Harlem Globetrotters
| Harlem Globetrotters | |||
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| Leagues | Independent | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
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| Arena | Barnstorming team | ||
| Team colors | Red, white, blue | ||
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| Ownership | Herschend | ||
| Championships | 75, including the 1940 WPBT | ||
| Website | harlemglobetrotters | ||
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The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, the Globetrotters have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (1953–1995, 2007–2015, 2017–present) and the New York Nationals (1995–2006). The team's signature song is Brother Bones' whistled version of "Sweet Georgia Brown", and their mascot is an anthropomorphized globe named "Globie". The team is owned by Herschend.