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Detroit Caesars 1978 Champions
The Detroit Caesars were a men's professional softball team that began play in the American Professional Slo-Pitch Softball League (APSPL) in 1977. They won the championship in 1978 and were owned by Mike??Ilitch, whose heirs currently own the Detroit Tigers. Ilitch was also an... -
National Record Mart
National Record Mart, or NRM for short, started in 1937 in downtown Pittsburgh as Jitterbug Records. In the 1940s, it changed its name and began to grow, eventually opening 130 stores in 30 states, including every mall and shopping center in Pittsburgh. -
Y100 Radio Philadelphia
Originally WKSZ, this Philadelphia station flipped its format in 1993 from adult contemporary/oldies to a pop-friendly alternative format. Within two years it was full-on modern rock. In 2005, the station changed call letters, and format becoming WPHI, an urban contemporary station. -
Kansas City Monarchs Crown Logo
The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the most famous Negro league team of all time and were certainly the longest lasting. Even after the color barrier had been broken in Major League Baseball by Jackie Robinson (a former Monarch), the team continued on, barnstorming... -
Buffalo Stallions
The Buffalo Stallions joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for that circuit's second season. They played 5 seasons in the MISL, and at the height of their popularity, drew close to 10,000 fans a game. They folded in 1984. -
The Kingdome
The Kingdome was planned as far back as the late 60's as part of the effort to bring Major League Baseball to Seattle. In 1969, the Pilots came and went after one season, playing at old Sick's Stadium as plans for the dome stalled.... -
Oertels Beer
Cheer up with glass of a dark, drinkable cream brew and??Louisville classic, Oertels Beer. -
St. Louis Storm
The St. Louis Storm played in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1989 to 1992, replacing the Steamers who folded a year earlier. -
Chicago Sting
The Sting played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1975 to 1984 and the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in the 1982-83 season and again from 1984 to 1988. They won the NASL Championship in 1981 and 1984. The team was dissolved... -
Cleveland Barons
Remember Cleveland's only NHL team? The Barons began as the Oakland Seals in 1967, later becoming the California Golden Seals. In 1976, the team moved to Cleveland and took the name of the city's old beloved American Hockey League team, the Barons. They played... -
Baltimore Stallions
Remember this championship team? When the Canadian Football League (CFL) decided to add teams in the U.S. in the early 1990s, Jim Speros acquired one for Baltimore. Abandoned by the NFL Colts in 1984, and passed over for expansion in 1993 when the Bombers... -
Enchanted Forest King
The Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City opened on August 15, 1955, just one month after Walt Disney opened his theme park in Anaheim, California. The park closed in 1995 with many of its rides and other elements being moved to a nearby farm for... -
Denver Zephyrs
Formerly the Denver Bears, this Pacific Coast League team, founded in 1955, was renamed the Zephyrs in 1984. The club moved to New Orleans when the Colorado Rockies began play in Major League Baseball in 1993. -
Cincinnati Tigers
The Cincinnati Tigers were a Negro baseball team founded in 1934. They played as an independent team for three years before joining the Negro American League in 1937. They played in that circuit for only one season before disbanding. The team used uniforms donated... -
Comiskey Park Chicago
Opened in 1910 to replace South Side Park, Comiskey Park was the home of the Chicago White Sox for 80 years and was also the home field of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League from 1941 t 1952. It was also... -
Portland Beavers - Modern Logo
The Portland Beavers were established in 1903 and through several iterations represented the city in the Pacific Coast League. The last team to use the name left Portland after the 2010 season when plans to build a baseball-only park for the team fell through. -
107.9 The End Cleveland
On May 12, 1992, WPHR, 107.9, flipped its format from CHR/top-40 to modern rock. It also changed call letters to WENZ, and branded itself "The End." The end of "The End" wasn't far off though, and within a few years new ownership changed the... -
Johnny's Toys
At Johnny's Toys Birthday Castle, a key would come in the mail and on your birthday, your key would open the door to a castle nestled in the corner of the Latonia, Kentucky toy store. Once your key opens the castle, you would get... -
St. Louis Stars
The St. Louis Stars played in the original North American Soccer League from 1968 to 1977. The Stars fielded mostly American players, many from the St. Louis area. In their final season in St. Louis, they drew nearly 10,000 fans per game. However, they... -
Bozo Grand Prize Game
"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by??Alan W. Livingston??and first played by??Pinto Colvig. He was played...

