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Harlem Globetrotters Make
a Big Ask of NBA: 'It's Time'

Jun 23, 2021 9:20 AM CDT

Harlem Globetrotters Make a Big Ask of NBA: 'It's Time'

World-famous exhibition team petitions NBA's Adam Silver to let them into league

(Newser) - Back in December, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver hinted he'd be interested in expanding the league. Now, one world-famous team is vying for a potential spot. USA Today reports the Harlem Globetrotters—the exhibition team known for its jaw-dropping on-court antics and legendary players including Wilt Chamberlain, Fred "Curly"...

Harlem Globetrotter: TV Anchors Threw Banana at Me

Harlem Globetrotter
Calls Out Anchors Who
Threw Banana at Him

Aug 19, 2020 7:44 AM CDT

Harlem Globetrotter Calls Out Anchors Who Threw Banana at Him

Maxwell Pearce wonders how someone in media could 'not know this is offensive'

(Newser) - A member of the Harlem Globetrotters says a reckoning on racial injustice has forced him to revisit an incident from January, in which news broadcasters threw a banana at him on live TV. Maxwell "Hops" Pearce appeared on WBRC's Good Day Alabama to promote an upcoming basketball game....

Globetrotters' Curly Neal Took Job Seriously

Everybody
Wanted to
Dribble Like
Curly Neal

obituary

Mar 26, 2020 5:17 PM CDT

Everybody Wanted to Dribble Like Curly Neal

Star brought smiles for 22 years for the Harlem Globetrotters

(Newser) - Curly Neal, the Harlem Globetrotters star known for his basketball-spinning and dribbling skills—as well as his ever-present smile—died Thursday at his home near Houston at 77. The team announced the death on Twitter of the "icon known worldwide for his trademark shaved head and charismatic smile."...

Basketball's
'Clown Prince'
Dead at 83

OBITUARY

Dec 28, 2015 8:13 AM CST

Basketball's 'Clown Prince' Dead at 83

Meadowlark Lemon played with the Harlem Globetrotters

(Newser) - Probably the most well-known of the Harlem Globetrotters has died at age 83. Meadowlark Lemon died Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz., his wife, Cynthia, confirmed, per the New York Times . Referred to as the "Clown Prince of Basketball," Lemon played for the famous exhibition team for more than 26...

Dennis Rodman,
Kim Jong Un Chill,
Watch Basketball

UPDATED

Feb 28, 2013 12:54 PM CST

Dennis Rodman, Kim Jong Un Chill, Watch Basketball

Ex-basketball star is first American Kim has met with

(Newser) - Maybe John Kerry should wear a feathered boa and rebound more. North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un has met with exactly zero American diplomats in the 14 months since his father died, but today he sat with Dennis Rodman to watch a basketball game involving North Korean players...