Cleveland

The Cavs went from 6 and 11 in November of 1975 to making their first ever play-off appearance in April of 1976. They miraculously beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 3, capturing Game 7 at home in the Richfield Coliseum.

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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 Cavs went from 6 and 11 in November of 1975 to making their first ever play-off appearance in April of 1976. They miraculously beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 3, capturing Game 7 at home in the Richfield Coliseum.

The Cleveland Pipers were a pro basketball team founded in the early 1950s and were a company team that played in the Amateur Athletic Union before moving to the National Industrial Basketball League in 1959. In 1961, the team joined the professional American Basketball...

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 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 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.,...

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....

Ghoulardi was Cleveland's first horror movie host, taking to the airwaves on January 13, 1963 when Shock Theater debuted on WJW, Channel 8. The show lasted until December 16, 1966 when the man who portrayed Ghoulardi, Ernie Anderson, left for Los Angeles where he...

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

Standard Oil of Ohio, better known as Sohio, was an American oil company, and the earliest component of the original Standard Oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller. Its gas stations dotted the state for generations. In neighboring states it was known as

Cleveland's baseball team has called many places home for spring training, including New Orleans, San Antonio, Mobile, AL, and Athens GA. From 1947 to 1992, spring training was held in Tucson, Arizona. In 1993, the team was supposed to move operations to Homestead, FL,...

In 1997, Cleveland won the pennant and returned to the championship where they lost to Florida in a heartbreaking Game 7. The club, though, is one of the most beloved teams in Cleveland sports history.??

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The Pat Joyce Tavern was a Cleveland institution on Public Square for generations. OS14834

Big Chuck and Lil' John hosted the Friday night horror movie show on Channel 8 from 1979 to 2007. From 1966 to 1979 it was the Hoolihan & Big Chuck Show before Bob "Hoolihan" Wells moved to Florida. Cleveland also had two other horror hosts...

Big Chuck and Lil' John hosted the Friday night horror movie show on Channel 8 from 1979 to 2007. From 1966 to 1979 it was the Hoolihan & Big Chuck Show??before Bob "Hoolihan" Wells moved to Florida. Cleveland also had two other horror hosts...

One of the most popular recurring sketches on the Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show (and later Big Chuck and Lil' John), Ben Crazy was a parody of the 1960s-era medical drama??Ben Casey.??

The Cleveland Crusaders played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976. In their first two seasons they played at the old Cleveland Arena before moving to the Richfield Coliseum in 1974. They relocated to Minnesota when hockey's California Golden Seals moved to town...

??The Cleveland Crusaders were charter members of the??World Hockey Association??in 1972. The team played first at the old Cleveland Arena before moving to the??Coliseum??in 1974. In 1976, the team moved to Minnesota to become the second incarnation of the Fighting Saints.??

One of Cleveland's all-time most beloved sports franchises, and indeed one of America's most popular soccer teams ever, was the Force. They were a charter member of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978 and played 10 seasons before folding in 1988. READ...

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 original Cleveland Force were charter members of the first Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978. They folded in 1988. In 1989, the Crunch were formed as an expansion team and in 2002 were renamed the Force. READ MORE

After the original Cleveland Force of the MISL folded in 1988, the city was granted an expansion franchise to begin play the following season. The Crunch played for 3 seasons in the MISL before jumping to the NPSL in 1992. They joined the second...

Remember Cleveland's only NHL team? The Barons began as the Oakland Seals in 1967, later becoming the California Golden Seals. In 1976, the team moved to Cleveland and took the name of the city's old beloved American Hockey League team, the Barons. They played...

The original Cleveland Barons were members of the American Hockey League from 1937 until 1973 and were one of the league's most successful franchises. However, they were unable to compete with the major league Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association (owned my the...

After the Cleveland Lumberjacks folded in 2001, along with the entire International Hockey League (IHL) in 2001, the city welcomed the third incarnation of the Barons. The new team was an American Hockey League (AHL) team relocated from Lexington where they were known as...

This shirt features the main logo of the Cleveland Barons, who played in the American Hockey League and called the city home from 1937 until 1973.

To a certain generation of Cleveland baseball fans, it will ALWAYS be The Jake!