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October 31, 2024

The Jewish Promoter Who Invented the Three-Pointer and Helped Integrate Basketball

Abe Saperstein, the shortest man in the hall of fame.

Let's end with a very different little-known but influential Jew: Abe Saperstein, who founded the Harlem Globetrotters and made a major contribution to the development of basketball. Jacob Gurvis writes:

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