Baller-in-Chief

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/081111

It’s been a long time coming. Too long. Yeah for that too, but this is about something different. Finally, for America’s “other” game, the time has come. You ready? Stand still. Pose. Look happy. Live the moment. Smile. FLASH! Finally … the game of basketball is ready for its official close-up.

Hope won? It’s more than that.

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

It’s no secret basketball is important to Barack Obama, who made it a point to play on election day.

Twenty-one presidents and 117 years after Naismith invented the game, basketball has finally found a place inside the place that best symbolizes America — inside the inside of America. Other presidents have only concerned themselves with basketball when necessary, such as playing host to NBA and NCAA champions at the White House. Barack is about to change all of that.

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