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The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro League baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League from 1913 to 1926.

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.

Cleveland Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium, was the primary home of their big league baseball team from 1932 to 1993 and their football team from 1946 to 1996. It was also home to the Cleveland Stokers soccer team, as well as...

Forest City Beer and Ale brewed beers at their plant on the corner of Union Avenue and E. 69th Street from 1904 until 1948. The brewery was known for producing??a whole slew of pre and post prohibition brews including Select Pilsner Beer, Waldorf, and...

The Cleveland Rockers played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA but were folded despite putting competitive teams on the court and drawing a respectable number of fans...

The Cavs went from 6 and 11 in November of 1975 to making their first ever play-off appearance in April of 1976. They miraculously beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 3, capturing Game 7 at home in the Richfield Coliseum.

The Big Dipper was the classic coaster at Geauga Lake amusement park. Built in 1925 as the Sky Rocket, it was designed by famous coaster designer John A. Miller. It became the Clipper in 1947 with the name changed to the Big Dipper in...

Ghoulardi was Cleveland's first horror movie host, taking to the airwaves on January 13, 1963 when Shock Theater debuted on WJW, Channel 8. The show lasted until December 16, 1966 when the man who portrayed Ghoulardi, Ernie Anderson, left for Los Angeles where he...

The Houston Buffaloes were founded in 1888 and played in various minor leagues throughout their 73-year history. In 1962, with the arrival of the major league Colt .45s, the Buffaloes moved to Oklahoma City and became the 89ers, a farm team of the Colt...

Established in 1888, the Houston Buffaloes were the city's minor league baseball team until the Major League Houston Colt .45s began play in the spring of 1962. The team played in the AA Texas League for most of its existence, moving up to the...

The Houston Astrodome, officially the NRG Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium. It opened in 1965 and was most famously home to baseball's Astros as well as the NFL's Oilers. Many other college and pro teams also played there including the...

The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland from 1916 to 1933. In their final season, they played in the Negro National League with the Baltimore Elite Giants.

Tusko, build as "The World's Meanest Elephant," arrived in the U.S. from Thialand in 1898. After touring the country, his keepr George "Slim" Lewis, tried to get him into a circus but none wanted him. Tusko lived out his final years at the Seattle...

The historic Eagles Auditorium Building has stood at 1416 7th Avenue in Seattle since 1925. The building's colorful history has included everything from Grateful Dead concerts to a speech by Martin Luther King Jr.

Seattle's KRAB radio, 107.7 on the FM dial, was the fourth commercial-free, listener-supported radio station in the United States, debuting in December 1962. Finacial stresses led to the station leaving the air in 1984.

KYAC was Seattle's soul station from 1965, when it first signed on, until 1981 when it became KKFX.

The Seattle SeaDogs played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) from 1995 to 1997.

Bobo was a popular western lowland gorilla who lived at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo from 1953 until he passed away in 1968.

Cheer up with glass of a dark, drinkable cream brew and??Louisville classic, Oertels Beer.

Legend City Family Fun Park in Phoenix entertained a generation of visitors from 1963 to 1983.

KRIZ, now known as KOY, is the oldest radio station in Arizona. From 1950 through the 1970s, it was the biggest top-40 station in the state along with rival KRUX.

Home to hockey's Penguins from 1967 to 2010, the Civic Arena was nicknamed "The Igloo." It was also home to the ABA's Pipers and Condors in the late '60s and early '70s, as well as the indoor soccer Spirit in the '80s and the...

The Pittsburgh Spirit were one the 6 original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) teams in 1978. They took the 1980/1981 season off but returned for 5 more seasons, folding in 1986.

The Gladiators were one of four charter teams created to showcase the Arena Football League's inaugural season in 1987. The team played every season from 1987 to 1990, making it to ArenaBowls I and III, before relocating to Tampa Bay, Florida, where they became...

The Pittsburgh Triangles were a charter franchise in World Team Tennis formed in 1973. The Triangles won the 1975 WTT championship but folded after the 1976 season. Their home court as the Civic Arena. In 1977, the Cleveland Nets split their home games between...

Pipers was the original nickname of Pittsburgh's American Basketball Association team. They began play in 1967, the league's inaugural season. After winning the championship, they moved to Minnesota, then moved back to Pittsburgh the following year. A year later they were the Pittsburgh Condors....

The Pittsburgh Shamrocks played in the International Hockey League for one season, 1935-36. The Duquesne Gardens was their home ice. After the team folded, the Detroit Olympics relocated to Pittsburgh. The new owners merged that club with the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the Eastern...

The Pittsburgh Shamrocks played in the old International Hockey League for the 1935/36 season. After losing $40,000 in their lone season, the team folded. In the fall of 1936, the Detroit Olympics moved to Pittsburgh to become the Hornets.

The Pittsburgh Condors, originally called the Pittsburgh Pipers, were charter members of the American Basketball Association in 1967. After winning the league's first championship, they moved to Minnesota, only to move back the following season. The year after that they adopted the Condors nickname...

The Pittsburgh Stingers played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) for two seasons, 1994 and 1995.