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Article: Mercer spans Globe for job; Low-key guard attracts interest.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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Byline: Bob Cohn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
One day in late June, Derrick Mercer received a baffling piece of news via text message. Kieran Donahue, one of his former basketball coaches at American University, told Mercer he had been drafted - not by the NBA or any other professional league, but by the Harlem Globetrotters.
Oh.
What?
I was confused, Mercer said. I texted him back. I was like, 'Huh? I don't understand.'"
Mercer missed a subsequent call from the team, and the message did little to clear things up. He called back, but no answer. He knew of the Globetrotters, the world-famous ambassadors and entertainers of ...