BARNSTORM

Barnstorm

Barnstorming in athletics refers to sports teams or individuals that travel to various locations, usually small towns, to stage exhibition matches. Barnstorming teams differ from traveling teams in that barnstorming teams operate outside the framework of an established athletic league, while traveling teams are designated by a league, formally or informally, to be a designated visiting team for all, or almost all, of its league games. Barnstorming has a history of allowing athletes to participate in dual sports. For example, Goose Reece Tatum played basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters and baseball for a Negro barnstorm team.

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barnstorm

Verb

  1. To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc
  2. To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, or sporting events
  3. To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds. 123


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