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ESPN to unveil Obama’s bracket

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Posted 16 Mar 2010 — by T.T.S.
Category NCAA

President Barack Obama predicts Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova to make the men’s basketball Final Four.

Obama filled out a bracket for ESPN for the second straight year. This time, he’s also making picks for the women’s tournament, selecting Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford and Tennessee. ESPN will reveal the full brackets Wednesday. His interview about the men’s tournament will air that day during the 11 p.m. CT SportsCenter, with the discussion of the women’s tourney broadcast Friday during the 8 a.m. show. Last year, Obama correctly picked North Carolina to win the national championship. His bracket ranked 903,125th overall, just above the 80th percentile in the ESPN’s online contest.

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Lakers visit the White House

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Posted 25 Jan 2010 — by T.T.S.
Category Los Angeles Lakers, NBA

AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

President Barack Obama has welcomed the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers to the White House.

An avid basketball fan, Obama says no team exemplified excellence on the court more than the Lakers did last year in winning their 15th league championship.

Obama said Monday he was especially excited to meet Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who has won 10 championships, though he didn’t hesitate to remind the team that six of those victories were with Obama’s hometown Chicago Bulls.

“You remember that,” Obama joked with former Lakers all-star Magic Johnson, who was on the losing end of the Bulls 1991 victory.

Obama commended the players not only for their athletic achievements, but also their work off the court. The players held a fitness clinic for Washington-area school children

Monday, and several players are donating money to relief efforts in Haiti. The Lakers added to Obama’s collection of sports jerseys, presenting him with a bright yellow jersey with the president’s name stitched on the back.

The Lakers have been to the White House numerous times.

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Magic Johnson during the world champion Los Angeles Lakers’ visit to the White House in 1985 in Washington, D.C.

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