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Entertainment's a slam dunk with the Harlem Globetrotters at Mohegan Sun

December 29, 2010 11:00 pm • Last Updated: December 30, 2010 4:20 am

The Harlem Globetrotters, including Cobra Coley (right, with the Washington Generals' Dwayne Samuels), appear at the Mohegan Sun Arena Sunday.

Ours is an advanced culture where kids fly rocket ships, write bestselling vampire novels, and kill stags with poison darts from 300 yards - all by the age of nine.

I wonder, then: does seeing the Harlem Globetrotters still have the same electricity for children (and adults) as it did when I was young? My Uncle John took me when I was 11 and the 'Trotters were bigger than life, magical in their super-human skills and endless goodwill and charm.

I'll never forget the amazing basketball grace and humor the team brought to the court. The Globetrotters play Sunday in the Mohegan Sun Arena, and I'm betting their sorcery still translates.

- Rick Koster

Harlem Globetrotters, 2 p.m. Sunday, Mohegan Sun Arena; $13-$65; mohegansun.com.

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