Harlem Globetrotters

A Black member of the Harlem Globetrotters said two white news anchors threw fruits, including a banana, at him while he was performing basketball tricks on an Alabama news show earlier this year. Maxwell Pearce spoke about the matter Saturday on social media, a day after WBRC-TV aired a show that featured an interview with […]

Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for parts of three decades, has died. He was 77. The Globetrotters said Neal died in his home outside of Houston on Thursday morning. “We have lost one of the most genuine human beings the world has ever known,” Globetrotters general manager […]

Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old woman who made headlines after meeting (and dancing) with the Obama’s, put her party shoes back on when she met the Harlem Globetrotters. Moose Weekes and Zeus McClurkin had a bit of a party when they met mcLaurin at the Roots Public Charter School in Washington D.C. where she volunteers. Moose and […]

  Meadowlark Lemon, one of the most recognizable members of the Harlem Globetrotters traveling basketball troupe, died on Sunday at the age of 83. Lemon was best known for his amazing ball-handling skills, over-the-top court antics and his infamous water bucket prank among other acts. Born Meadow George Lemon III on April 25, 1932 in […]

Famed Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon has died at the age of 83.

Meadowlark Lemon, the humorous Harlem Globetrotter who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, died at his home Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz., reports the New York Daily News. He was 83.

PHOENIX (AP) — Marques Haynes‘ dribbling skills wowed fans in more than 100 countries. He was a showstopper, a player who helped make the Harlem Globetrotters beloved ambassadors of basketball around the world. Haynes, often called the greatest dribbler in basketball history, died Friday in Plano, Texas, of natural causes, the Globetrotters said. He was […]

  Former Harlem Globetrotter and University of D.C. alumni Charles ‘Choo’ Smith Jr. is now helping the youth of Baltimore with his own mentoring and education program the Charles “Choo” Smith Youth Empowerment Organization. After his 1998 graduation with a degree in computer science, Smith realized he could use the skills he’d developed to give back […]

You know Arnez J for being a respected comedian, but you probably didn’t know he had two interesting jobs before stepping into the world of comedy. Arnez used to be a flight attendant and was a Harlem Globetrotter! He joined us on “The D.L. Hughley Show” and told us why he’d prefer going back to basketball than the airline. Arnez […]

Harlem Globetrotter Bull Bullard was putting on one of his signature moves at a basketball game in Honduras when the backboard decided to play defense. Bullard caught…