Baller-in-Chief

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-shearer/an-obama-holiday-what-to_b_148719.html

Proud of its alum, Occidental College has already sent the Obama family a gift package of Oxy merchandise, including Snoopy/Oxy t-shirts, pom-poms, Oxy teddy bears for Malia and Sasha, Oxy hoodie sweatshirts, Oxy basketball shorts, and an Oxy basketball t-shirt for Barack. The Oxy basketball coach, Brian Newhall, who played pick-up ball with “Barry” Obama in the 80s, is sending an official team jersey with the number one on it and Obama’s name on back. Obama played basketball informally at Oxy, but did not make the team. As Oxy professor Eric Newhall says: “The greatest contribution Occidental has made to American democracy was to help Barack Obama decide that his future wasn’t in basketball.”

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