Discovering Huntsville on a Bike
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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Category: Sports
Social Distancing Sports: Running in Huntsville
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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Survey Highlights Parents’ Sentiment on Return to Youth Sports
“…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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Rocket City Trash Pandas Making the Best of a Pandemic
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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Social Distancing Sports: Skills for Youth Baseball
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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Social Distancing Sports: Swimming in Huntsville
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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Social Distancing Sports: Golf in Huntsville
There are a lot more gimmes and a lot fewer high-fives. The lovely melody of a well-struck putt tumbling deep into the cup is silenced. Where golf's famous warning cry has always been “Fore!” now…
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Huntsville Sports Blog: Empty Arenas are not New for the Sports World
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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Venue of the Month: Rocket City Trash Pandas' Toyota Field
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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Huntsville's Connection to the Super Bowl Runs Deep
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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