I grew up in New Orleans, and if memory serves, the New Orleans Jazz left town for Salt Lake City when I was but a wee young ‘un.  (Did you ever think about why a team in Utah would call themselves the Jazz?  It would be like Seattle calling their team the “Heat.”)

But I do remember at least every few years, getting to go to the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena to see the Harlem Globetrotters.  When you are a kid, it doesn’t matter that it’s not a real game, you just think they are the greatest players in the world.  Meadowlark, Curly and the whole crew.

I’d forgotten about the Globetrotters for a while, but I’m pretty freaking tempted to take a walk back down memory lane and check them out when they visit “The Arena that Was Sponsored by Key Bank When There Was a Tenant Worth Sponsoring an Arena For” on Feb 20.  

And this video from MyNorthwest.com is getting me that much closer….