SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Meadowlark Lemon, the ''clown prince'' of basketball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to millions of fans around the world, ...

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Meadowlark Lemon (36), of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, offers a pretzel to a referee during a game at New York's Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Feb. 18, 1978. AP Photo. Meadowlark Lemon, ...

Meadowlark Lemon was born on April 25, 1932, in Wilmington, N.C. His given name was Meadow Lemon III, according to his website, but he legally changed his name to Meadowlark in the 1950s. He started ...

George "Meadowlark" Lemon, known as the "Clown Prince of Basketball" with the Harlem Globetrotters for 24 years, died Sunday. He was 83. Lemon entertained audiences by playing in "more than 7,500 ...