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Omaha Vipers Major Indoor Soccer League

Omaha Vipers

The Omaha Vipers were a One-Year Wonder that played a single season in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the winter of 2010-11. The team finished in 4th place in the small 5-team circuit with a 7-13 record and missed the playoffs. Omaha Civic Auditorium officials cancelled the team’s lease due to unpaid bills shortly before what would have been the Vipers’ second season. The team ceased operations in October 2011.

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1980-81 Nebraska Wranglers program from the Women's Basketball League

Nebraska Wranglers

The Nebraska Wranglers were a one-year wonder in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, the first effort to establish a nationwide women’s pro hoops league.  The Wranglers joined the WPBL just in time to participate in its third and final season in the winter of 1980-81. The expansion club would go on to win the league championship in April 1981. But an off-the-court tragedy – the midseason murder of Wrangler Connie Kunzmann – overshadowed the team’s triumph.

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