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The Cleveland Rebels played in the Basketball Association of America,??forerunner of the NBA, for the 1946/47 season. The city would return to the NBA fold in 1970 with the formation of the Cavaliers.

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.

The Cincinnati Gardens opened in 1949 and was the home arena for multiple hockey, soccer, basketball, football and roller derby teams. The Gardens was also a top venue for wrestling, boxing, monster truck jams, motorcycle racing, and concerts.

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...

Camp Washington Chili??has been serving up chili to Cincinnati natives 24 hours a day, 6 days a week for over 75 years!

Vortex operated for 33 years at Kings Island amusement park, located just norh of Cincinnati, beginning in April 1987. When it opened, it set several records including, tallest, full-circuit roller coaster with the longest drop in the world. It was also the first coaster...

While waiting for your Cincinnati chili and cheese Coneys, have you ever filled an oyster cracker to the top with hot sauce? If so, then this Cracker Bomb shirt is for you.

It's the biggest debate in beer and the amusement park.

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!

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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...

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...