Harlem globetrotters big easy biography report
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Harlem Globetrotters
American exhibition basketball team
"Globetrotters" redirects here. For the animated television series, see Harlem Globetrotters (TV series). For the video game, see Harlem Globetrotters (video game). For the travelers association, see German Globetrotter Club.
The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibitionbasketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26, exhibition games in countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (–, since ) and the New York Nationals (–). The team's signature song is Brother Bones' whistled version of "Sweet Georgia Brown", and their mascot is an anthropomorphized globe named "Globie". The team is owned by Herschend Family Entertainment.[3]
History
[edit]The Globetrotters originated in , on the South Side of Chicago, where all the original players were
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In this interview, Ben Green, author of Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters, discusses the complex history of the celebrated Black touring basketball team.
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Ben Green, author of Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters
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Before Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, or Michael Jordan &#; before Magic Johnson and Showtime &#; the Harlem Globetrotters revolutionized basketball and spread the game around the world. In Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters, author Ben Green tells the story of this extraordinary franchise and iconic American institution.
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Storied history of the Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 85th year of existence in Founded in , even before the NBA started entertaining basketball fans, the Harlem Globetrotters have played over 25, games and entertained millions.
Here&#;s a brief history at the most famous basketball team in the world.
Founding
Abe Saperstein founded the original Harlem Globetrotters under the moniker the &#;Savoy Big Five&#; in Chicago in A ballroom in Chicago was falling on hard times due to Prohibition and they needed a way to draw in more money and big crowds. Exhibition basketball games at the Savoy Ballroom in South Park began with five basketball players named Walter &#;Toots&#; Wright, Byron &#;Fat&#; Long, Inman Jackson, William &#;Kid&#; Oliver and Albert &#;Runt&#; Pullins.
The team took to the road in wearing uniforms that said &#;New York&#; on them. Each player was paid $75 per game. Traveling in a cramped Model T Ford owned by Saperstein, t