The World Famous Harlem Globetrotters display jaw-dropping tricks and ball handling skills during five games in the Greater Philadelphia Region with stops at the Liacouras Center on Friday, March 7 at 7p.m.; the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ; on Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and the Wells Fargo Center on Sunday, March 9 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Tickets are available now exclusively through ComcastTIX, online at ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 1-800-298-4200, or in person at the Wells Fargo Center box office.
The Harlem Globetrotters, who have not lost a game to a traveling opponent since 1971, look to continue their win streak against the Generals with an incredible roster of players including seven year veteran, Handles Franklin was raised locally in Harrisburg, PA. Handles spends much of his free time in Philadelphia cheering on his favorite sport teams including the Philadelphia Eagles, 76ers, Phillies and Flyers.
Former Temple University women’s basketball team member TNT Maddox returns to Philadelphia as the ninth female player in the history to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. TNT played for Hall of Famer Dawn Staley and made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament in the ‘06-‘07 season as a member of the Temple Owls.
Flight Time Lang is a 15-year veteran of the Harlem Globetrotters. He earned his nickname from his ability to dunk a basketball when he was only 5’10” in high school. Flight Time is currently competing on the Emmy Award-winning series, “The Amazing Race.” Flight Time and Big Easy are in 5th place after the 2nd episode of the new season, which airs every Sunday night on CBS.
Too Tall, listed at only 5’2”, is the shortest player in Harlem Globetrotters history. After playing college basketball for the Community College of Baltimore County, Too Tall played for the Harlem Globetrotters opponent, Washington Generals before making the Harlem Globetrotter roster.
Hawk Thomas, a 6’5” rookie for the Harlem Globetrotters recently made a name for himself by making one of the craziest shots at Madison Square Garden when he shot a basketball from the top of the Garden to nail a basket on the famous hardwood.
Rounding out the roster is powerful dunker Jet Williams who's known for shattering two backboards in this three seasons with the Harlem Globetrotters.
The North American leg of the tour will see the Globetrotters play 300 games in over 250 cities in 48 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico through April 2014.
Comcast-Spectacor (comcast-spectacor.com) is the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company which owns the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), the home arena for both the Flyers and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the Wells Fargo Center, and four Flyers Skate Zone community ice skating and hockey rinks. In addition, Comcast-Spectacor is also the principal owner of Global Spectrum, the fastest growing firm in the public assembly management field with more than 120 facilities throughout the United States and Canada; Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage service provider; New Era Tickets, a ticketing and marketing company for public assembly facilities; Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company; FanOne, a digital fan marketing company; and Paciolan, the leading provider of venue enablement, ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions.
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