Posted on 03/02/2012 5:42:16 AM PST by bjorn14
The B.S. Report made a special road trip to the White House yesterday to make podcast history: the first-ever podcast with a sitting U.S. President. Take that, Marc Maron! Even if we only had 25 minutes, Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons and President Obama covered a bunch of sports-related topics, including how the President manages to make time to follow sports; his feelings on Linsanity and the Bulls' title chances; whether he considered getting involved with the NBA lockout; the wisdom of a college football playoff system; his feelings on concussions and the NFL; what it's like to throw out the first pitch before baseball games; his favorite White House visits from championship teams; coaching his daughter's basketball team; the pearls of wisdom he recently dispensed to Chris Paul and Blake Griffin; and his answers to two "greatest ever" questions (one basketball, one television).
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I would have loved it, if he asked, “Mr. President, why do you care more about the Final 4 picks and a college football play-off, then you care about jobs and our economy?”
Why do you note the source as ESPN? The link takes us to a different site.
Is that your blog?
This was on ESPN’s front page. They have a special sports writing area named after the famous sportswriter Grantland Rice.
Usually I enjoy Simmons although his love of the NBA is a bit much, but he does write with a good sense of humor. I'll skip his Obama butt-kissing though....
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