Northeast

The original Boston Garden opened on November 17, 1917. It was the home to several of Boston's pro sports teams, including the New England Whalers and Boston Braves, as well as legendary basketball players and teams.

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?

"N'uh! You put a video on the Internet!"

The Jersey Jays were a minor league American football team based in Jersey City, New Jersey. They began play in 1969 as a member of the Continental Football League, and were a farm team of Cleveland's pro team. The Jays played their home games in Newark Schools Stadium. In 1970, they joined the...

The??Jersey Giants??were a minor league??American football??team based in??Jersey City, New Jersey. They played in the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1962 and 1963. Their home field was Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey.??

The Philadelphia Bulldogs were a professional minor league football team that played in the Continental Football League in 1965 and 1966. The team won the 1966 championship but did not return for the 1967 season.

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, was NOT from Cleveland, he was from New Jersey. However, he was distantly related to Moses Cleaveland (yes, spelled differently) the man for whom the city is named.

Camp Crystal Lake is not the place you want to spend your summer. In real life, it's??Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Hardwick, New Jersey, which is actually much more pleasant, and has been used by generations of summer campers.

Founded in 1912 as Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the larger Standard Oil corporation, Esso gas stations were found all over the Northeastern United States and parts of the South starting in the 1930s. In 1972, most were re-branded Exxon....

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker!

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

Zayre and was a chain of discount department stores that operated throughout the U.S. from the 1960s through the 1980s. After selling the Zayre locations to competitor Ames, the company focused on its TJ Maxx storeds as well as sibling retailers Marshalls, Home Goods,...

The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams were absorbed by the NBA in 1976. The Kentucky Colonels, the league's most successful...

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...

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. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

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. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...