Chicago

Held on July 12, 1979, Disco Demolition Night was a between-games promotion held during doubleheader featuring the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park. Radio station WLUP, The Loop, promoted the invent that involved a crate filled with disco records being blown...

The Chicago Shamrocks??played in the American Hockey League from 1930 to 1932. The team was dissolved when owner James Norris bought the NHL Detroit Falcons out of bankruptcy and renamed them the Red Wings.

The Chicago Owls were established in 1967 and played in the Professional Football League of America (PFLA). In 1968, several PFLA teams, including the Owls, joined the Continental Football League (CoFL). The Owls moved into Soldier Field, while the NFL Bears were still playing...

The Chicago Condors were a part of the women's American Basketball League but after just 12 games into their first season, the team was forced to disband when the league folded. OS15873

Chicago, on Lake Michigan in Illinois. Featured landmarks including its bold architecture, the iconic John Hancock Center, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) and the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower, keep tourists coming back to visit year after year.   OS16006

Check out the stock car races every Tuesday and Saturday night in Chicago! OS16024

The cicadas will be buzzin' around the ballpark in Chicago! ITC16266

The cicadas are buzzin' around Chicago's baseball team on the southside. ITC16382

Steamboat Willie debuted in 1928 and starred a mouse who went on to great worldwide fame.

Did you survive the Blizzard of '78? Known throughout the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region as the Great Blizzard of 1978 and the White Hurricane, the storm blasted the area from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. The cities of Milwaukee,...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

Robert Hall Clothes, better known as simply Robert Hall, was a warehouse-style clothing store foined in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1937. It eventually grew to over 350 locations in 36 states. Founder Jacob Schwab is reported to have pulled the name out of thin air....

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

The Chicago Cougars were members of the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975. They played their home games at the now demolished International Amphitheater on the South Side.

The Chicago Cougars were members of the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975. They played their home games at the now demolished International Amphitheater on the South Side. Their mascot was a giant cartoon cougar called Clawford.

The Chicago International Amphitheater opened in 1934. It was the home of the Chicago Gears of the National Basketball League from 1944 to 1948, as well as the Chicago Packers of the NBA from 1961 to 1962. The Chicago Cougars??of the World Hockey Association??played...

The Chicago Horizons were members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Taking their name from their home arena, The Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena), they played only one season, 1980-81.

The Chicago Express played in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) for one season, 2011-12.?? Their home ice was the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. For that one season, Chicago had three pro hockey teams, which is what led to the demise of the...

The Chicago American Giants were a Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster, who also founded the Negro National League. From 1910 through the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black...

When the Chicago franchise in the short-lived Federal League debuted in 1914, it lacked an official nickname and was dubbed the Chicago Federals or Chi-Feds by the press and fans to distinguish the team from the NL Chicago Cubs and AL Chicago White Sox....

The Chicago Whales of the Federal League were originally called the Chicago Federals and the Chi-Feds as they lacked an official nickname. They became the Whales in their second season and were the first team to call what is now Wrigley Field home. The...

Opened in 1910 to replace South Side Park, Comiskey Park was the home of the Chicago White Sox for 80 years and was also the home field of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League from 1941 t 1952. It was also...

The Chicago Majors were members of the American Basketball League, a short-lived circuit that operated for a season and a half starting in 1961. The Majors hit the court the same year the city received a franchise in the established National Basketball Association (NBA)....

Established in 1942 as W83C, this legendary Chicago radio station changed its call letters several times before becoming WLUP "The Loop 97.9" in 1977. For the next 41 years it was one of the most popular and influential radio station's in America. It is...

The Chicago Fire were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. The team started off well, posting a 7-2 record in the first half of the season and drawing an average of 34,000 fans to Soldier Field. However, after a 10-game losing...

The Chicago Fire were a charter member of the World Football League in 1974. The team started off well, posting a 7-2 record in the first half of the season and drawing an average of 34,000 fans to Soldier Field. However, after a 10-game...

The Chicago Winds of the ??World Football League??were the 1975 successor to the Chicago Fire who disbanded following the 1974 season, despite drawing some of the league's biggest crowds. In May of 1975, the new team tried to sign the legendary Joe Namath, even...

In 1976, 95.5 FM WDHF became WMET but kept its top-40 format. Two years later it changed to an Album Oriented Rock (AOR) format and remained very popular. Today the station is WEBG and plays country music. READ MORE

The Sting played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1975 to 1984 and the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in the 1982-83 season and again from 1984 to 1988. They won the NASL Championship in 1981 and 1984. The team was dissolved...