Trash Pandas to celebrate single-game sales with Have A Blast

MADISON – The Rocket City Trash Pandas are ushering in their first day of single-game ticket sales with a variety of entertainment options for buyers at Toyota Field. Sales begin in-person at the Wicks Family Foundation Ticket office on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online beginning at 1 p.m. at […]

Mayor Tommy Battle Announces Return of Paralympics Events to Huntsville

Mayor Tommy Battle announced the return of Paralympics cycling events to the Rocket City this April.  Battle thanked the AC Hotel for hosting the event, noting the backdrop of Big Spring Park behind him. “Huntsville is becoming quite a destination for large sporting events, from gymnastics to swimming, to volleyball, basketball, soccer, and even cycling, […]

Trash Pandas Announce 2022 Promo Schedule

MADISON – The Rocket City Trash Pandas released their promotional schedule for the 2022 season and also announced a late February date to begin selling single-game tickets. Among the highlights the Pandas plan in their second season as the Double-A South affiliate for the Los Angeles Angels are theme nights, giveaways and 26 fireworks displays. […]

Huntsville Championship Adds Patio Experience

The Korn Ferry Tour’s Huntsville Championship has added an attraction for patrons at this year’s golf tournament – the Michelob Ultra Patio. Located near the 10th tee at the scenic The Ledges overlooking the city, the Patio will offer a variety of poolside amenities. Food and beverages will be available for purchase exclusive to the […]

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Trash Panda Job Fair

Build a stadium, build a team, and the jobs will soon follow. Love baseball? Love working with people? If the answer is yes and working in a fast-paced stadium environment is your kind of thing, the Rocket City Trash Pandas want YOU! In preparation for season two, the Trash Pandas will host their second annual […]

Upcoming Sports Events Promise to Fill City’s Coffers

Nothing more than a curiosity for most Southerners while watching the Winter Olympics, the sport of curling is gaining traction in the city. Yes, curling. The Rocket City Curling Club, founded in 2018 with its home at the Huntsville Iceplex, offers weekly lessons, leagues for youth and adults, and competes in “bonspiels” across the region […]

Housing Issues Among Questions Raised For Trash Pandas and Minor League Teams

Amid growing complaints from Minor League Baseball players, the big leagues have decided to step in and help remedy some pains. At the forefront is housing and eating options, something players trying to reach the largest stage see as a continuing headache. Major League Baseball (MLB), which now owns all of the minor leagues (MiLB), […]

Trash Pandas, Havoc Hoping to put Pandemic Effects on Sidelines

Some Minor League Baseball teams essentially disbanded or drastically curtailed operations when the 2020 season was cancelled because of the pandemic. The Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas, looking to play its inaugural season in shiny new Toyota Field and with a strong ownership group, wasn’t one of them. Instead of trimming payroll and turning out […]

Lee High’s Derrick Gragg Answers Second Call to be AD at Northwestern

Huntsville’s Derrick Gragg has returned to his professional roots as a collegiate administrator, leaving a senior position at the NCAA offices in Indianapolis to become the athletic director at Northwestern University. The two-sport Lee High School star and Vanderbilt University wide receiver has spent more than a quarter-century in athletic administration. Except for the most […]

Bob Jones Alum Candice Storey Lee Opening ‘Dores’ to Finance

When Bob Jones High School’s Candice Storey signed a basketball scholarship with Vanderbilt University, she figured to move on from Nashville once her eligibility was exhausted and her degree was secured. After all, relocating was a way of life in a military family. She attended 12 schools before entering the ninth grade at Bob Jones. […]