Fred Neal

The World

Meadowlark Lemon on Basketball, Charity, and the Globetrotters

Sports

Even if you’re not a sports fan, chances are you know the name Meadowlark Lemon. For 24 years, he played with the Harlem Globetrotters. Over the past five decades, his audiences have included popes, kings, and every U.S. president since Eisenhower. In total, he’s played over 16,000 career games ? more than any other player […]

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