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Directions:Date:Put a ✓by each sentence that would belong in a story about the Harlem
Globetrotters. Put a ✘by each sentence that does not stick to the subject.Your brain is like a computer—you can delete things
that add no useful or new information.The Harlem Globetrotter team was
founded by Abe Saperstein in 1927.
Basketball and football are popular
spectator sports.
The Globetrotters have played in
more than 100 countries.
Their theme song is “Sweet Georgia
Brown.”
It is difficult to spin a basketball on
the tip of your finger.
The Globetrotters scored 8,829
consecutive victories over 24 years.NBA stands for National Basketball
Association.
It took a team of retired NBA players to
defeat them.
Many basketball players are taller than
average people.
The players were known for their skill
and fancy ball handling.
The Globetrotters have also been called
the “Ambassadors of Good Will.”
A basket is worth two points.