I Created the Washington Generals

So on this date in history 83 years ago a (presumably) nice Jewish boy named Abe Saperstein created the Harlem Globetrotters and marketed an entertaining brand of basketball to the American public. Originally named the Savoy Big 5 (honestly, who knew that?), this group of 5 African-American men toured the country playing basketball and exposing the midwest and other "nether-regions" to a new brand of razzle-dazzle hoops. So, end of story, right?

Well...then about 30 years later, a new team was formed by Louis "Red" Klotz. (IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE: Who had a nickname of "Red" in the 1950's? Did you want to die?) Anyways... "Red" decided to get into business with Mr. Saperstein and create this new team and he inexplicably called them the "Washington Generals,"despite being located in Atlantic City, New Jersey (the first of Red's huge blunders.)

So for the next oh...3000 games Mr. Klotz's team lost...miserably. The team basically was the punching bag for Saperstein's team and no one seemed to care. What a beautiful American notion: lets get the shit kicked out of us for about 4 decades and lose every game...As long as we get a paycheck!!!

One of the most ingenuious executions during the losing streak started in 1971, when the Generals changed their team name consistently (Boston Shamrocks, New Jersey Reds, Baltimore Rockets, and Atlantic City Seagulls) to give the appearance of different teams, when in fact it was the same team and same players.

In another stroke of sheer Klotz-genious, the Globetrotters finally managed to lose a game in 1971 when...Guess who! Klotz drained a winning basket to give his team a 100-99 score that ended the Globetrotters' 2,499-game winning streak.

So yea...we want to talk about legacies here at the blog?

How about you, "Red" Klotz? How'd that work out for you? Creating a team whose sole purpose was to lose and then when you finally want to break the streak you are the utter narcissist and win the game yourself. Oh yea...and nice fucking job with the Washington Generals logo.