Harlem Globetrotters Dribble Across Brooklyn Bridge (Photos)

Teammates from the Harlem Globetrotters dribble, pose, and perform while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday in celebration of their first time ever playing in Brooklyn.
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Harlem Globetrotters Dribble Across Brooklyn Bridge (Photos)
(Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)
10/3/2012
Updated:
9/29/2015

Teammates from the Harlem Globetrotters dribble, pose, and perform while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday in celebration of their first time playing in Brooklyn. The team will be the first professional basketball team to play at the new Barclays Center on Sunday, Oct. 7. They used pink basketballs to show their support for National Breast Cancer Awareness. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, presented a proclamation to the team as he welcomed it into Brooklyn Wednesday.

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The Harlem Globetrotters start their way across the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 3. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)
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The Globetrotters on the Brooklyn Bridge. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

 

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Cheese Chisholm (L) and Hammer Harrison of the Harlem Globetrotters, (R) pose on the Brooklyn Bridge as Harrison performs ticks with a pink basketball. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)
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Hammer Harrison balances a basketball on is head as Handles Franklin (L) and Paul 'Tiny' Sturgess (R) provide encouragement in Brooklyn, NY on Oct. 3. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)
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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz poses with Paul

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