{"id":136244,"date":"2026-02-17T16:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136244\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:31:15","slug":"harlem-globetrotters-wow-barclays-center-at-100th-anniversary-tour-stop-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136244\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlem Globetrotters wow Barclays Center at 100th anniversary tour stop \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Harlem Globetrotters faced the Washington Generals at Barclays Center as part of the team\u2019s 100 Year World Tour.<\/p>\n

Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

The Harlem Globetrotters stopped at Barclays Center on Sunday afternoon as part of its 100th anniversary tour.\n<\/p>\n

The exhibition team beat the Washington Generals, 105-103, with a game-winning putback dunk \u2014 just one spectacle of dozens that entertained the Brooklyn crowd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New York game was a homecoming for some of the Globetrotters<\/a>, including Harlem native \u201cHot Shot\u201d Swanson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is home. Every day, this is what you dreamed of,\u201d Swanson told Brooklyn Paper. \u201cWhen you was a kid, you practiced in that park and you said one day you\u2019re going to be playing at the Garden, one day you\u2019re going to be playing at Barclays. Kids that are here today, we are living proof for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"globetrotterFans had a chance to meet The Harlem Globetrotters players before tip-off. \"\"Fans had a chance to meet The Harlem Globetrotters players before tip-off.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

The Globetrotters have performed for over 143 million fans and in 124 countries around the world, combining athleticism, showmanship and comedy, rather than traditional gameplay.\n<\/p>\n

Founded in 1926, the team has spent a century turning that formula into a global institution, earning induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame along the way.\n<\/p>\n

On Sunday, some fans got the opportunity to take photos with players and learn how to spin a basketball on their finger before the game.\n<\/p>\n

\"globetrottersThe Daily family of Queens meets members of the Harlem Globetrotters before tip-off at Barclays Center.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann \"globetrotterPhoto by Gabriele Holtermann \"harlem\u2018Globie\u2019 the Globetrotters mascot, greets fans. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

After the game, all fans were able to go courtside and get autographs from the players: guard \u201cWham\u201d Middleton said he knows that the team did a great job entertaining fans that day if people stay for the session.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know what you\u2019re gonna get at a Globetrotters game unless you come, and Barclays is always going to be a great, amazing game,\u201d Middleton said to Brooklyn Paper.\n<\/p>\n

Similarly, Swanson said that sometimes fans don\u2019t even have anything for the players to sign postgame, they simply want to thank the players for putting on an amazing show.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the best feeling,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Gabriele Holtermann \"\"The Globetrotters defeated the Generals in the exhibition game. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

The actual basketball was played in 10-minute quarters, but was broken up by various hijinks hosted by showman \u201cHammer\u201d Harrison, a Brooklyn native who is the longest tenured Globetrotter.\n<\/p>\n

One highlight of the game was Hammer entering the crowd and borrowing a bag of popcorn from a young fan to then dump it on the referee\u2019s head. The kid \u2013 who had just lost his popcorn \u2014 then got to come on the court and was presented with a massive bag of popcorn in return. The kid was shocked, then thrilled.<\/p>\n

Hammer quipped that the bag was bigger than the kid.\n<\/p>\n

In another bit, the Globetrotters instructed fans to lift their kids in the air as the arena speakers blasted \u201cCircle of Life\u201d from Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King.\u201d Kids laughed as their parents held them up, mimicking the film\u2019s iconic scene while the crowd cheered.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Gabriele Holtermann \"globetrotterPhoto by Gabriele Holtermann \"\"Founded in 1926, the Harlem Globetrotters have spent a century blending basketball, comedy and showmanship, performing for more than 143 million fans in 124 countries worldwide. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

The unpredictable fun of the Harlem Globetrotters\u2019 100th anniversary tour continues through North America until April. Their next stop in New York is on Long Island on Feb. 21.\n<\/p>\n

Brooklyn native \u201cCheese\u201d Chisholm told Brooklyn Paper that playing on the 100th anniversary team was special because not a lot of brands, or even people, can last for that long.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to keep this torch lit, that I know a lot of greats before me have done before me, it\u2019s an honor. There\u2019s nothing like a Globetrotter game. It\u2019s about how we get the fans interacting in the game with us,\u201d Chisholm said. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes this job special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Harlem Globetrotters faced the Washington Generals at Barclays Center as part of the team\u2019s 100 Year World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[57919,14586,3353,4567,98,100,99,57920,40464,34071,57921,9,24,12,370,63,319,57922],"class_list":{"0":"post-136244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-100th-anniversary-tour","9":"tag-barclays","10":"tag-barclays-center","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-brooklyn","13":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","14":"tag-brooklyn-news","15":"tag-cheese-chisholm","16":"tag-fans","17":"tag-harlem-globetrotters","18":"tag-hot-shot-swanson","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-city","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-newsletter","23":"tag-nyc","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-washington-generals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}