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Basketball legend Rivers, longtime Globetrotter, dies at 73
Read full article: Basketball legend Rivers, longtime Globetrotter, dies at 73Larry โGatorโ Rivers, who helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters and becoming a county commissioner in his native Savannah, has died.
News outlet sorry for banana thrown at Harlem Globetrotter
Read full article: News outlet sorry for banana thrown at Harlem GlobetrotterDuring that same newscast, WBRC News Director Shannon Isbell offered an on-air apology to Pearce. Pearce, 24, hands the tangerine back to Ferguson before someone behind the camera once again throws the fruit back at Pearce. He notified the team about the incident, and he says it reached out to the Birmingham news station back in February. Foxs reaction was to have me call them to receive an apology from the news director, and not from the actual anchors who threw the fruit, Pearce said. An on-air segment promoting a Globetrotters event with Mr. Pearce in January was intended to be lighthearted," she said.
Harlem Globetrotters bring anti-bullying program to Roanoke Catholic students
Read full article: Harlem Globetrotters bring anti-bullying program to Roanoke Catholic studentsROANOKE, Va. โ Kids at Roanoke Catholic School had a special visitor on Wednesday. Harlem Globetrotter Zeus McClurkin stopped by and showed off some of his skills; however, he was there for a much bigger reason. McClurkin talked with students about bullying as part of T.E.A.M., a Globetrotter program aiming to provide students with bullying solutions . "Bullying is still a huge epidemic nowadays in schools and hopefully we can get a good message through to them," McClurkin said. The Harlem Globetrotters will bring their 2020 Pushing the Limits World Tour to the Berglund Center on March 11.