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In one of the most bizarre sports stories in decades, eccentric NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman has become close friends with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un over the past few months. Now Rodman has reportedly lashed out at American President Barack Obama for not engaging North Korea diplomatically.
A few days ago, I wrote about how the Ricketts family’s political leanings could affect their Chicago Cubs. Since then, the controversy has swirled into something very real and concrete.
One place we don’t see sports come up too often is within mainstream politics. But recently the Chicago Cubs came up within a controversy surrounding the upcoming presidential race.
Players from all team sports in the U.S. seem to get a real kick out of the customary trip to the White House following a championship season. The L.A. Galaxy got the honors Tuesday from winning MLS Cup 2011.
President Obama’s bracket for the 2012 NCAA Tournament will be revealed this morning. Here is video of Andy Katz and Doris Burke with the President discussing some of his picks.
As he does every year, President Barack Obama has filled out an NCAA Tournament Bracket. Not surprisingly, the President’s Final Four picks are very chalky.
Obama has been a supporter of soccer and pushed hard to get the World Cup for the U.S. in 2022, though it didn’t work out. Also, he has been known to attend his daughter’s games. Now he should show some support for MLS, and vice versa.
At a speech last year about how his administration would help small businesses, President Obama’s secret handshake style was caught on camera.
Being a sports fan is an awesome, yet often confusing experience because at the end of the day, they just don’t really matter that much. But none of us will ever forget September 11th, 2001, and that is precisely why the NFL should not be opening up its season on September 11 of this year.
President Barack Obama’s bracket for this year’s NCAA Tournament is filled with chalk. See the President’s bracket plus a short behind-the-scenes video from Andy Katz’s trip to the White House.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born above the local bank in tiny Tampico, Illinois. I’ve been there twice in the past 18 months.
Since I’ve watched so many of these damn videos, I figured it only made sense to count down the best of them. So without further ado, here are the 9 best Rick Rolls of all time.
