US basketball team, The Harlem Globetrotters unveil their new British team mate Paul Tiny Sturgess, who happens to be the world's tallest player at 7 foot 8 inches.
Born and raised in England, Sturgess is the tallest basketball player ever to play for the Globetrotters the first Briton to join the team.
Paul Sturgess and his teammate Flight Time Lang posed with school children and Globetrotter fans on the 86th-floor observation deck of New York's Empire State Building.
Asked how he got his nickname 'Tiny', Sturgess said, I kind of make people look tiny whenever I step on the court.
His team mate Flight Time Lang said he enjoys having him on the team.
It's awesome. It's always nice to have a big guy like this. We've had a couple guys over seven foot on our roster before, but none as big as him and he has a great personality. Fans love him, Lang said.
Story link with video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/basketball/9080613/Tiny-joins-Harlem-Globetrotters-as-worlds-tallest-basketball-player.html
Whoa, there is nothing tiny about this guy!
Born and raised in England, Sturgess is the tallest basketball player ever to play for the Globetrotters the first Briton to join the team.
Paul Sturgess and his teammate Flight Time Lang posed with school children and Globetrotter fans on the 86th-floor observation deck of New York's Empire State Building.
Asked how he got his nickname 'Tiny', Sturgess said, I kind of make people look tiny whenever I step on the court.
His team mate Flight Time Lang said he enjoys having him on the team.
It's awesome. It's always nice to have a big guy like this. We've had a couple guys over seven foot on our roster before, but none as big as him and he has a great personality. Fans love him, Lang said.
Story link with video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/basketball/9080613/Tiny-joins-Harlem-Globetrotters-as-worlds-tallest-basketball-player.html
Whoa, there is nothing tiny about this guy!
