntsville usually implies a trip in a car. However, in reality, so much of the city can be accessed by bicycle, and the trip itself can…
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Covid-19 may be leading to the "Quarantine 15" for a lot of us – an extra 15 pounds that sneaked up because of inactivity, greater distance from workout facilities and closer proximity to our…
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“…and the survey says…” That youth and participant sports will bounce back with the avid support of families. That air travel to events will remain unsettling for parents. That regional competitions…
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The saga of the Rocket City Trash Pandas’ creation is one of almost eerie coincidences and fortuitous timing. Maybe it was the same stadium designer that had worked decades earlier on another stadium…
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From my patio on spring and summer evenings, I hear a symphony. At least it is to me. It’s the sound of kids cheering, coaches and parents yelling and the ping of an aluminum bat against a baseball…
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Matt Webber is the head coach and program director of Huntsville Swim Association, which is based at the state-of-the-art Huntsville Aquatics Center, the first center in the South with two 50-meter…
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