The Harlem Globetrotters were created in Chicago in 1927.

The Harlem Globetrotters did not originate in Harlem, NY, but began in
Chicago, IL in 1927. Originally called the Savoy Big Five, the men's
basketball team was a premier attraction at the Savoy Ballroom in Chicago.
After a few members left the team that year, several players organized with
Abe Saperstein, owner and coach, a team called the Globe Trotters and
played several games in Southern Illinois. Eventually the team named
themselves the New York Harlem Globetrotters as an out-of-town name would
add to the team's reputation. It wasn't until 1968, nearly 40 years after
the team played their first exhibition, that the Globetrotters played their
first game in Harlem.