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« Baseball and Barack Havlat makes one fan happy »

Basketball Tue Jan 20 2009

Ready For Tip-Off

Now that the inauguration of "Chicago's President" (the Sun-Times' declaration, not ours) is a part of history, it's time to take one last look at the sports influence the new commander-in-chief will have, including a website dedicated to his basketball jones, the "everyman" status his love of sports gives him, his (alleged) similarities to the new coach of FC Barcelona, the sports celebrities who took part in the inauguration, his status as the next in a long line of athletic presidents, a not-so-flattering piece that suggests that the sports angle on Obama is counterproductive and how one Chicago-bred hoopster (not Obama) is reacting to the day of history.

To close, an Obama basketblal re-mix:

 
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