http://www.ivorytowerz.com/2008/11/basketball-barack-obama.html
On election night, Steve Francis, the injured backup point guard for the Houston Rockets, wore this jacket on the bench. His teammate, Tracy McGrady wore these shoes. On the other side of the court, Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett wore these.
This presidential election, more than any other, seemed to catch the interest of professional athletes. There are a variety of factors as to why this could be: the current sorry state of the U.S. economy, for example, or the country’s military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. But race is also a potential factor, and a pretty likely one at that, and it would be folly — not to mention untrue to the importance of the event — not to recognize it in the name of political correctness or anything else.
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