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Topeka Sizzlers, the Glossary

The Topeka Sizzlers, originally the Kansas City Sizzlers, were a professional basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri from 1985 to 1986 until they relocated to Topeka, Kansas where they played from 1986 to 1990.^[1]

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Ak-Sar-Ben (arena)

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Albany Patroons

The Albany Patroons are a professional basketball team that plays in The Basketball League (TBL). Topeka Sizzlers and Albany Patroons are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Albany, New York

Albany is the capital and oldest city in the U.S. state of New York, and the seat of and most populous city in Albany County.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Basketball positions

In basketball, there are five players on court per team, each assigned to positions.

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Bill Ficke

Bill Ficke is an American basketball coach and scout.

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Bob Hill

Robert W. HillThe Sporting News: 1992-93 Official NBA Register.

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Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston.

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Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Calvin Thompson

Calvin Thompson (born June 27, 1964) is an American basketball coach and a member of the University of Kansas' 1986 Final Four team.

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Carl Scheer

Carl Scheer (December 14, 1936 – December 13, 2019) was an American basketball executive.

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Center (basketball)

The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five, the big or the pivot, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game.

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Charley Rosen

Charles Elliot Rosen (born January 18, 1941) is an American author and former basketball player and basketball coach.

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Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago.

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Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association, was a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States from 1946 to 2009.

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Duane Ferrell

Duane Ferrell (born February 28, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player.

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Earl Jones (basketball)

Earl Amasa Jones (born January 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Evansville Thunder

The Evansville Thunder were a professional basketball team who played in Evansville, Indiana, from 1984 to 1986. Topeka Sizzlers and Evansville Thunder are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.

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Expansion draft

An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a United States government corporation supplying deposit insurance to depositors in American commercial banks and savings banks.

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Field goal (basketball)

In basketball, a field goal is a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the location of the attempt on the basket.

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H-1B visa

The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H), that allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.

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Head coach

A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Immigration and Naturalization Service

The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1933 to 1940 and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1940 to 2003. Referred to by some as former INS and by others as legacy INS, the agency ceased to exist under that name on March 1, 2003, when most of its functions were transferred to three new entities – U.S.

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Indoor soccer

Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, or fast football) is a five-a-side or six-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena.

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Jerry Schemmel

Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster working as a play-by-play radio announcer for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.

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Jim Rowinski

James Rowinski (January 4, 1961 – February 1, 2024) was an American professional basketball player.

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Jo Jo White

Joseph Henry White (November 16, 1946 – January 16, 2018) was an American basketball player.

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Joe Binion

Joe Binion (born March 26, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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John Killilea

John P. Killilea (June 19, 1928 – January 27, 1996) was an American basketball coach and scout.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City Comets (1979–1991)

The Kansas City Comets were a professional indoor soccer team based for most of its existence in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City Steers

The Kansas City Steers were an American basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri from 1961 to 1963.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area.

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Kansas Court of Appeals

The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level statewide appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.

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La Crosse Catbirds

The La Crosse Catbirds was an American basketball team based in La Crosse, Wisconsin and member of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Topeka Sizzlers and La Crosse Catbirds are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Lee Arena

Lee Arena serves as the home to the Washburn Ichabods men's and women's basketball, as well as the women's volleyball team.

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Los Angeles Daily News

The Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California, after the unrelated Los Angeles Times, and the flagship newspaper of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado-based Digital First Media.

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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Missouri

Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Most valuable player

In team sports, a most valuable player award (abbreviated MVP award) is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or on a specific team.

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Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)

Municipal Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility located in Kansas City, Missouri.

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NBA Finals

The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Nosebleed section

In the United States, Canada and Australia, the nosebleed section are the seats of a public area, usually an athletic stadium or gymnasium, that are highest and, usually, farthest from the desired activity.

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Omaha Racers

The Omaha Racers were an American minor league basketball team based in Omaha, Nebraska. Topeka Sizzlers and Omaha Racers are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Organized crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.

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Pat Riley

Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball)

Pétur Karl Guðmundsson (born 30 October 1958) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach.

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Phil Jackson

Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive.

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Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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Player-coach

A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties.

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Points per game

Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career.

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Professional sports

In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance.

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Regan Truesdale

Regan Truesdale (born July 31, 1963) is an American former college basketball player at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

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Restraining order

A restraining order or protective order, is an order used by a court to protect a person in a situation often involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault.

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Rockford Lightning

The Rockford Lightning was a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Topeka Sizzlers and Rockford Lightning are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Ron Kellogg

Ronald Allison Kellogg Jr. (born December 19, 1962) is a retired American college and professional basketball player, best known for his college days as a left-handed sharpshooter for the successful Larry Brown-coached Kansas Jayhawks teams of the mid-1980s.

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Ron McHenry

Ronald McHenry (born January 21, 1962) is an American former college women's basketball coach at Washburn University.

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Ron Rowan

Ronald Lewis Rowan (born April 23, 1962) is a retired American-Irish basketball player.

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Rookie of the Year (award)

A Rookie of the Year award or ROY is given by a number of sports leagues to the top-performing athlete in his or her first season within the league.

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. Topeka Sizzlers and Sacramento Kings are basketball teams established in 1985.

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Sacramento, California

() is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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San Diego Chicken

The San Diego Chicken (also known as The Famous Chicken, the KGB Chicken or simply The Chicken) is a sports mascot played by Ted Giannoulas.

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Savannah Spirits

The Savannah Spirits were a professional basketball team that played for two years in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1986 to 1988, amassing a total regular season record of 42 wins and 60 losses for a total of 306.5 points. Topeka Sizzlers and Savannah Spirits are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Season ticket

A season ticket, or season pass, is a ticket that grants privileges over a defined period of time.

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Shawnee County, Kansas

Shawnee County is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States.

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Sioux Falls Skyforce

The Sioux Falls Skyforce are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is affiliated with the Miami Heat. Topeka Sizzlers and Sioux Falls Skyforce are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present tense.

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Sports in the Kansas City metropolitan area

The Kansas City metropolitan area has a long history of sports, which has included national championship teams and championship title events.

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Stormont Vail Events Center

The Stormont Vail Events Center, formerly known as Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas.

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Tampa Bay Thrillers

The Tampa Bay Thrillers were a franchise in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1984–1987. Topeka Sizzlers and Tampa Bay Thrillers are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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The Citadel

The Citadel Military College of South Carolina (simply known as The Citadel) is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States.

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Tom Heinsohn

Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 9, 2020) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and broadcaster.

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Topeka, Kansas

Topeka is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County.

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Tri-Cities, Washington

The Tri-Cities are three closely linked cities (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland) at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington.

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Tulsa World

The Tulsa World is an American daily newspaper.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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Washburn University

Washburn University (WU), formally Washburn University of Topeka, is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington Avenue Armory

The Washington Avenue Armory, officially known as the Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Washington Avenue (Tenth Battalion) Armory, is now a multi-purpose arena on the corner of Washington Avenue and Lark Street in downtown Albany, New York.

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Wyoming Wildcatters

The Wyoming Wildcatters were a professional basketball team based in Casper, Wyoming. Topeka Sizzlers and Wyoming Wildcatters are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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Yakima SunKings

The Yakima SunKings were a basketball team located in Yakima, Washington, covering the central Washington sports market of Yakima, Tri-Cities, and Ellensburg and plays at the Yakima SunDome. Topeka Sizzlers and Yakima SunKings are Continental Basketball Association teams.

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