Kansas City

Thwarted in his attempt to buy and move pro football's Cardinals to Dallas, and later denied an expansion team for his hometown, Dallas oil heir Lamar Hunt formed his own league which began play in 1960. His team was the Dallas Texans (a name used...

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

Their 1984 Cinderella season was caught short in the League Championship Series, but in 1985, Kansas City finished 91???71 and won the championship. They??are considered to be one of the greatest teams ever.??

The Kansas City Comets started as the Detroit Lightning in 1979, the second season of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). In 1980, they moved to San Francisco where they became the Fog. In 1981, they moved to Kansas City and became the Comets....

The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) debuted in 1978 with six teams. Playing on a astroturf-covered hockey rinks, the league quickly grew in popularity through the 1980s. Interest began to wane toward the end of the decade. Teams included the very popular St. Louis...

The Kansas City Blades played in the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1990 until 2001 when the league ceased operations. They played their games at Kemper Arena.

The??Omaha Nighthawks were established in 2010 as an expansion team in the United Football League. Their homefield in 2010 was old??Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. In 2011 they moved into??TD Ameritrade Park.??They played three seasons before folding along with the rest of the league after the...

The Kansas City Monarchs were established in 1920 and the longest-running Negro League franchise in professional baseball. Jackie Robinson played for the Monarchs in 1945.They disbanded in 1965. Get the KC Monarchs sticker too! *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the most famous Negro league team of all time and were certainly the longest lasting. Even after the color barrier had been broken in Major League Baseball by Jackie Robinson (a former Monarch), the team continued on, barnstorming...

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the best-known Negro league baseball team in history, as well as the longest running. The team was established in 1920 and played until 1965. Their most famous player was Jackie Robinson. ??CHECKOUT OUR ENTIRE NEGRO LEAGUES COLLECTION *Design...

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the best-known Negro league baseball team in history, as well as the longest running. In 1942, they finished their season 27-12-0, and finished 2nd in Negro American League and ended up winning the 1942. Negro World Series. CHECKOUT OUR...

The Kansas City Monarchs were established in 1920 and the longest-running Negro League franchise in professional baseball. Jackie Robinson played for the Monarchs in 1945.They disbanded in 1965. Get the KC Monarchs sticker too! *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...

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 Blues were Kansas City's AAA minor league baseball team from 1902 to 1954. They played in the American Association and were charter members of that circuit. In 1954, when the A's moved to town from Philadelphia, the Blues moved to Denver and became...

Municipal Stadium in Kansas City opened in 1923 as??Muehlebach Field. In 1937 it became??Ruppert Stadium, before changing its name again in 1943 to Blues stadium in honor of the AAA Blues that played there. However, another, better known team played there starting in 1937:...

The Kansas City Feds, later called the Kansas City Packers, played in the short-lived Federal League (FL) in 1914 and 1915. They originated in Covington, KY as the Blue Sox while the FL was still a minor league. They played their home games at??Gordon...

Midwest Airlines was founded as Midwest Express in 1983 in Milwaukee. In 2010, it was acquired by another airline.

The Kansas City Steers were members of the American Basketball League, a short-lived circuit that operated for a season and a half starting in 1961. Unlike other ABL clubs, the Steers drew well. The team finished with a record of 54 and 25, an...

The Kansas City Outlaws played in the United Hockey League (UHL) during the 2004/2005 season. They are so far the last pro hockey team to call the city home.

Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...

They'll have to charge you for double, but with the discount it'll even out! The semi-fictitious Braidwood Inn in Wichita (now called the Sun Motel) is actually off Interstate 55 in Braidwood, IL, southwest of Chicago.

Schmelzer's All Nations was a barnstorming, baseball team established in 1912 in Kansas City. The was sponsored by Schmelzer's Arms, a manufacturer of firearms. At the time the team was formed, there was no major league baseball west of St. Louis. The nickname reflected...

The Savoy Grill is part of the historic Savoy Hotel and Grill complex in Kansas City, Missouri and is the oldest continuously operating hotel west of the Mississippi.

Jackie Robinson best known for breaking the color barrier in the modern era of baseball, but fans of the sport also recognize his extra ordinary talent. After playing for the Negro American League's Kansas City Monarchs in 1945, he was signed by Brooklyn and...

KCKN began broadcasting in 1925 (as WLBF) and was one of the oldest commercial radio stations in the United States. Heard on 1340 AM an FM signal at 94.1 was added in 1963. After several ownership changes, it is today known as KDTD.

Electric Park was the name used for two amusement parks in Kansas City. The first opened in 1899 while the second, larger version began welcoming visitors in 1907 and lasted until 1925 when it was destroyed by a late night fire. Young Walt Disney...

Boardwalk and Baseball was a theme park in Haines City, FL that opened in April 1987. It replaced Circus World, keeping many of that park's rides but otherwise completely re-theming the entire property. The park was successful in attracting the Kansas City Royals baseball...

Venture was a chain of discount department stores headquartered in St. Louis in 1968. It was founded by former executives from Target and May Company and at its height had nearly 50 locations in the Midwest. The chain went out of business in 1998.

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

Spartan Mart was a discount department store chain that operated in the 1960s and 1970s.