Obama Bowling

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...

Where Were You When...?

Sam Greenfield | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media


Sam Greenfield

President Obama made a joke referencing The Speclal Olympics when trying to make a joke about his lack of bowling skills. Does anyone really think this in character for the President? No? Me either.

Obama Can't Shake Bowling Jokes, Still Bad At Golf

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.30.2009 | Style


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...

The Dream Team Redux

Caryl Rivers | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


Caryl Rivers

This should be prime time for Democrats. But Barack Obama isn't closing the deal. So here's where Hillary comes in: she could be the beer to Barack's champagne, the apple pie to his arugula.

Obama Press Conference: On Bowling, Jello Molds And Threadbare Suits

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


Elitist? Not so, says Barack Obama, who laughs off the idea that he is the wine-and-cheese candidate by mocking the media coverage of himself relative...

Bitterness, Bowling & Beer (And Guns)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media


Is it important that Obama respect the average American, from big cities to small towns? Of course — but there is more to determining that than just one misbegotten turn of phrase. Like, say, how he bowls.

Pennsylvania Campaign Journal: Obama Hams It Up, Flirts, And Gets A Bit Cocky

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.

Obama's Got Game

Chip Collis | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home


Chip Collis

Consider Hillary's half-court strategy. Drawn up on the DLC-chalkboard, it consists of anchoring the major blue states, conceding the basic red states, and fighting over the swing states.

Pennsylvania Voters Dismiss Obama's Momentum

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

At the Obama Town Hall Meeting in Harrisburg on Sunday night, capital city bloggers (Progressives, all) were gloomy. Looking around the place, they could find nobody from state or city government, not even "down to the third degree," as one put it.

Scarborough Thinks Obama Bowls Like A Little Girl

Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Media


While conceding that Obama was a good athlete, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough had some less-than-laudatory comments about the Illinois Senator's bowling skil...

Obama Bowl-A-Rama: Watch The Gutterballs Roll

Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Entertainment


Obama went bowling in Altoona, PA on a campaign stop, and proved one thing he's not good at: bowling. He was so bad, scoring a 37, the team at "Mornin...

Obama Bowls for Pennsylvania Voters

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


ALTOONA, Pa. — While Democrats increasingly worry about winning ugly, Barack Obama was losing gracefully at a bowling lane in this central Penns...