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Holtman's Donuts opened in May of 1960. The first shop was in the village of Newtown just east of Cincinnati. Today, Holtman's is serving up donuts in Loveland, Williamsburg, Over-the-Rhine, and West Chester, with Oakley coming in 2019. This vintage sign T-shirt immortalizes the...

After the Central Hockey League (CHL) version of the Stingers folded 33 games into the 1979/80 season, Cincinnati was left without a pro hockey team for the first time since 1974, when the American Hockey League's Swords folded. The Tigers hit the ice in...

Though known for its German heritage, you can still find lots of folks of Irish descent in the Queen City, or those just feel Irish one day of the year.

The Irish and folks of Irish decent have lived in Chicago even before it was incorporated as a city in 1837. In the following years, Irish numbers grew rapidly particularly after the arrival of refugees from the Great Famine. By 1850 Irish immigrants accounted...

Everyone's always glad to see you on St. Patrick's Day in this great design from Old School Shirts.

Always a friendly face-- if you're lucky enough to find one.

The??East???West All-Star Game??was an annual game for??Negro league baseball??players and held toward the end of the season. The game was created by Gus Greenlee, owner of the??Pittsburgh Crawfords. In??1933, he decided to match the??Major League Baseball All-Star Game??with??Negro league version. Newspaper balloting was set...

The Indianapolis ABCs of the Negro National League became The Cleveland Buckeyes in 1927 and halfway through the season changed their name to the Cleveland Hornets. They only lasted one season though. An unrelated Cleveland Buckeyes team joined the Negro American League in 1942.

Dallas Americans (not to be confused with the indoor football team) was an American Soccer League club that played until the ASL folded, then the club joined the newly formed United Soccer League.   OS16501

The Miami Americans was an American Soccer League that only existed for only the 1980 season and played their home games at Tropical Park Stadium. OS16502

The Toronto Tornados were a professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) that played from 1983 to December 1985. OS16120

Cincinnati is a city in Ohio, on the Ohio River. Featured landmarks including its 19th-century architecture, the Findlay Market, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and the Cincinnati Museum Center, keep tourists coming back to visit year after year.  CN15931

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

The Buffalo Blazers competed in the National Soccer League, a Canadian-based circuit, from 1976 through 78 and again in 1980. They originally had hoped to join the North American Soccer League, but the Rochester Lancers already held the rights to Western New York. The...

The home of pro basketball and hockey in Dallas opened in 2001. It's nickname is derived from its sponsor.

The second foray into top-level indoor soccer, after the Americans, for Las Vegas came in the form of the Las Vegas Dustdevils of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). The team was all set for the CISL's first season (1993), but their home pitch,...

The second foray into top-level indoor soccer for Las Vegas, after the Americans, came in the form of the Las Vegas Dustdevils of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). The team was all set for the CISL's first season (1993), but their home pitch, the...

The New Orleans Brass played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1997 to 2002. Their home ice was the Memorial Auditorium, then later the New Orleans Arena. When pro basketball returned to town, the new hoops team became the arena's top tenant and...

The Stingers were Cincinnati's only major league hockey team. The team played at Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena) from 1975 to 1979, and they were members of the World Hockey Association (WHA). When the WHA merged with the National Hockey League in 1979,...

The Tulsa Talons played in the Arena Football League?????in 2010 after nine years as members of the minor league af2. The Talons were among a handful of af2 teams that re-established the Arena Football League, after the original ceased operations in 2009. In 2011,...