Coach Abe Saperstein and his Chicago-based Harlem Globetrotters before a trip to London in 1963. From left to right are Howard Montgomery, Jackie Jackson, J.C. Gipson, Bill “The Orbit” Garner ...

From 1917 to 1920, a Jewish kid named Abe Saperstein played basketball for Chicago’s Lakeview High School, even though he was only 5 feet 3 inches tall. Soon, however, ...

Saperstein was born on July 4, 1902, in London to Louis and Anna Saperstein, who had left what is now Poland amid a rise in antisemitism. The family moved to Chicago when Abe was 5.

Saperstein was born on July 4, 1902, in London to Louis and Anna Saperstein, who had left what is now Poland amid a rise in antisemitism. The family moved to Chicago when Abe was 5.

The original Harlem Globetrotters came not from Harlem but from the South Side, led by Abe Saperstein, a 5' 3" Chicago promoter with big ideas that would shape American sports for decades. Why it ...

According to a new book, "Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports," the Globetrotters ventured beyond the normal sports boundaries, touching race relations and even ...

Abe Saperstein, founder of the Harlem Globetrotters and pioneer of the three-point shot. Brookins said he confronted Saperstein, who responded that the second team was busy on tour and there was ...

Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein pioneered basketball’s 3-point shot and much, much more, the authors of a new book on Saperstein write.

Short in physical stature but a giant in his time, Abe Saperstein created in Chicago that international sensation called the Harlem Globetrotters. That remains his most notable and influential ...

At left, the book cover of Mark and Matthew Jacob's Abe Saperstein biography (Courtesy). At right, Saperstein, far left, in the earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters, from the 1930–1931 ...

According to a new book, “Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports,” the Globetrotters ventured beyond the normal sports boundaries, touching race relations and even ...

“Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports” by Mark and Matthew Jacob. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield. 320 pages. $35.