WJZY Celebrates One Year With Sports Broadcaster Legacy
WJZY Celebrates One Year With Sports Broadcaster Legacy Mark Parker (l to r) joined his WJZY cohortsAaron Rotan, Chuck Smith & Shawn Harris at the breakfast. On August 22, 2005, the sales staff of WJZY UPN 46 hosted a breakfast celebration to thank Mark Packer for a great first year in television. Packer is a […]
Bulls Present Goodmon Awards to Players
Bulls Present Goodmon Awards to Players Bulls Shortstop BJ Upton received the MVP Award. Bulls GM Mike Birling (left) & Manager Bill Evers (center) made the presentations. Bulls Pitcher John Webb took Pitcher of the Year honors. Bulls Infielder Luis Ordaz won the Team Spirit Award. Bulls Infielder Brooks Badeaux was unable to attend the […]
Pelicans Featured in Myrtle Beach Newspaper
Pelicans Featured in Myrtle Beach Newspaper As the Myrtle Beach Pelicans’ 2005 season draws to a close, the team is garnering positive press on the local scene. Sean Horgan, a staff writer for the Myrtle Beach Sun News, wrote an article entitled “A Community Institution” about the baseball club for the Thursday, August 25th edition […]
Canes, Bulls Teams Up For Sell-Out on August 26th
Canes, Bulls Teams Up For Sell-Out on August 26th Diamonds and ice are synonymous, and the Durham Bulls used their baseball diamond last Friday night, August 26, 2005, to promote the Carolina Hurricanes return to the ice for the 05-06 season. The Canes used the Bulls game, and a standing room only crowd, for their […]
Bulls Raise $2000 For Hurricane Katrina Relief
Bulls Raise $2000 For Hurricane Katrina Relief Knight’s spoil season finale at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Fans that chose to spend the afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Monday, August 29, 2005, didn’t get to see a Bulls’ win, but the day was certainly a victory. Almost 600 people purchased a ticket […]
Canes, Bulls Team Up Friday For NHL Re-launch Party
Canes, Bulls Team Up Friday For NHL Re-launch Party Both Wool E. Bull (left) & Stormy are joining forces to celebrate the Canes ‘ return to the ice this season. The Durham Bulls are partnering with the Carolina Hurricanes to help celebrate the Canes return to action this fall. Both will hold a re-launch event […]
Former WRAL GM Honored on NC SPIN
Former CBC VP Honored on NC SPIN Former CBC Senior Vice President of Broadcasting Fred Barber will be honored on this week’s “NC Notable” part of the WRAZ-TV local program NC SPIN. Barber came to WRAL-TV in 1976 and worked his way up the ranks to VP before retiring in 1998. He worked almost four […]
NPR Host Throws First Pitch at Bulls Game
NPR Host Throws First Pitch at Bulls Game NPR Host Scott Simon visited the Durham Bulls on Sunday, August 21st. The longtime host of National Public Radio’s “Weekend Edition Saturday” visited the Durham Bulls and American Tobacco campus on August 21, 2005. Scott Simon read from his new novel at ATC, threw out the first […]
Devine Promoted to Atlanta
Devine Promoted to Atlanta Joey Devine played for NC State before being drafted by Atlanta & starting his professional career with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Former Myrtle Beach Pelican Joey Devine has been promoted to the Atlanta Braves. Devine joined the Pelicans roster in June after he was selected by the Braves in the first […]
CBC Makes Check Presentation to Durham Arts Council
CBC Makes Check Presentation to Durham Arts Council CBC presented a check for $50,000 to the Durham Arts Council at a recent Durham Bulls game. The arts are exploding in Durham and CBC hopes to ignite even greater support with a major gift to the Durham Arts Council. At the Durham Bulls game on April […]