Obama Basketball

Obama Could Use Another Pair of Athletic Shorts

Danny Groner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style


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.

HuffPost Photoshop Contest: Obama Takes Flight

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


The White House Flickr stream regularly releases fantastic behind-the-scenes photos of the Obamas and friends relaxing, traveling, eating birthday cu...

Obama Blocks Reggie Love

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


On the same day President Obama convened an all-male, bipartisan basketball game, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs shared with the press corps...

Obama Invites Rep. Shimkus To Play Basketball

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — You could call it the Obama All-Stars vs. the Capitol Hills. President Barack Obama and a few members of his Cabinet played basketba...

Obama Jumpshot Photo: Amazing Action Shot From Martha's Vineyard Pictures

Huffington Post via Flickr | Posted 09.29.2009 | Style


The White House Flickr streem has posted new behind-the-scenes photos from Obama's Martha's Vineyard vacation in August. Among them is this amazing ...

Reggie Love, Obama Play Basketball In New York (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.22.2009 | Style


On Monday, President Obama and personal aide Reggie Love (who is also HuffPost readers' pick for White House Hottest) left their Manhattan hotel to pl...

New Rule: A-hole in One Shouldn't Be Obama's Game

Bill Maher | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy


Bill Maher

I've got news for you, Mr. President, the people who think you want to kill their Great Aunt Millie aren't swayed by a photo-op on the golf course. The only sand trap I want to see you get out of is Afghanistan.

Obama: WNBA Inspires My Daughters

AP | Posted 08.27.2009 | Style


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the WNBA serves as an inspiration for his two young daughters. Obama on Monday said his daughters, Sas...

Barack And Balls: A Slideshow Of Sporty Obama (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.16.2009 | Style


President Obama threw the opening pitch at Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game, but this wasn't his first trip to the pitcher's mound -- nor...

POTUS Loves Sports

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

From making March Madness bracket picks in the White House Map Room to thanking Russians for Washington Capitals hockey star Alex Ovechkin, Obama is embracing his role as America's No. 1 sports fan.

G-8 Summit Organizers Ready Basketball Court For Obama

Posted 08.07.2009 | World


(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...

Inside The Obama White House: President, Gibbs, Emanuel At Work (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


NBC News' Brian Williams went behind the scenes at the White House, getting footage of President Obama and his staff at work. His team 150 hours of fo...

Obama Plays Basketball With UConn Women's Team

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Championship ceremony is a White House standard for sports teams. Shooting hoops with the president, now that's something to rememb...

Obama Cherry-Picked Swing States In NCAA Bracket: Nate Silver

fivethirtyeight.com | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics


Is President Obama playing favorites with his NCAA bracket? Neither Columbia University nor the University of Chicago have an entry in the Big Dance (...

Obama Plays Basketball At The Interior Department Saturday

AP | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — After a night of watching hoops, it was time for the president to take the court himself. Barack Obama played basketball for nearl...

Obama Attends Wizards Game, Watches Them Defeat His Hometown Bulls (SLIDESHOW)

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took a break from politics Friday to sit courtside at a basketball game between his hometown team Chicago Bu...

Sasha Obama Basketball Game Gives Parents Break

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics


KENSINGTON, Md. — He's got a financial summit Monday and a big speech to Congress on Tuesday, so what better way for President Barack Obama to t...

Obama's Sunday: Basketball At University Of Chicago, Haircut In Hyde Park

AP | Posted 03.18.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — President Barack Obama dropped by the University of Chicago campus Sunday for two hours of basketball with friends. Obama, who's spen...

Obama Basketball Habit: Plays Almost Every Day

AP | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics


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...

Knick's Duhon Reflects On Pickup Games With Obama

New York Post | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


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...

Winter Classic Kicks Off New Year: Will it be Any Better?

Jon Greenberg | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago


Jon Greenberg

What do Chicago sports fans have to look forward to in 2009, aside from Hawk Harrelson and bad singing at Wrigley?

Roundballer In Chief: Lessons from the Mario Cuomo Basketball League

Andrew Stengel | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


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.

Obama Plays Basketball At His Hawaii High School

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


KAILUA, Hawaii — A handful of pro-Palestinian activists protested outside President-elect Barack Obama's vacation home on Tuesday and urged a ne...

Bowling Industry Offers To Pimp Out White House Lane

WSJ | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics


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: Best Basketball-Playing Cabinet In US History

usatoday.com | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


CHICAGO -- Experience? Check. Academic credentials? Check. Can hit a fadeaway and drive the lane? Check. As President-elect Barack Obama joked here T...