Pope Francis Becomes Honorary Harlem Globetrotter
Pope Francis didn’t have a prayer of spinning a basketball — but scored a slam dunk Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 as an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.Continue reading
Ball Up Returns To Harlem The Mecca of Basketball
Next Friday May 8th, Ball Up - the premier name in streetball - takes a bite out of the Big Apple.Continue reading
NY Knicks Season Comes To A Merciful End
By Marc Rasbury
As baseball gets underway, I would like to look at Phil Jackson first season in charge of his former team in a National past time perspective. Ok, the New York Knicks are in the process of their third rebuilding plan in five years.Continue reading
Now Playing On NCAA Final Four On Westwood One Sports (audio)
Listen to the NCAA Final Four audio link from Tunein anywhere from Harlem or Harare.
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Harlem’s Renaissance Casino, 1924
The Harlem Renaissance Ballroom opened in 1923. The casino was built by the black-owned Sarco Realty Company. The Ballroom at 138th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, quaked with the frenzied rhythms of the Lindy Hop.Continue reading
The Harlem Chicks And The Harlem Queens Basketball Team, 1958-1960
The Dempsey Hovland's who managed the House of David basketball team in the 1930s, also created the New York Harlem Chicks basketball team the first all female African-American basketball team in the USA, the female version of the Harlem Globetrotters.Continue reading