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Article: Obama - a sports fan in chief; President on path to host more teams at White House than Bush.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 15, 2009
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Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
From making March Madness bracket picks in the White House Map Room to thanking Russians for Washington Capitals hockey star Alex Ovechkin, President Obama is embracing his role as America's No. 1 sports fan.
He plays basketball and golfs most weekends, and he's hosted nine sports teams from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Columbus Crew soccer champions at the White House since taking office in January - a record-setting pace.
The passion that Obama has is on the extreme side and shared by only a small handful of presidents, said Marc Ganis, a sports analyst and president of Chicago-based ...