forget the Yankees,WHy doesnt anyone ever discuss the Harlem Globetrotters dynasty?

[spaceman]

they had something like 1200 straight wins!

 

[blackdogdeek]

yes but there were only 2 teams in that league: the harlem globetrotters and the washington generals (or something like that)

 

[swtethan]

globetrotters never lose

 

[spaceman]

Originally posted by: swtethan
globetrotters never lose

according to wikipedia, they lost to iirc,michigan state in 2000.

 

[mpitts]

"Let me get this straight.. You took ALL the money you made from franchising your name and bet AGAINST the Harlem Globetrotters?"

"I thought the Generals were due! HE'S SPINNIN' THE BALL ON HIS FINGER! TAKE IT! TAKE THE BALL!.. That game was rigged! They were using a FREAKIN' LADDER for God's sake.."

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: mpitts
"Let me get this straight.. You took ALL the money you made from franchising your name and bet AGAINST the Harlem Globetrotters?"

"I thought the Generals were due! HE'S SPINNIN' THE BALL ON HIS FINGER! TAKE IT! TAKE THE BALL!.. That game was rigged! They were using a FREAKIN' LADDER for God's sake.."

lol...i love that part

 

[loup garou]

Pitiful ballplayers of Earth, I am Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate, commander of the Harlem Globetrotters. For generations, your puny planet has lived in peace with the Globetrotter Homeworld. But now, for no reason, we challenge you to defend your honour on the basketball court. Will no one meet our challenge? Have none of you pathetic Earthlings game?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Because exhibition basketball is not a sport?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: ncircle
they had something like 1200 straight wins!

pity that it does not count.

they play part of the game as a real game. then they start to goof off. and go on some great runs like 50-2.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: ncircle
they had something like 1200 straight wins!

pity that it does not count.

they play part of the game as a real game. then they start to goof off. and go on some great runs like 50-2.

I saw them play my college team, and after a 2 periods of a total ass whooping, we left out of sheer boredom. I didn't see them do any tricks at all.

Which isnt all too impressive, our team sucks.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: ncircle
they had something like 8,829 straight wins!

^

Winning streaks
On January 5, 1971 the Harlem Globetrotters lost a game in Martin, Tennessee in overtime to the New Jersey Reds as team owner Red Klotz sank the winning basket for a 100-99 score that ended a 2,495-game winning streak.

On September 12, 1995, the Harlem Globetrotters lost an exhibition game 91-85 to Kareem Abdul Jabbar's All Star Team in Vienna, Austria ending a run of 8,829 straight victories in exhibition games going back to 1971. The Globetrotters won the other 10 games during that European tour.

They also immediately went on another winning streak of 1,270 before losing 72-68 to the Michigan State University Spartans on November 13, 2000. In addition to their exhibition games, the Globetrotters have faced some competitive action since 1997. On February 27, 2006, the Globetrotters extended their overall record to 22,000 wins.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Because exhibition basketball is not a sport?

The Harlem Globetrotters were fun to watch.

I saw them in person 35 years ago, or so.

Medowlark was Kool

http://www.charliethejugglingclown.com/meadowlark.htm

Two years later, Meadowlark was given a tryout in the role of Clown Prince, a position he was assigned to permanently in 1958, and filled for twenty years.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Because exhibition basketball is not a sport?

Yeah, that'd be like calling sports entertainment.