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The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (1953–1995, since 2015) and the New York Nationals (1995 ...
Lemon first applied to the Globetrotters in 1954 at age 22, finally being chosen to play in 1955. In 1980, he left to form one of his Globetrotters imitators, the Bucketeers. [11] He played with that team until 1983, then moved on to play with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, he moved on to "Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars" team.
Our weekly spin through The Journal News archives revisits the Harlem Globetrotters' annual visit to the Westchester County Center in 1979.
The National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) is a non-profit association composed of former professional basketball players of the NBA, ABA, Harlem Globetrotters, and WNBA. [1] It was founded in 1992 by NBA Hall of Famers Dave DeBusschere, Dave Bing, Dave Cowens, Oscar Robertson and former NBA point guard Archie Clark.
The Harlem Globetrotters play at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York. February 29 USA-Romania gymnastics featuring Nadia Comăneci. March 7 World Figure Skating Championships in Göteborg, Sweden. March 21 Dorothy Hamill parade in Greenwich, Conn. March 28 American Cup Gymnastics Championships. May 22 Dorothy Hamill's last amateur ...
Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also played briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career.
Some of Harlem's greatest basketball players returned to the school for a special 100-year celebration. Father-son duo one of top storylines of Harlem 100 years of basketball celebration Skip to ...
Jahmani Swanson is an American basketball entertainer and player for the Harlem Globetrotters. Born with dwarfism, Swanson is 4 feet 5 inches (135 cm) tall. He was on the game show The Floor that aired February 12th 2025. He lost with his first duel of "Breakfast items".