barack obama - President Obama Pardons MLB Great Willie McCovey For Tax Evasion
Willie McCovey just got an intentional pass. President Barack Obama granted the San Francisco Giants' Hall of Fame power hitter clemency for tax fraud on Tuesday, USA Today...
View Articlebarack obama - UCLA to honor Kareem for Presidential Medal of Freedom
UCLA announced on Wednesday that they will honor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during Saturday's game against Arizona in Pauley Pavilion. Jabbar was given the Presidential Medal of...
View Articlebarack obama - Obama to White House Press Corps: ‘Good Luck'
With roughly than 45 hours left on his term, President Obama paid one last pilgrimage to the White House briefing room on Wednesday to take questions from the reporters who...
View Articlebarack obama - UFC champion Tyron Woodley says building a more diverse...
On the week marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the late Muhammad Ali's 75th birthday and the close of Barack Obama's presidency, the question of widening UFC diversity was...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Barack Obama poses with a basketball at the Spencer
U.S. Senator Barack Obama poses with a basketball at the Spencer Family YMCA while on the Presidential Campaign Trail on Dec. 16, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa. GALLERY: Barack...
View Articlebarack obama - Looking back at President Obama's greatest sports-related moments
Like most outgoing U.S. presidents, Barack Obama leaves office with a significant sports footprint. But he seemed to enjoy it more than most.
View ArticleThere was the time Barack Obama taunted Joakim Noah for his shot, so Noah...
Obama is a lefty with - according to those who played against him - some old man at the Y in his game.
View ArticleBarack Obama once blasted Joakim Noah for shooting technique
Noah's shot has been a target of ridicule ever since he entered the NBA. Even the president dissed him for it.
View ArticleClippers Coach Doc Rivers impressed by Barack Obama's humility and grace
Doc Rivers was saddened by the end of President Barack Obama's eight-year run in the White House, and not only because Obama was the first African-American - and probably the...
View Articlebarack obama - Can sports bring us together as a nation? Don't bet on it
"Sometimes it's not enough to change laws, you have to change hearts. And sports has a way of changing hearts." - Barack Obama What a nice thought. What bunk. The times being...
View Articlebarack obama - President Donald Trump takes office as America's first...
If Barack Obama was the First Fan, with his pickup basketball games and March Madness bracket for ESPN, Trump is the stark opposite.
View Articlebarack obama - Richest Ever Boxer Attends Richest Ever President's Inauguration
A little rain didn't stop Floyd Mayweather Jr. from attending President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. After a November meeting with Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr...
View Articlebarack obama - Trump gets Obama's house, title - even his Twitter handle
The technological transition came just as Trump took the oath of office Friday, giving him a clean digital slate while preserving hundreds of tweets and posts made during...
View Articlebarack obama - Obama's final tally: 333 rounds of golf as POTUS
The now former President Barack Obama played 333 rounds as president. Obama's last round came on December 31 while on vacation in Hawaii.
View Articlebarack obama - 4 Things To Know: Trump, Obama & Women's Rights
MINNEAPOLIS - Here's a look at the four things you need to know for Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Number One: Trump's 2nd Day President Donald Trump will spend Sunday overseeing the...
View Articlebarack obama - Hockey Team Uses Jumbotron To Throw Shade At Trump
Remember when President Trump said his inauguration had “ a million and a half people ” in attendance when, well - it didn't? Crowd-estimate experts deduced that the number of...
View Articlebarack obama - Obama speechwriter's dream day: Cubs visit
Cody Keenan went to his first Cubs game when he was 5 1/2 months old, tucked into a backpack on his father's back, so his allegiance to the team began at an early age. One week...
View ArticleWhat now for Barack Obama? Job prospects look promising for unemployed former...
WASHINGTON - Speaker? Professor? Author? Board member? Owner of a professional basketball team? Those are among the job prospects being bandied about for Barack Obama's time...
View Articlebarack obama - Despite Country Club Members' Rift, Obama Gets an Invitation
Members of Woodmont Country Club, a mostly Jewish club near Washington, have been entangled in a dispute over whether to exclude former President Barack Obama because of his...
View Articlebarack obama - Obama invited to historically Jewish golf club after members...
Former president Barack Obama is welcome to tee off at the Woodmont Country Club whenever he likes, notwithstanding the Middle East policies of his just-ended...
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