The Best Little Person Basketball Team in the US

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Channel: Great Big Story

Views: 4,537,109

Rating: 4.9242249 out of 5

Keywords: great big story, gbs, lag, documentary, docs, basketball, little people, boston, new york, New Releases, Human Condition, Biography & Profile, Sports & Action, Little People of America, harlem globetrotters

Id: sAVtNfwc1Zs

Length: 19min 10sec (1150 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 28 2020