11. Lastly, the Obama family holiday in Hawaii included a stop for something sweet — and some photo ops. The president skipped the rainbow Snowbama shave ice created to honor his support for gay rights, going instead for a mix of lemon, cherry and lime.
We knew him best as Meadowlark Lemon, a name synonymous with the Harlem Globetrotters. Lemon, known for his captivating and amusing style on the court, died Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 83. During his 24-season run with the Globetrotters,
Meadowlark Lemon, the court jester of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team who delighted audiences around the world for some 25 years with an array of trick shots, comedy routines and pure charisma, has died at the age of 83, the team announced on
For me it would be Meadowlark Lemon.” Lemon spent 24 years with the Globetrotters, doing tours through the racially torn South in the 1950s until he left in 1979 to start his own team. He was one of the most popular athletes in the world during the
The man known as the "clown prince" of basketball has died. Meadowlark Lemon was a star for with the Harlem Globetrotters for two decades. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Basketball Hall of Famer Meadowlark Lemon has died. He was born Meadow Lemon III,