Tag Archive for: Joel Lamp

Conference USA extends championship partnership with Huntsville through 2029

With the Conference USA men’s and women’s basketball championships set to tip off in Huntsville next week, the conference and City announced an extension of their partnership. Starting this fall, the Rocket City will not only continue as host of the CUSA basketball championship tournaments, it will host two more conference championship events in conjunction […]

UNA and Samford will kick off football season at The Joe

It’s officially called Week Zero in the college football season. However, that will be a misnomer, as far as the University of North Alabama, Samford University and the city of Huntsville are concerned. It will be a real week in the schedule when the two schools meet Aug. 29 on Wicks Family Field at Joe […]

Shooting stars: CUSA program champions Huntsville’s career options

A launch occurred at the Conference USA Basketball Championships last week, but it wasn’t a jump shot at the Von Braun Center. Instead, CUSA started its “Stars of Tomorrow‘’ program, an initiative the league devised to combine sports and career development to offer top students from member institutions an opportunity to engage with industry professionals […]

Sports tourism in Huntsville in 2024: The record-setting numbers are now in

Photo credit: Huntsville Sports Commission The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has released the figures for sports tourism in Huntsville in 2024.  The CVB reports that 68 sporting events held in Huntsville over the past year resulted in a record-breaking $50 million in economic impact. “We have come a long way over the […]