| Full name | Omaha Flames Soccer Clubs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Flames | ||
| Founded | 1996 | ||
| Ground | Aksarben | ||
| Capacity | 23,145 | ||
| League | Premier Development League | ||
| 1997 | Unknown | ||
The Omaha Flames were a PDL franchise that played from 1996 to 1997, folding before the beginning of the 1998 season. They played in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is a baseball tournament held each June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Baseball Championship tournament—featuring 64 teams in the first round—which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight participating teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket playing in a best-of-three championship series.
The Omaha Race Riot occurred in Omaha, Nebraska, September 28–29, 1919. The race riot resulted in the lynching of Will Brown, a black civilian; the death of two white rioters; the injuries of many Omaha Police Department officers and civilians, including the attempted hanging of Mayor Edward Parsons Smith; and a public rampage by thousands of white rioters who set fire to the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha. It followed more than 20 race riots that occurred in major industrial cities and certain rural areas of the United States during the Red Summer of 1919.
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