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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant to Chicago from London, created the Harlem Globetrotters and had a major impact on basketball and baseball. Nearly a century after the team played its first game ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...