Johnny O’Brien helped put Seattle U on the national stage and played in the major leagues and was a King County commissioner ...

From playing in empty swimming pools, barn lofts and dance halls to commanding the attention of millions of fans around the ...

One last time, for old times’ sake. As for the best rants of all time, his disdain for the 3-pointer is undoubtedly up there. Last October, he declared the 3-pointer “the worst thing to happen ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., according to the Basketball Hall of Fame. That same year, Abe Saperstein bought the team and went on to change the name to the name to the Harlem Globetrotters.

He was with the Globetrotters for two years when owner Abe Saperstein sold his contract to the Knicks. He was 28 when he reached the NBA. His top season was 1954-55 when he averaged 13.1 points ...

Rod Ohira wrote in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1999: “The tour was put together by Hawaii promoter Mackay Yanagisawa and Abe Saperstein, manager and owner of the Globetrotters. “Hawaii’s ...

Meanwhile, Abe Saperstein founded the Harlem Globetrotters. Florida head coach Todd Golden has led the Gators to their first Final Four since 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood) Florida legend Neal ...

Meanwhile, Abe Saperstein founded the Harlem Globetrotters. Florida legend Neal Walk, the No. 2 pick in the 1969 NBA draft, is among other Jewish success stories on the court. On the sideline ...

March 15, 1966: University of Illinois graduate and Harlem Globetrotters’ founder Abe Saperstein died at age 63. March 15, 1985: Ken Norman scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead ...

An interview with the authors of a new biography on Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein sheds light on his major influence in sports. Not many people know that the Harlem Globetrotters ...

Ms. James had performed with an opera company in France and in a popular musical revue in Atlantic City, N.J., when her manager, Abe Saperstein — the basketball impresario behind the Harlem ...