Barack Obama Basketball

PHOTOS: Basketball For The Obamas!

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.27.2011

It's been a stressful time for the president, what with the whole super committee mess and having to wear all sorts of unusual clothes. So after pa...

Obamas Color-Coordinate At Basketball Game (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

The First Family attended the Howard University versus Oregon State basketball match on Saturday, and they showed their love of the game -- and for Mi...

SNUBBED: Barack Obama Ignores Kevin Durant

NBA FanHouse | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama invited all sorts of star basketball players Sunday to the White House. If you ask Kevin Durant, Obama forgot to...

Bobbito Garcia: Barrier Breaker

Michael Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Evans

Social barriers are broken within sporting events quite often. It is not so often, however, that those occurrences go unnoticed. This past weekend, t...

Obama Plays Basketball With NBA Stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Others

AP | NATASHA T. METZLER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pulled together an informal dream team of current and former basketball superstars Sunday. But only a few pe...

PHOTOS: Obama's Daddy-Daughter Day

Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama and Sasha were able to work in some daddy-daughter time this weekend (before she heads off to Spain with mom), attending an WNBA game ...

Jon Stewart, Daily Show Take On Duke, Obama's First Pitch & Tiger Woods (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Stewart tackled a host of sports issues Tuesday night. He discussed the conclusion of March Madness, President Obama's first pitch and Tiger Woods...

Obama Talks LeBron James Free Agency During Marv Albert TNT Interview

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

AP/Huffington Post -- If LeBron James isn't sure he can win in Cleveland, President Barack Obama thinks there's an opportunity in his hometown of Chic...

Obama Plays Basketball With Daughters Sasha And Malia

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sharing his love of the game of basketball with his children. The first daughters, 8-year-old Sasha and ...

Barack Obama Basketball PHOTOS: Obama Family Attends Oregon State-George Washington Game

Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama attended today's Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game to cheer on his brother-in-law, Beavers coach Craig Robinso...

Obama Could Use Another Pair of Athletic Shorts

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Danny Groner

Last week's photo of President Obama stuffing Reggie Love during a pick-up basketball game was the latest in a series of photos taken of the president playing in pants instead of shorts.

G-8 Summit Organizers Ready Basketball Court For Obama

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) L'AQUILA, Italy - A summit held in a police barracks in a quake-stricken city may not provide Barack Obama with the luxury to which a U.S. presid...

President Obama Meets With LeBron James

AP | TOM WITHERS | Posted 05.25.2011

The White House. A movie premiere in Maryland. A store opening in Harlem. LeBron James is making the rounds this summer....

Obama Basketball Habit: Plays Almost Every Day

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama without a basketball? His press secretary says there are very few days he doesn't see the commander in chief either h...

NBA All-Stars Weigh In On Obama's B-Ball Skills (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011

On CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, host John King sits down with basketball greats Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Steve Nash, Grant Hill and Chris Pa...

Knick's Duhon Reflects On Pickup Games With Obama

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

AS I watched the inauguration unfold on TV in the locker room with my Knicks teammates after yesterday's practice, I felt excited for our country, exc...

Roundballer In Chief: Lessons from the Mario Cuomo Basketball League

Andrew Stengel | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Stengel

I have some advice for those who played basketball with then-candidate Obama: the game will change once the oath of office is administered. I know because I was on Gov. Cuomo's team.

Bowling Industry Offers To Pimp Out White House Lane

WSJ | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharp elbows are already flying in the Obama camp. With Barack Obama the first avid basketball player to be elected president, political appointees, c...

Obama, Giannoulias Clash On The Court

Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama's favorite campaign stress reliever, basketball, was a source of tension between the candidate and his friend and frequent playing partn...

Obama's Election Day Basketball Game (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Senator Barack Obama continued his election day ritual Tuesday with a two-hour basketball game on Chicago's West Side. Among the players in Obama's g...

Obama Goes To Doctor For Sore Basketball Hip

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Barack Obama, back in his home town after a tour of Afghanistan, the Middle East and Europe, saw a doctor at the University of Chicago...

How Much Did McCain Pay for the Hillary Handbook?

Trey Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Trey Ellis

And whatever it was he was ripped off. Not since the NAACP convention has McCain made a single non-vituperative comment about Obama.

Obama Bruised In Election Day Basketball Game

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Tuesday continued his election day tradition of playing basketball--only to get battered after accidently getting knocke...