The Eighties

The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 until 1981. Freezing temperatures each year at the game, together with a lack of successful local college teams, contributed to the bowl game's demise.  OS15945

The Edmonton Trappers were a minor league baseball team that were part of the Triple-A level in the Pacific Coast League, from 1981 to 2004. OS15863

The Women's Professional Basketball League played for three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981 and was the first professional women's basketball league in the US. OS15780

All-American Burger founded in 1963 by a successful stockbroker named Aaron Binder.  The company grew fairly quickly, and by 1970 had four locations in the L.A. Basin. For reasons that are unclear, things took a turn for the worse in 1981, and the chain...

Polybius??is an??urban legend??concerning a fictitious 1981??arcade game. The legend describes the game as part of a government-run??crowdsourced??psychology experiment based in??Portland, Oregon. Gameplay supposedly produced intense??psychoactive??and addictive effects in the player. These few publicly staged arcade machines were said to have been visited periodically by??men...

After the Central Hockey League (CHL) version of the Stingers folded 33 games into the 1979/80 season, Cincinnati was left without a pro hockey team for the first time since 1974, when the American Hockey League's Swords folded. The Tigers hit the ice in...

The program known as 120 Minutes ran on Music Television from 1986 to 2003. It was cancelled abruptly but returned in 2011 on the channel's sibling feed where it ran for two more years. After the channel became more mainstream in the 1980s, thanks...

The Miami Americans was an American Soccer League that only existed for only the 1980 season and played their home games at Tropical Park Stadium. OS16502

The New Jersey Gems played in the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) and was one of only three teams in the league to survive through all three seasons, from 1978–79 to 1980–81. The team made the league playoffs once, losing in the first round. OS16255

The legend, stop him if you dare. Bo Knows Tecmo!   OS15051

A throwback to the smartest show on TV. This 3-2-1 Contact T shirt celebrates the iconic PBS series that made science, math, and curiosity feel exciting instead of homework. Before streaming, before cable guides, this was the show you watched because it was actually...

A vintage-inspired Sambo’s Restaurant logo tee, pulled straight from classic mid-century American roadside culture. For those who remember the chain, studied graphic design history, or went down a nostalgia rabbit hole late one night. Printed on a soft, comfortable shirt with a timeless look...

This tee celebrates the iconic Children’s Television Workshop logo, the creative force behind some of the most influential kids’ programming ever made. Before algorithms, before streaming, this was smart, thoughtful television that actually taught you something. Clean, nostalgic, and instantly recognizable to anyone who...

Before Bluetooth.Before aux cords.Before “don’t touch the phone while driving.” This shirt is a love letter to portable CD players riding shotgun, cassette adapters hanging on for dear life, and potholes that chose the soundtrack for you. One bad bump and boom, next track....

Originally known as the Western Soccer Alliance, in 1989 it became the Western Soccer League before merging with the American Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990. OS15782

GamePro magazine debuted in 1989 covering all aspects of the video game industry. One of its most popular features was its video game reviews which ranked games on a scale of 1 to 5. Starting in October 1990, each score was accentuated with a...

GamePro magazine debuted in 1989 covering all aspects of the video game industry. One of its most popular features was its video game reviews which ranked games on a scale of 1 to 5. Starting in October 1990, each score was accentuated with a...

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Video recording had been around for a little over a decade when Sony introduced a home version of the technology called Betamax in 1975. Two years later, rival JVC introduced a competing format called VHS and the battle lines were drawn. In 1988, Sony...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena (also known as...

The Washington Wave were a member of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1987 to 1989.  OS16587

This carnation of the Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team played from 1987 to 2014, playing their home games at the Spectrum from 1987 to 96 and then at the Wells Fargo Center. OS16584

The Chicago Bruisers were one of four teams established for the inaugural season of the Arena Football League in 1987. Their homefield was the Rosemont Horizon. After three seasons the team folded.

Webster Slaughter, number 84, was a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns from 1986 to 1991. A favorite target of quarterback Bernie Kosar, his car had this unique license plate (though it was registered in his native California).

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.

The short-lived Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) was founded in 1984 and the league folded after the season. OS15779

The New York Arrows were charter members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978. They played their home games at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island. Though successful on the indoor pitch, winning four championships, the Arrows had trouble drawing...

Darby Downs was located in Grove City and opened in 1923 as Beulah Park. In 1984, the name was changed to Darby Downs. In 1986, the name was changed back. The track ran its final race in 2014.

With the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles on the horizon, Konami introduced this game to video arcades around the world in 1983. Home video game system versions followed for the Apple II, Atarti 2600. Commodore 64, and more.