Scientists are still puzzled by the contents of the modern basketball— they believe it to be filled with either helium or several baseballs. Contemplate this conundrum with today's GrouponLive deal to see the Harlem Globetrotters play at University at Buffalo Alumni Arena on Friday, February 3, at 7 p.m. Choose from the following seating options:
- For $20, you get one seat in section 201–202 or 206–207 (up to a $40.20 value, including all fees).
- For $23, you get one seat in section 101 or 105 (up to a $46.35 value, including all fees).
- For $28, you get one seat in section 111 or 116 (up to a $55.55 value, including all fees).
Now in their 86th season, the Harlem Globetrotters continue to entertain millions of parents, children, and general basketball admirers with a trademark blend of athletic precision and razzle-dazzle showmanship. For the team's 2012 world tour, a rotating roster of Globetrotter favorites take to the hardwood each game, so spectators might spot Special K Daley sharing a behind-the-back pass with newcomer Jacob “Hops” Tucker, the 2011 NCAA slam-dunk champion whose 50-inch vertical leap cruelly dashed his dreams of working in a ceiling-fan store. The Trotters might also present a study in contrasts with five-foot-two Too Tall Hall and seven-foot-eight Paul "Tiny" Sturgess, the world's tallest pro basketball player.
As the Globetrotters take on their archrivals, the Washington Generals, youngsters can learn about the benefits of teamwork while laughing along and witnessing the jovial jocks performing classic routines of unconventional passing and sudden transmutations of water into confetti. Having performed in 120 countries and all six penguin-overrun continents, the Globetrotters are one of the few teams inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as ambassadors of the sport.
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The Groupon Guide to: Hosting a Ball
As blistering summer gives way to blustering winter, indoor activities become all the rage—especially among high-society gown owners. Before you throw your next formal cotillion, make sure you have all the crucial ingredients necessary to literally have a ball:
• Dance Cards: All guests must have, clipped to their belts, a small card-stock chip resembling a bingo card as well as a handheld single-hole punch, like the ones used by old-timey train conductors. This will help them keep track of who is in love with whom.
• Hoop Skirts: Hoop skirts have never gone out of style, although modern bustles are no longer buttressed by ill-gotten whale baleen and ivory hippo spines. Provide eco-friendly hoop skirts to all guests in the form of helium-inflated burlap parachutes or hollowed-out mounds of Lucite-dipped hay.
• An Ice Sculpture: Preferably of the host, holding another ice sculpture of himself as a baby.
• Live Music: Though a four-piece chamber ensemble playing the greatest hits of the baroque era is traditional, you may want to consider alternatives appropriate to your theme. For instance, while hosting a Titanic-inspired costume ball, choose a band that is comfortable being slowly submerged in ice water. If it is a Halloween or New Year's Eve ball, hire a skeleton to play its own rib cage.
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