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The Cincinnati Kids were a soccer team that played in the original??Major Indoor Soccer League??during the 1978-79 season. They were partially owned by baseball legend??Pete Rose??and played their home games at??Riverfront Coliseum.??READ MORE

Rivermen were members of??North American Softball League (NASL). The NASL existed for only the 1980 season, before joining with the American Professional Slow Pitch League (APSPL) to create the United Professional Softball League. Since the Cincinnati Suds were already in existence in the APSL,...

The Cleveland Press??was the city's afternoon and published from 1878 to 1982.

The Richfield Coliseum opened in 1974 as a replacement for the aging Cleveland Arena. It's location was chosen because it was halfway between Cleveland and Akron at the intersection of Route 303 and I-271. The site of the Cavaliers' Mircacle at Richfield, its other...

The Connecticut Whale was the nickname the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League switched to in 2010. The name honored the departed, and sorely missed, Whalers, who had departed for North Carolina in 1997. In 2013, The Whale switched back to its...

Opened in 1972, The Continent was a forerunner of today's lifestyle shopping centers such as Easton Center. Designed to mimic a French village or neighborhood, the complex mixed shopping, dining, and entertainment. The centerpiece was the French Market. By the early '90s, a few...

The Cool Ghoul was the horror movie host on Channel 19, debuting in 1969, less than a year after the station first went on the air. Portrayed by Dick Von Hoene, the character originated on the radio a few years earlier. A Cincinnati native,...

When Hammy utters those words, excitement is sure to follow in Downtown Cleveland as the Tribe takes the field.

The Crawlspace launched on April 4, 1994, airing nonstop episodes of various series with a host block between each episode.  OS16095

Originally known as the Pizza Pub, new owners??Dom DiSilvio and his then-wife Jan Chepes, renamed this iconic Oakland spot The Decade and made it 1950s-themed restaurant. As 50's nostalgia waned, DiSilvio started booking contemporary rock music acts. The New York Dolls, Ramones, and an...

The Screamin Demon (later just the Demon) was a looping shuttle coaster (one that does not make a complete a circuit) that opened in 1977 at Kings Island just north of Cincinnati. It moved to Camden Park in New Jersey in 1988 and closed...

KDGE first it the airwaves in 1962 as KJIM. After multiple ownership and format changes, 94.5's alternative rock format and call letters (KDGE) were moved to the 102.5 frequency in 2000. In 2017, the station changed it's format to adult contemporary.

KDGE first it the airwaves in 1962 as KJIM. After multiple ownership and format changes, 94.5's alternative rock format and call letters (KDGE) were moved to the 102.5 frequency in 2000. In 2017, the station changed it's format to adult contemporary.

A one-third replica of the original in Paris, the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island was originally going to be constructed at the old Coney Island amusement park in the 1960s. However, knowing the park was moving north, the owners waited to build it at...

The Euclid Beach Band consisted of lead vocalists Richard Reising and Pete Hewlett. In 1978, they released "There's No Surf In Cleveland," both a tribute to and parody of the Beach Boys, which became a local hit.

The Exotic Birds was a synth-pop band formed in 1982 by Andy Kubiszewski??along with fellow Cleveland Institute of Music students Tom Freer and Tim Adams. In 1985, Trent Reznor joined the band but left a few years later to concentrate on developing Nine Inch...

On Halloween in 1965, the first annual American 500 race was held in Rockingham, North Carolina at the North Carolina Motor Speedway.  OS16013

The first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame were indeed legendary.??

The Flip Side started selling records & tapes in Chicago in 1971. At its peak, it had over 25 locations throughout the Midwest. However, the rapidly changing landscape of the music industry caused The Flip Side to go out of business in 1992.

The original Flying Saucer restaurant operated in the 1960s at 27th Avenue and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Open 24 hours a day, it featured??an all-day breakfast service and three-hour lunch service. Dinner was served until 11:00 p.m. In between, customers could purchase sandwiches,...

The Force was with soccer fans in Cleveland from 1978 to 1988 as charter members of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The team name was resurrected when the Cleveland Crunch, founded in 1989, changed its name to the Force in 2002.

The Front Row Theater opened in July of 1974 on Mayfield Road in Highland Heights, just off I-271. A theater in the round, it featured a rotating stage and seating for 3,200. It closed in 1993.

The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 until 1981. Freezing temperatures each year at the game, together with a lack of successful local college teams, contributed to the bowl game's demise.  OS15945

"We don't, we' don't, we don't mess around, HEY!" Show them your sports trivia prowess in this throwback tee inspired by the daily "Sports of Consequences" segment from the nationally syndicated??Gary Burbank Show???.

The Drawbridge Inn opened in 1970.????Its conference spaces hosted weddings, reunions, business conferences, cheerleading meets, holiday parties, and conventions. It closed in 2012. During its 42-year-run, it welcomed 8.2 million guests as well as 4,500 conventions, reunions, wedding, and other events.

The Gay Nineties Steakhouse was located on Hamilton Avenue in Western Hills.

The Grande Ballroom opened in 1929 and was at first a venue for jazz and big band music. It later gained fame as a rock & roll club featuring national acts as well as home-grown legends such as The Stooges and MC5. The venue's...

Every day in the Buckeye state, it's an epic battle at the bird feeder.

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.