Midwest

Speedway, Indiana is the home of the ??Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 auto races are held. It was established in 1912 as a planned residential community and was incorporated in 1926.

As Squints from the movie "The Sandlot" might put it, live and die Milwaukee FOR-EV-ER!

Everyone from Milwaukee remembers Irv, the Working Man's Friend, the iconic, no-nonsense store on Mitchell Street that sold work clothes, jeans, and boots at reasonable prices.

"Hey Man, is that Freedom Rock?" "Yeah, Man." "Well, turn it up, Man!!!"

While it was known for most of its existence as the St. Louis Arena, from 1977 to 1983 it was known as the Checkerdome. Opened in 1929 it closed in 1999, replaced by the Kiel Center (now the Scottrade Center). Over the years it...

The Orange Army was the Wichita Wings fan-base of fans the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League. A rabid group of supporters, they packed the 9,600-seat Kansas Coliseum for several seasons in the mid-1980's.

Swallen's was a chain of retail stores based in Cincinnati, Ohio that first opened in 1948 and ?? featured a mix of appliances, electronics, hardware, sporting goods and firearms, clothing and more.

Prior to becoming WDHT, in the late 1970s they changed their call letters to??WAZU??under their new name??"WAZU, The New FM 103 The Zoo...from W to A to Z to U!" Then in the 1980s they renamed as??"Rockradio FM 103 WAZU"??and then later as??"102.9 WAZU".

On August 27, 1964, The Beatles performed for 14,000 fans at the??Cincinnati Gardens.??The Cincinnati Enquirer??story reporting on the concert read: "Teenagers Revel In Madness: Young Fans Drop Veneer Of Civilization For Beatles". Temperatures reached upwards of 115 degrees in the arena, causing some fans...

Marty Brennaman began doing Reds play-by-play in 1972. He retired at the end of the 2019 season. For most of his time in the broadcast booth he was teamed with former Reds pitching great Joe "The Ole Lefthander" Nuxhall and provided the soundtrack to...

The Cincinnati Stuff were charter members of the?? International Basketball League (IBL). Their home court was the Firststar Center (now Heritage Bank Center). The league tipped off in 1999 and folded after two seasons.??

Portside was a an entertainment and shopping district in downtown Toledo. It opened in May 1984 to much fanfare, including parades on both land and water. Though it was a popular regional destination, it was unable to pull shoppers away from suburban malls. It...

The??Toledo Spitfire was women???s professional football team that played in the National Women???s Football Association (NWFA). The league's first season was 2001. The Spitfire joined the NWFA for the 2003 season as an expansion team. The team later moved to Ann Arbor and became...

There are so many great things associated with Ohio!

Pete Rose was a sensation even in the early years of his career. Those days are captured magnificently by artist Hollis Strunk.???? ??

Forest Auto Drive-In Theatre.

The Ghoster Coaster, officially Scooby-Doo's Ghoster Coaster, was the world's first suspended coaster for kids. Unlike conventional coasters, riders, placed in tandem on a motorcycle-like car, were lifted elevator-style to the top of the ride and released. Opened in 1998 at Kings Island, it...

The Westlake Drive-in opened in the summer of 1950 on 10th St., near what is today the intersection with I-465. It closed in 1982. Today the site is occupied by a medical building and a home improvement center.

WCPO TV was the station first signed on the air at noon on July 26, 1949, and first face seen was Big Jim Stacey.??Originally operating on VHF channel 7; it was Cincinnati's third television station.

Calvin "Pokey" Reese played second base for the Reds from 1997 to 2001. His sharp defensive skills resulted in two Gold Glove Awards and made him a fan favorite. He went on to be part of Boston's 2004 World Series-winning team.?? *A portion of...

As the cold wind rolls off Lake Erie, Cleveland baseball fans' thoughts turn to Arizona and spring training.??

North Coast football fans are celebrating the team's first playoff appearance since 2002, first playoff win since 1994, and first road playoff win since 1968. The only thing that makes it better is that it was all accomplished by beating their arch rivals from...

Surf Cincinnati was a water park located in Forest Park, Ohio, just off of I-275 in suburban Cincinnati. It opened in 1990 and competed with the famous Sunlite Pool, The Beach, and Kings Island's new water park. In 2000, a nightclub called??Caddy's??was added after...

"Hello! My name is Gilbert Gnarley, G-N-A-R-L-E-Y..." He's just a slightly confused old man living at the St. Pia Zadora retirement home in Pisgah, Ohio. Sprung from the mind of nationally syndicated radio legend Gary Burbank, he called companies asking about why their jelly...

The Marshals first took the (indoor) field in Waco, Texas in 2004 as members of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). Financial issues with team's owners caused the league to take over the Marshals, selling them at the end of their first season to...

After a pitched battle between the local zoning board and drive-in owners, the Oakley Drive-In opened September 6, 1956 on Madison Road in Cincinnati. The first film shown was the??Alfred Hitchcock-directed thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much??starring James Stewart and Doris Day.??The Drive-in...

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.

The 216 stand up and represent!

In 1920, the Dayton Triangles were founding members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team played in the very first game between two league teams when they met the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920 in Dayton's Triangle Park. They played their...

Watch the stock car races in 7 different events at Escanaba Speedway. OS16342