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It's one of the most storied rivals in basketball history, and has gain renewed interest thanks to a 2022 docuseries.

California was admitted to the union on September 9, 1850. Settled over 13,000 by some of the continents first inhabitants, it??one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian America. Today, it's still rich in culture and natural wonders.??

The Denver Grizzlies were a team in the International Hockey League. They played one season, 1994-95, in Colorado before moving to Utah and later Cleveland, where they now play as members of the American Hockey League.

Dive was a nautically themed restaurant owned by film director??director Steven??Spielberg. It opened in 1994 in the Marketplace food court of the Century City shopping complex. A second location opened a year later in Las Vegas at Fashion Show Mall on The Strip. The...

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.

Holy Moly Gargonzoli!??Though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Jim Spagg gained fame in Portland, OR hosting a local cable access show.

ShowBiz Pizza Place??was a pizza restaurant and video game arcade chain??in the '80s and early '90s.??It was founded by Robert L. Brock, a Holiday Inn franchisee, who had ended his partnership with the owners of Chuck E. Cheese. In addition to pizza, ShowBiz featured...

The Long Beach Ice Dogs were established in 1990 as the San Diego Gulls in the International Hockey League. The team moved up the 5 in 1995 and became the Los Angeles Ice Dogs. After one season in the old Los Angeles Memorial Sports...

Sin City's first pro football team, the Las Vegas Posse played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1994. Their homefield was Sam Boyd Stadium. The team finished with a 5 and 13 record, folding after just one season. The team was supposed to...

The top horror host in the Baltimore/Washington area from 1973 to 1987. Being based in the nation's capital, the host frequently engaged in subtle political satire along with the standard horror host trappings.

The Hula Hut was a tiki bar in San Diego located in the old Gates Hotel. It opened in 1946 and closed in 1965. Frequented by military personal and aircraft workers from nearby factories, the club was raided for illegal gambling in 1947. Today...

Marston's??was founded by George Marston in 1881 in downtown San Diego. In addition to its flagship store, it had two suburban locations. It was sold The Broadway in 1961.??

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...

Sandy's was a hamburger chain founded in Peoria, Illinois in 1956 by four businessmen who originally planned to open a McDonald's franchise. After a disagreement with McDonald's head Ray Kroc, the four men struck out on their own, naming their burger joint Sandy's. The...

Vampira was a horror movie host in the 1950s in Los Angeles. Played by actress Maila Nurmi, Vampira appeared on KABC from April 1954 to April 1955. She later appeared in the infamous Ed Wood sci-fi/horror film??Plan 9 From Outer Space.??

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...

The Oakland Oaks were a basketball team co-owned by singer Pat Boone. They began in 1967 as charter members of the American Basketball Association. They went from worst to first in 1969, capturing the second-ever ABA title. In 1970, the team moved east to...

While the American Basketball Association had teams in over 20 cities over its 10 seasons, it awarded only one expansion franchise, the San Diego Conquistadors. That was in 1972, the start of the rebel league's fifth season. The team made the playoffs its first...

The San Diego Sails were the renamed San Diego Conquistadors, the American Basketball Association's only expansion franchise, joining the league in 1972. The name change came after original owner, Leonard Bloom, sold the team in 1975 to Frank Goldberg. The team folded a dozen...

They started in 1972 as the New York Raiders, a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA). They became the New York Golden Blades a year later, but 20 games into their second season they became the Jersey Knights. In 1974 they became...