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WATCH: Farmingdale Boy Gets Surprise Visit from Harlem Globetrotters
Nine-year-old Joey 'Dribbles' Kearney is the Globetrotters one-millionth social media fan, and has the trick shots to prove it.
A Farmingdale boy might have gotten the biggest surprise ever this week.
Nine-year-old Joey “Dribbles” Kearney, on behalf of his mother, Leigh-Mary Hoffmann, was officially recognized as the one-millionth fan on Globetrotters social media.
Globetrotters star Cheese Chisholm greeted Joey and his mom at their Farmingdale home with a surprise personal visit, official Harlem Globetrotters gear, and a lifetime ticket for Joey to any Globetrotters game anywhere in North America.
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The young fan earned this distinction after his mom posted this YouTube video of Kearney displaying his basketball skills and trick shots on the Globetrotters’ official Facebook page.
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