{"id":2522,"date":"2017-01-15T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T02:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2017-08-19T19:37:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T05:37:14","slug":"harlem-globetrotters-visit-tony-gemignani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/harlem-globetrotters-visit-tony-gemignani","title":{"rendered":"The Harlem Globetrotters Visit Tony Gemignani"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Harlem Globetrotter visit Tony Gemignani at Tony’s Pizza Napoletana<\/h2>\n

The Basketball World Collides with the Pizza World:<\/h2>\n
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Tony Gemignani and the Harlem Globetrotters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you get World Champions together you know you are in for something special. When the Champions are from totally different areas, well you get a total mash of talents.<\/p>\n

That is exactly what happened when the Harlem Globetrotters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0visited Tony Gemignani<\/strong> at his Tony’s Pizza Napoletana<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony<\/strong> explained his fond memories of his Dad taking his brother Frank and him to see the Harlem Globetrotters<\/strong> play. “It’s one of your childhood memories you grow up with and it stays with you forever,” he stated.<\/p>\n

Now the amazing stars and legends of basketball were going to be visiting and playing basketball with him at his restaurant.<\/p>\n

Tony, a Legends of Pizza, has distinguished himself as both an incredible pizzaiolo (pizza master) and World Pizza Champion as a pizza acrobat. As a matter of fact he is a 9 time World Pizza Champion.<\/p>\n

Inside the pizzeria, Tony amazed the Globetrotters with a few tricks and showed them the finer points of pizza tossing. They explained not only does Tony have some of the best pizza around, but they dubbed him: “He’s a Globe Trotter With the Pizza dough.”<\/p>\n

They said: “We want to know the secrets to what you do..What is the first thing? ” And there was Tony giving a pizza tossing lesson to the Harlem Globetrotters! He gave them an intro lesson into pizza tossing. “This trick is the basis for all pizza tricks…” he stated. “Grab it and turn it..”<\/p>\n

Then they showed Tony the basics of spinning a basketball. After that they invited him to join the Globetrotters. “He’s got a lot of skills…” they said.<\/p>\n

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