Not many people know that the Harlem Globetrotters — arguably the most famous basketball team in the world — was founded by a ...

Abe Saperstein became involved with the team as its manager and promoter. By 1929, Saperstein was touring Illinois and Iowa with his basketball team called the New York Harlem Globe Trotters.

Klotz, who with his Globetrotters counterpart, Abe Saperstein, formed a Jewish-run traveling basketball show that has traveled around the world for more than six decades, died Saturday at his home ...

This documentary traces the history of the team from their foundation in 1926 by white coach Abe Saperstein, through their victory over the then world champions, the Minneapolis Lakers ...