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Each week, starting in the late '60s and going through the '70s, listeners to Detroit's CKLW, many as far away as Cleveland, anxiously awaited to see where their favorite songs ranked on the station's Big 30 countdown.

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

Proud to be made ??in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The 216 stand up and represent!

Earl Scheib??would paint any car, any color. Earl Scheib's was founded in 1937 as a company that specialized repainting and collision repair of automobiles and at it's peak it had??locations in 23 states.??The company eventually ceased operations nationwide on July 16, 2010.

Bashford Manor Mall opened in 1973 and was named for the surrounding neighborhood of Bashford Manor. At its peak it had 85 stores. The mall closed in 2003 and the site is now occupied by a Lowe's and a Walmart.

The Wildcat roller coaster was the signature ride at Youngstown's Idora Park.

As Squints said it best in The Sandlot, live and die Cleveland FOR-EV-ER!

Support cycling in the CLE, with this Cleveland Bicycle tee

The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) was a professional minor league??that played from 1946 to 2009.??For most of its existence the CBA was the second tier of men's professional basketball in the U.S. right below the National Basketball Association (NBA) and served as that league's...

The Federal League was established in 1913 as a third major league in competition with the American and National Leagues. It played for three seasons. Teams included the Baltimore Terrapins, Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Chicago Whales, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Kansas City Packers, Buffalo Blues, Cleveland Green Sox,...

The Detroit Drive was formed in 1988, joining the Arena Football League for that circuit's second season. The team played in the Motor City's Joe Louis Arena through the 1993 season, winning four AFL championships. The team moved to Worcester, MA in 1994 and...

The Detroit Printing Co-Op was founded by Freddy Perlman, a prolific and widely respected political writer and thinker. Perlman and his wife Lorraine printed all the books published by their press, Black & Red, at the co-op from 1970-1980. Other groups made use of...

The Detroit Falcons were a Colonial Hockey League team founded in 1991 as the Michigan Falcons, and based in Fraser, MI. Starting in 1992 they were known as the Detroit Falcons. The team moved to Port Huron, MI and became the Border Cats before...

The Last Exit on Brooklyn was a coffeehouse established in 1967 pioneering Seattle's counter culture movement as well as the city's coffee culture. It moved from its original location in 1993 to The Ave and closed in 2000.

Frederick & Nelson??was a department store??chain based in Seattle. Founded in 1891 as a furniture store, it soon expanded into selling general merchandise. At its peak in the 1980s, it boasted 10 locations in Washington State and Oregon but closed in 1992.

The Latin Casino was a Philadelphia-area nightclub that opened in 1948 at 1309 Walnut Street. Many top entertainers of the day performed there. In 1960, the club moved to Cherry Hill, NJ.

In 1920, while working for the NECCO candy company, Howard B. Stark invented a caramel and vanilla-swirled nougat filling he named Snirkle. In 1939, he founded the Howard B. Stark Company in Milwaukee and began making Snirkles Caramel Bars which became a regional hit....

The Milwaukee Does were a team in the Women's Professional Basketball League. Playing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Milwaukee Arena, their name was a take on their NBA team the Milwaukee Bucks. The Does played in the first two of the WPBL's three seasons, 1978-1979...

The characters Lenny and Squiggy, from the hit 70's-era sit-com "Laverne & Shirley," formed a band during the course of that TV series. In 1979, the actors who portrayed them, Michael McKean and David Lander, released an album as the duo. McKean would go...

The Nashville Dixie Flyers??were a professional minor league ice hockey??team in Nashville, Tennessee, playing??in the Eastern Hockey League??from 1962 until 1971.

Cleveland City Stars played in the United Soccer League (USL) from 2007 through 2009. Their home field was Bedford High School's football stadium.

Captain Penny entertained children weekdays at noon on Channel 5 in Cleveland from 1955 to 1971, showing cartoons and talking to the occasional in-studio guest. Around the holidays, Mr. Jingeling would stop by frequently. Captain Penny was portrayed by Ron Penfound who originally had...

The Cleveland Buckeyes played in the Negro American League from 1942 to 1950. For most of their existence the played their home games at League Park.

Just as every major city had at least one horror movie host, they also had a children's show host. In the 1960s, in Cleveland, it was Captain Penny, but for kids growing up in the '70s it was Barnaby portrayed by Linn Sheldon. The...

An alternate logo for the Indianapolis Ice who played in the IHL from 1988 to 1999 and the CHL from 1999 to 2004.

The Indianapolis Ice played in the IHL from 1988 to 1999 before joining the CHL in 1999. In 2004, the team moved to Topeaka, KS. The Ice were established after the Indianapolis Checkers, also of the IHL, moved to Denver following the 1988 season....

Gray Drug was founded in 1912. In the 1960s it bought Cincinnati-based Rink's discount department store, later merging it with Cleveland's Bargain City. The drug store chain to over 100 stores by the 1970s. In 1987, Gray Drug was acquired by Rite Aid.

The Indianapolis Clowns a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. They came to Indianapolis in 1946 after stints in Cincinnati, Miami, and as a barnstorming team. They left the Negro American League in 1954 but continued to play exhibition games into the...

The Indianapolis Capitals played in the American Hockey League from 1939 to 1952. They won the league championship, the Calder Cup, in 1942 and 1950.