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The New York Sets were charter members of World Team Tennis??(WTT) in 1974. Their nickname was an attempt to fit in with the football's Jets, baseball's Mets, and basketball's Nets. In 1976, they acquired superstar Billie Jean King and won the WTT title that...

The New York Sets were charter members of World Team Tennis??(WTT) in 1974. Their nickname was an attempt to fit in with the football's Jets, baseball's Mets, and basketball's Nets. In 1976, they acquired superstar Billie Jean King and won the WTT title that...

The original Bills football team was established in 1946 as the Bisons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). In 1947, after a name-the-team contest, the new name was selected. In 1949, the NFL absorbed several AAFC teams but, oddly, the Bills were not one...

The Garden, as New Yorkers call it, is a multi-purpose arena located on the heart of Manhattan. It is home to the city's pro basketball team, as well as the Rangers pro hockey team. A player for the latter once said, "it's not a...

Artists Raphaela Pivetta, Charles McKenna,?? and Robin Hirsch opened the Cornelia Street Cafe in 1977 at 29 Cornelia St., between Bleecker and West Fourth streets. Back then it was a small art gallery and performance space. With only a??toaster oven, a cappuccino machine, and...

The New York Sentinels were charter members of the United Football League in 2009. They played only one season in the Big Apple and called two different stadiums home. In 2010 the moved to Connecticut and became the Hartford Colonials.

The United Football League (UFL) played three seasons and part of a fourth and occupied the second tier of American outdoor football. A total of eight cities were represented, though no more than five teams played at any one time. Unlike many latter day...

What could possibly go wrong this summer on peaceful Amity Island?

Did you visit "New Yawk" in the 80s? OS9780

Fantasy Island amusement parked opened in 1961 on Grand Island. It originally sat on 12 acres and was divided into five themed areas:??Action Town, Animal Kingdom, Garden of Fables, Indian Village, and Western Town. It grew to 85 acres. A waterpark was added in...

Gimbel Brothers, better known as Gimbels, was an American department store chain from 1887 until 1987. Though it stared in Indiana it is widely known for creating the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, the oldest such parade in the country.

WBUF-TV hit the airwaves on August 17, 1953. Using the then new UHF ban, the station was an affiliate for all for major networks of the day: ABC, NBC, CBS, and DuMont. Unfortunately, most TV sets sold during that time did not have the...

Two Guys from Harrison, better known as the Two Guys department store chain, was founded in New Jersey, was founded in the late 1940s, somewhat by accident. Brothers??Herbert and Sidney Hubschman, who had operated a snack bar at the headquarters of RCA, obtained several...

Como Mall opened in the Buffalo suburb of??Cheektowaga in 1973. IN 1984 it became Appletree Mall. After exiting bankruptcy it was redeveloped as Appletree Business Park.

In 1927, New York won their fifth pennant with a record and??finished with a record of 110???44???1. They are considered to be one of the greatest teams ever.

In 1961, New York finished with a record of 109???53. and won the pennant. They are considered to be one of the greatest teams ever.

The Buffalo Central Terminal was Western New York's main train station from the time it opened in 1923 until 1979. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building is currently being redeveloped. *A portion of proceeds benefits the??Central...

The 1927 New York, batting lineup, dubbed Murder's Row, featured some of the most fearsome hitters of all time.??

The first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame were indeed legendary.??

"Che Stadium. Named for Cuban guerilla leader, Che Stadium." Shea Stadium opened on April 17, 1964 as the New York Mets hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates. It also hosted a concert by The Rutles. ??