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Domestic Violence Even Reaches The Globetrotters

Rick Chandler — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:45:55 EST

Former Arizona basketball standout Eugene Edgerson, known to Harlem Globetrotters fans as Wildkat Edgerson, arrested on a domestic violence charge. [USA Today]

Darren "Boom Boom" Rovell scores 1 point,...

sussman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EST

Darren "Boom Boom" Rovell scores 1 point, 0 rebounds and 0 assists to help the Generals lose to the Globetrotters. [CNBC]

All Hail The Harlem Globetrotters!

Leitch — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:15:07 EDT

When we were kids, we were obsessed with the Harlem Globetrotters. We went to see them at the Assembly Hall in the mid-80s, and granting for the fact that the only real entertainment we had back then was running over G.I. Joe figurines with the lawn mower, it kind of blew our minds.

We're older now, and so are the Globetrotters. These days, they're more a legitimate traveling team than a stunts and Washington Generals roadshow. And they even have their own draft. They took a few familiar names.

• Anthony Atkinson, the guy who scored all those points to help Barton College win the Division II championship.
• Sun Ming Ming, that 7-foot-9 Chinese guy who doesn't really known how to play basketball but is nevertheless obscenely tall. We doubt he does many dribbling tricks.
• Brent Petway, a Michigan player who was not good, but could dunk.

Not selected: Sebastian Telfair. Yet.

The Other Basketball Draft [The Feed]

Rodman Against The Globetrotters

mdsmith — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:10:24 EST

I always thought the problem with the Harlem Globetrotters was they didn't push the envelope enough. Sure, they'd pull down the referee's pants, but they'd leave his underwear on. What's up with that?

Fortunately, the Globetrotters have a game scheduled for NBA All-Star weekend that could be significantly more fun than anything they've done against the Washington Generals. (Who are now called the New York Nationals, but that's another story for another time.)

The Globetrotters will play Dennis Rodman's Bad Boy All-Stars Feb. 17 in Las Vegas as the second game of a doubleheader. Rodman is still working out the details of the Bad Boy All-Stars roster, but I'd like to see Eddie Griffin for the way he'd change the Globetrotters' pull-down-the-pants routine, and Awvee Storey in case the Globetrotters take their trash talking too far.

Rodman, Vegas, Bridal Gown? [Los Angeles Times]