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The Iowa Chops were a minor Professional hockey team based in Des Moines, IA playing in the American Hockey League from 2008 to 2009. OS16196

The Columbus Minks were one of the debut teams in the Women’s American Basketball Association that started in early October 1984 with six teams: the Atlanta Comets, Chicago Spirit, Columbus Minks, Dallas Diamonds, Houston Shamrocks and the Virginia Wave. OS16151

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

Pawnee's Sickest Nightclub is Snakehole Lounge. OS15943

The first major professional league for inline hockey was the Roller Hockey International and it operated from 1993 to 1999.  OS15778

The Detroit Cougars were charter members of the United Soccer Association in 1967 and until they merged with the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1968 they joined the North American Soccer League (NASL). OS15771

The XSL, or Xtreme Soccer League, was founded in 2008 by four surviving members of the second iteration of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The XSL only lasted one seasson.    OS15685

Bada Bing was the name of a fictional strip club from a famous TV show about New Jersey gangsters.   OS15654

Did you ever drink Dino Fizz cola? OS15657

The St. Louis Stars began play in 1901 as the St. Louis Giants. They changed their nickname in 1922 while playing in the Negro National League. The club won three titles while in the NNL. *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball...

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 Portsmouth Spartans were established in 1928 and played in Southern Ohio for six seasons. IN 1934 they were purchased for $8,000 by a Detroit radio executive who moved the team to Michigan. They were renamed the Lions and became one of the most successful...

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,...

The King Powder Company was a gun powder maker located near present-day Kings Island.

You can't get much more Detroit than naming your indoor soccer team after a motor vehicle. The team made its debut in 1994 as the Detroit Neon in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. The name was chosen because the team was sponsored by Dodge,...

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

In 2006, the St. Louis baseball season started out with a bang, as the team raced out to a 31-16 record by late May. They finished 83-78 record but went on to win the World Series??and??are considered to be one of the greatest teams...

Price Mart is where Point Place shops!

It's the hippest hangout in all of Point Place, Wisconsin.

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. A Harlem, GA native Oliver Hardy began his career as a singer. He and his wife moved to Los Angeles. He too...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Cleveland rocks in so many ways!

James Karinchak made his big league debut for Cleveland on September 14, 2019 after working his way up through the team's farm system. He currently works out of the bullpen and is a hair better than his competition. Four-seam fastball, cutter, curve.?? *Product is...

"I thought Cincinnati was in Ohio?" The Greater Cincinnati Airport opened in 1947 in Boone County, Kentucky. In the 1990s, the name was changed to the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. Cincinnati has the distinction of being the only major U.S. city whose main commercial...

WAKR, Channel 23, was established in 1953. It was Akron's only commercial TV station. IN 1986, it changed it's call letters to WAKC and later to WVPX.

Tom & Chee is crafty.

The Drawbridge Inn opened in 1970.????Its conference spaces hosted weddings, reunions, business conferences, cheerleading meets, holiday parties, and conventions. It closed in 2012. During its 42-year-run, it welcomed 8.2 million guests as well as 4,500 conventions, reunions, wedding, and other events.

PM Magazine was a news and entertainment magazine produced in several markets throughout the United States from 1978 to 1991.