The business of losing
What is it like to play for a team whose only job is to lose? Meet the Washington Generals.
Since the 1950s, basketball's Harlem Globetrotters have entertained audiences with their showboating, dunks and pranks in exhibition games all over the world. Their perennial opponents, the Washington Generals, have endured more than 17,000 defeats at their hands, with crowds booing and mocking them as the Globetrotters bamboozle them with flashy skills, tricks and dribbles.
So what is it like to play for a team whose only job is to lose? Some former Generals say it is one of the best jobs they have ever had, even if it did involve being humiliated on the court every night. That is, except for the one night that it didn't.
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