then played for the Harlem Wizards before being recruited by the Harlem Globetrotters. Woodard, the first female player, played college ball and even won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic games ...

Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant to Chicago from London, created the Harlem Globetrotters and had a major impact on basketball and baseball. Nearly a century after the team played its first game ...