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The Portland Beavers were established in 1903 and through several iterations represented the city in the Pacific Coast League. The last team to use the name left Portland after the 2010 season when plans to build a baseball-only park for the team fell through.

The Buffalo Blues played in the short-lived Federal League in 1914 and 1915. Despite many attempts, including the formation of another rebel baseball circuit, the Continental League in the late 1950s, big league baseball has never returned to Buffalo. In 2020, Toronto's baseball team...

The St. Louis Terriers played in the short-lived Federal League in 1914 and 1915. They played their home games at Handlan's Field.

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...

The Indianapolis Hoosiers played in the short-lived Federal League (FL), staring in 1913 when the circuit was still considered a minor league. They won the pennant in the FL's first season as a major league. In 1915, the team moved to Newark, NJ and...

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

The Boston Braves hockey team was established in 1971 and named for the city's former baseball team. They played in the American Hockey League (AHL) for three seasons and were the farm team of the Boston Bruins. For three years, Boston had three hockey...

The St. Louis Bombers were charter members of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946. In 1949 they joined the National Basketball Association when the BAA merged with the National Basketball League. The Bombers left the new league after one season.

Winky's was a hamburger chain that at its height had over 42 restaurants in Greater Pittsburgh, as well as stores in West Virginia and Ohio. The company went out of business in 1982.

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

The Virginia Squires were an American Basketball Association??team based in Norfolk, VA. Founded as the Oakland Oaks in 1967, the team moved to Washington, D.C., in 1970. They moved across the Potomac the following year to become the Squires. Their most famous players were...

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

WOXY, 97X, was one of the most important alternative rock radio stations in America from 1985 until it went off the air in 2004. Every Memorial Day Weekend, the station ran the Modern Rock 500, a countdown of the top tracks of the post-punk...

The Derby City Rovers, originally the River City Rovers, were founded in 2010 and were members of USL 2. Their home pitch was at the??King Louie's Sports Complex. The team was dissolved in July 2018.

Bush Stadium, not to be confused with the similarly named ball park in St. Louis (with a slightly different spelling), was located in Indianapolis in the city's Riverside neighborhood. Built in 1931, it was the home of the baseball Indians (AAA), as well as...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. In the late '70s, animated spokespersons Burger Chef and Jeff were introduced....

The Vegas Vampire was Sin City's horror host from 1963 to 1972. The show aired on Friday and Saturday nights on Channel 5.

The Vegas Vampire was Sin City's horror host from 1963 to 1972. The show aired on Friday and Saturday nights on Channel 5.

Splendid China was a restaurant and theme park in Four Corners, FL, near Kissimmee just off US-192/Irlo Bronson Hwy. It opened in 1993, and it's 75 acres featured??more than 60 one-tenth scale replicas of famous and not-so-famous Chinese buildings and landmarks. Each piece was...

Do you remember the Dream Cup Coffee Shop in Springfield?

The Dayton Dynamo was an indoor soccer team established in 1987 as an expansion team in the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). In 1990, they joined the higher tiered??National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). In 1995, the moved south to become the Cincinnati Silverbacks.??

Lakeside Park on Dayton's West Side was established in 1887 as a picnic grove. By the 1890s, the land at the corner of South Gettysburg Ave. and Lakeside Dr. had developed into an amusement park. It closed in 1967 and in 1996 the US...

The original San Diego Sockers began as the Baltimore Comets in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1974. The team moved to San Diego in 1976, becoming the Jaws. A year later, they were the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, before returning to Southern...

Hara Arena opened in 1964 in the Trotwood area of Dayton. In addition hosting concerts it was the home to many Dayton sports teams including hockey's Gems and Bombers, soccer's Dynamo, and football's Marshals.

We don't have any oceans in the Buckeye State, but we have plenty of ponds, lakes, and rivers. Stay alert. You never know...

Higbee's was a department store founded in 1860 in Cleveland. It almost went out of business during the Great Depression, but reorganized and became quite successful after World War II. In the 1950s and 1960s, suburban were locations were added at the new shopping...

The Gladiators were Cleveland's second foray into the Arena Football League, after the Thunderbolts (1992-1994). The team began in New Jersey as the Red Dogs in 1997. They changed their name to Gladiators in 2001 and moved to Las Vegas in 2003. In 2007,...

The Mentor Ice Breakers joined the Federal Hockey League (now the Federal Prospects Hockey League) in 2018. Their home ice was the Mentor Civic Arena. The team drew well, but the shortening of the 2019-2020 season due to COVID-19, and an uncertain future following...