• relocating to Omaha in 1989 to become the Racers. The team's home venue was Ak-Sar-Ben Arena. Throughout the entire history of the Racers, Mike Thibault...
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    Phil Handy (category Omaha Racers players)
    Continental Basketball Association for the Omaha Racers, Grand Rapids Mackers (via dispersal draft from Omaha), La Crosse Bobcats (rights traded to Fort...
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    Association's Omaha Dodgers; two professional hockey teams, the Omaha Knights and the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights; a CBA Basketball Team, the Omaha Racers; and the...
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  • Tim Legler (category Omaha Racers players)
    played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) with the Omaha Racers. He led Omaha to a CBA championship while leading the league in scoring. Legler...
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    Atlanta Flames. The arena hosted the USHL's Omaha Lancers for its final dozen years and the Omaha Racers basketball of the CBA from 1989 to 1997. The...
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  • Silver Bullets Columbus Horizon Grand Rapids Hoops La Crosse Catbirds Omaha Racers Pensacola Tornados Quad City Thunder Rapid City Thrillers Rockford Lightning...
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    Jim Les (category Omaha Racers players)
    1994. Les signed with the Omaha Racers (formerly the Rochester Flyers) of the CBA after leaving the Kings. With the Racers, Les was both a player and...
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    Chip Engelland (category Omaha Racers players)
    Arthur Edward "Chip" Engelland III (born May 9, 1961) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach...
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    Alaa Abdelnaby (category Omaha Racers players)
    the NBA, Abdelnaby played for the Papagou BC (Greece) (1995–1996), the Omaha Racers (CBA) (1996–1997), Olympique Antibes (France) (1997–1998), and the Idaho...
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  • Bay/Rapid City Thrillers, Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets, Columbus Horizon, Omaha Racers and Fort Wayne Fury, winning a league championship with Tampa Bay in...
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  • Matt Fish (category Omaha Racers players)
    Center Number 50, 6, 22 Career history 1992 Philadelphia Spirit 1992 Omaha Racers 1992 Grand Rapids Hoops 1992–1993 Yakima Sun Kings 1993 Gravelines 1993–1994...
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  • Howard Nathan (category Omaha Racers players)
    guard Number 14 Coaching career 2014–2017 Career history As player: 1995 Omaha Racers 1995–1996 Atlanta Hawks 1998–1999 Rockford Lightning As coach: 2014–2017...
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  • Mike Higgins (basketball) (category Omaha Racers players)
    Basketball Association (CBA), for the Rapid City Thrillers, Yakima Sun Kings, Omaha Racers and Grand Rapids Hoops. Mike Higgins. basketball-reference.com Mike Higgins...
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  • 6'6" 180 lb forward. Calloway was selected in the 1990 CBA Draft by the Omaha Racers, and played for the Columbus Horizon and Rochester Renegade in that league...
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  • Torgeir Bryn (category Omaha Racers players)
    Fast Breakers, San Jose Jammers, Quad City Thunder, Fort Wayne Fury and Omaha Racers. He averaged 7.1 points in 71 games between 1989 and 1993. Bryn also...
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  • Rapid City Thrillers 4-3 1992–93 Omaha Racers d. Grand Rapids Hoops 4-2 1993–94 Quad City Thunder d. Omaha Racers 4-1 1994–95 Yakima Sun Kings d. Pittsburgh...
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  • Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967) (category Omaha Racers players)
    Rockford Lightning 1994 Rockford Lightning 1994–1995 Hartford Hellcats 1995 Omaha Racers 1995 Florida Sharks 1995 Florida Beach Dogs 1995 Minnesota Timberwolves...
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  • Michael Curry (basketball) (category Omaha Racers players)
    1993–1994 Philadelphia 76ers 1994 Clear Cantù 1994–1995 Valvi Girona 1995 Omaha Racers 1996 Washington Bullets 1996–1997 Detroit Pistons 1997–1999 Milwaukee...
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    Thibault began an eight-year stint as general manager and head coach of the Omaha Racers of the Continental Basketball Association, in which capacity he led the...
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    Cedric Hunter (category Omaha Racers players)
    1991–92, registering no statistics. Hunter played for the Topeka Sizzlers, Omaha Racers, and the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the Continental Basketball Association...
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  • Corey Gaines (category Omaha Racers players)
    1989 New Jersey Nets 1989 Calgary 88's 1989–1990 Omaha Racers 1990 Philadelphia 76ers 1990 Omaha Racers 1990 Denver Nuggets 1990–1991 Yakima Sun Kings 1991–1992...
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  • former CBA stars found their way onto NBA rosters, including Tim Legler (Omaha Racers), Mario Elie (Albany Patroons), and John Starks (Cedar Rapids Silver...
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  • Alex Stivrins (category Omaha Racers players)
    Avignon 1987 Tenerife 1989–1990 Canarias 1990 Aurora Desio 1990–1991 Omaha Racers 1991 Aurora Desio 1991–1992 Cercom Ferrara 1992 Phoenix Suns 1993 Atlanta...
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    Al Wood (category Omaha Racers players)
    SuperSonics 1986–1987 Dallas Mavericks 1987–1988 Basket Mestre 1989–1990 Omaha Racers 1990–1991 FC Mulhouse Basket Career highlights and awards Consensus second-team...
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  • Erik Martin (basketball) (category Omaha Racers players)
    signed with the Fort Wayne Fury, and was traded in June 1996 to the Omaha Racers. With the new team Martin found increased playing time, starting 22 of...
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  • Ben Coleman (basketball) (category Omaha Racers players)
    Italy. He ended his playing career with the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Omaha Racers of the CBA. After he retired, Coleman coached in the greater Minneapolis...
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    Omaha Civic Auditorium was a multi-purpose convention center located in Omaha, Nebraska. Opened in 1954, it surpassed the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum as the largest...
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  • Kelsey Weems (category Omaha Racers players)
    1995–96 season with the Yakima SunKings and the 1996–97 season with the Omaha Racers. In 1998 he played for Trotamundos de Carabobo in Venezuela before moving...
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  • Ron Kellogg (category Omaha Racers players)
    York City playground legend Lloyd Daniels. Kellogg also played for the Omaha Racers, Savannah Spirits and Yakima Sun Kings in four CBA seasons, averaging...
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  • Cedric Lewis (category Omaha Racers players)
    1993–1994 Montpellier Paillade Basket 1995–1996 Brandt Hagen 1996 Washington Bullets 1996–1997 Omaha Racers Stats at NBA.com  Stats at Basketball Reference ...
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