Globetrotters vs. The World | The Disease of More | 3
Sports Wars
Wondery
4.5 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The Globetrotters have become America’s basketball team. But already, they're starting to unravel. Players are tired of their second-class status. Tired of all the unfair treatment they have to put up with. And as they turn against the team’s owner, their future remains in serious doubt.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It's April 9, 1951, in Pasadena, California. |
| 0:13.8 | People in Southern California usually react to a single raindrop like it's the second |
| 0:19.1 | coming of Noah's flood. |
| 0:21.6 | Today's rain, however, didn't stop a world record crowd from filling the enormous Rose Bowl |
| 0:28.1 | to watch the Harlem Globetrotters play in the World Series of Basketball. |
| 0:33.9 | What exactly is the World Series of Basketball? |
| 0:37.4 | Most fans have no idea because Harlem Globetrotters owner and coach Abe Saperstein made it up, |
| 0:45.0 | but the marketing works. |
| 0:47.1 | The fans are going crazy to watch the Trotters play basketball in a massive football stadium. |
| 0:55.2 | Saperstein paces the hardwood court constructed at the 50 yard line. |
| 1:00.1 | He can practically hear the printing press spitting profits into his bank account, but he knows |
| 1:06.1 | he's got to be careful not to get too big, too fast. |
| 1:12.1 | Last summer, the team was just down the highway at Columbia Studios shooting scenes for the |
| 1:17.1 | Harlem Globetrotters movie. |
| 1:20.0 | It stayed on Washington Haynes, Cumberland and Gates. |
| 1:22.8 | OK, man, these foulies shouldn't be too tough. |
| 1:25.0 | How's the stomach? |
| 1:25.9 | Yook, it's OK. |
| 1:27.6 | Any questions? |
| 1:28.5 | Say, yes. |
| 1:29.9 | Have you always had such beautiful blue eyes? |
| 1:33.6 | Let's play ball. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.