VIDEO OF THE DAY: THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS

Jeremy Lin might have the Knicks linning at the Garden, but he has a long way to go to match the record posted by the most successful basketball team ever. The Harlem Globetrotters are back in town for their annual Black History Month visit, appearing at the Izod Center http://www.meadowlands.com/ in New Jersey on February 17 (7:00) and 20 (1:00), Madison Square Garden on February 18 (7:30), the Prudential Center in Newark on February 18 (1:00), and the Nassau Coliseum on February 19 (1:00 & 5:00). Founded back in 1926 by Ape Saperstein and originally called the Savoy Big Five, the Globetrotters have won more than 22,000 games while losing fewer than 400; they haven’t been on the short end of a score since 2006. Be sure to get their early to catch the team perform its Magic Circle pregame warm-ups, where you can marvel at the massive skills displayed by such current players as Airport, TNT, Cheese, Hacksaw, Dizzy, Click, Hi-Lite, Scooter, Tiny, Stretch, Too Tall, and Jacob “Hops” Tucker.