The Seventies

Long before serving in Congress from 1997 to 2013, Dennis Kucinich was mayor of Cleveland from January 1978 to November 1979. His brief but controversial tenure included a battle with one of the area's major utilities as well as the city declaring bankruptcy. He...

Following the demise of the Indianapolis Racers in 1978, the Indianapolis Checkers were formed, joining the CHL in 1979. In 1984, they moved to the IHL, moving to Denver after the 1987 season.

The Hanson Bothers, Jack, Steve, and Jeff, were fictional characters from the 1977 movie Slapshot. Though the film starred one of the biggest stars of the day, Paul Newman, the brothers portrayed by Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson, and David Hanson, went onto develop quite a...

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

???The Olympic Drive-In on St. Charles Rock Road in the County has been the target of frequent raids by police and of a newly formed decent films committee in an attempt to close the theatre for allegedly showing obscene films," said a newspaper report...

The Pittsburgh Hardhats played in the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) from 1977 to 1980. The league sought to capitalize on the popularity??of softball as recreational??sport by turning it into a professional spectator sport. Several teams featured several Major League Baseball players??on their rosters.

Ziegy's Bar-B-Q was located at 2164 South Emerson in Indianapolis. For a generation it was one of the top barbecue joints in the city. It closed in 1977 and the site has since become a gas station and convenience store.

Cleveland's first independent TV station was WKBF, Channel 61, which began broadcasting on January 19, 1968. Competition from Cleveland's second independent TV station, WUAB Channel 43, combined with a soft economy, set the stage for a merger of the two stations with the channel...

The Stingers were Cincinnati's only major league hockey team. The team played at Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena) from 1975 to 1979, and they were members of the World Hockey Association (WHA). When the WHA merged with the National Hockey League in 1979,...

The Baltimore Hustlers were the relocated Memphis Sounds and were scheduled to play in the American Basketball Association in 1975. Shortly after the team's new nickname was announced it was changed to the Claws in response to local opposition as well as pressure from...

The Portland Storm played in the World Football League (WFL) in 1974. Playing their home games at old Civic Stadium, the Storm finished with 7 wins, 12 losses, and 1 tie. The GM was former AFL great Ron Mix, and the head coach was...

??The Boston Minutemen played in the original North American Soccer League from 1974 through 1976. After a season with out an outdoor soccer team, the region welcomed the Tea Men in 1978.??

The Chicago Mustangs were charter members of the United Soccer Association (USA) in 1967. The league was made up if wholly imported European teams, The Mustangs were actually??Cagliari Calcio??from Italy. In 1968, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) to form...

The Toronto-Buffalo Royals, or sometimes called the Buffalo-Toronto Royals, were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT). The Royals played half of their home matches in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the other half in Buffalo, New York. The Royals played only one season before being sold and moving to Hartford,...

The Cleveland Nets were charter members of World Team Tennis in 1974. Their home court was the Richfield Coliseum.??In 1977, they split home matches between Cleveland and Pittsburgh (where the Triangles had just folded) before moving in 1978 to New Orleans where they became...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

HemisFair Arena was built as part of the 1968 World's Fair, or HemisFair '68 as it was officially called. In the 1973, the Dallas Mavericks of the American Basketball Association moved to town and were renamed the Spurs. They played in the arena until...

The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a minor professional football league that operated from 1962 until 1973. Many of the clubs had agreements with pro organizations to be farm teams. In 1969, after the collapse of the Continental Football League, the ACFL absorbed...

Ground was broken for Old Indiana Fun Park in 1973, but the park didn't open for another ten years, first as??Middle Country Renaissance Festival. It ran for six weekends until the end of the first weekend of October 1983. Construction of a ride park...

This shirt features the main logo of the Cleveland Barons, who played in the American Hockey League and called the city home from 1937 until 1973.

Vancouver was the the third stop for the charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA), who began as the Miami Screaming Eagles. The team never played in South Florida and instead moved to Pennsylvania and became the Philadelphia Blazers before the WHA's inaugural...

The Skipper Ryle Show was a TV program in Cincinnati on WKRC-TV. Glenn Ryle hosted this show from 1955 to 1972.

The Denver Rockets, first known as the Denver Larks, were charter members of the American Basketball Association in 1967. Originally awarded to Kansas City, the franchise was shifted to Colorado when an arena lease could not be secured in Missouri. Kansas City would eventually...

Big league baseball came to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area in 1972, when the Senators moved from the nation's capital. In 2023, they were world champions!

The Philadelphia Blazers were charter members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972. The team spent one season in Philly before relocating to Vancouver, B.C.

The original Minnesota Fighting Saints were charter members of the World Hockey Association in 1972. The team played its home games in St. Paul, while the rival NHL Minnesota North Stars played in suburban Bloomington. The Fighting Saints folded halfway through the 1975-76 season....

The Grande Ballroom opened in 1929 and was at first a venue for jazz and big band music. It later gained fame as a rock & roll club featuring national acts as well as home-grown legends such as The Stooges and MC5. The venue's...

The Grande Ballroom opened in 1929 and was at first a venue for jazz and big band music. It later gained fame as a rock & roll club featuring national acts as well as home-grown legends such as The Stooges and MC5. The venue's...

The Cleveland Stars joined the American Soccer League in 1972. In 1974, they became the Cleveland Cobras. The team folded after the 1981 season.