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 ...

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But Jacob said the Globetrotters, and Saperstein, were far more nuanced than the team’s sometimes circus-like style would suggest. There was a reason Black icons including Jesse Owens and Jesse ...

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As Mark Jacob noted, Saperstein’s tale is “a triumph of confidence and audacity.” Even many hardcore basketball buffs didn’t know much about Saperstein to this point — which helps ...

“Tatum would juggle the ball, to the delight of the crowd,” Jacob said. “His hands were huge, and he rarely let a batted ball behind him. These were things that stuck in Saperstein’s mind.

Former Chicago Tribune metro editor Mark Jacob discussed his biography of Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant from the South Side of Chicago who founded the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1920s.