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Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:00 pm EST

President Obama watches Wizards defeat his hometown Bulls

By J.E. Skeets

One day after his hometown Chicago Bulls visited The White House, President Barack Obama watched his Bulls get spanked by the Wizards 113-90 from a courtside seat at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. As if that wasn't cool enough, the Baller-in-Chief even arrived fashionably late, holding up the start of the game for a few dramatic minutes.

According to the Associated Press, Obama is the first president in almost 10 years to attend a Washington game and it was his first game since being sworn in as America's 44th president.

Photos of President Obama studying the Wizards' game program, talking half-court defensive strategy with a young Caron Butler fan and downing a frosty beverage — from an actual glass! — follow below.

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  1. PlanetMars
    1. Posted by PlanetMars Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:25 pm EDT

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    It's great to have a President who really loves basketball..I'm sure he'll attend many games in the next 4 (possibly 8) years!! He pwns!!
  2. MJ
    2. Posted by MJ Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    this guy is tha man!!!! he even drinks beer......
  3. Kwannadella
    3. Posted by Kwannadella Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:03 pm EDT

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    dang that foo dranks the dranks??
  4. jimako03
    4. Posted by jimako03 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    u can see in the 2nd picture how the kid was talkin smack about the bulls and Obama couldn't say anything cause the Wiz slapped around the Bulls that day.
  5. tushay
    5. Posted by tushay Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:50 pm EDT

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    i wish i was there plus he is drinking a cold one .... go obama
  6. mwforteii
    6. Posted by mwforteii Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    And I wonder how many NBA owners voted for him.
  7. Josh
    7. Posted by Josh Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:47 pm EDT

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    sexy
  8. redmoon18
    8. Posted by redmoon18 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:34 pm EDT

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    Obama better replace the bowling alley with a basketball court lol
    GO CAVS
  9. shaqdaddy
    9. Posted by shaqdaddy Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:17 pm EDT

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    Did you really just refer to the President as "that foo"? Then you said dranks the dranks??
    Go to school.
  10. Bruce S
    10. Posted by Bruce S Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT

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    President obama should play with the Bulls!...
  11. Adi
    11. Posted by Adi Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:33 pm EDT

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    wow the best president ever!!!
  12. Adi
    12. Posted by Adi Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:33 pm EDT

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    Go lakers
  13. Daren J
    13. Posted by Daren J Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:22 pm EDT

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    just be lucky we got a smart and down to earth prez
  14. eddie g
    14. Posted by eddie g Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:12 pm EDT

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    pretty damm cool!
  15. 3xpo
    15. Posted by 3xpo Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:57 pm EDT

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    no1 watches the tip off
  16. bill russell
    16. Posted by bill russell Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:57 pm EDT

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    no hoopla. president for the people. at about the same time, the ceo of bank of america was flying in his private jet after handing out bonuses with bailout money.
  17. Thomas M
    17. Posted by Thomas M Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:12 pm EDT

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    The prez is from the great city of Chicago. He's ours baby.
  18. Boom
    18. Posted by Boom Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:34 pm EDT

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    That guy rules. Obama! Obama!
  19. PlanetMars
    19. Posted by PlanetMars Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:25 pm EDT

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    Obama should be praised. He looked like a regular fan. He didn't wear a suit. He didn't sit in a bunker suite at the top of the arena. He sat courtside and was surrounded by lots of other people. He talked with fans, high-fived people. He looked like a regular fan and I love it!
  20. nabi r
    20. Posted by nabi r Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT

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    i love my president barack obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    he rox
    hes the real president!
  21. Leroy L
    21. Posted by Leroy L Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:49 pm EDT

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    president obama is the real deal.
  22. Travis
    22. Posted by Travis Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:13 pm EDT

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    man i love obama. not just because he shows up at basketball games, of course. in fact, i hope that all those athletes so in love with him look carefully at his political views and come to appreciate his compassionate politics.
  23. nba refs: man up
    23. Posted by nba refs: man up Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:42 pm EDT

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    22 is right... hes going to win over public support by being a celebrity not by being a good president, just like how he won the election. 100 years from now historians are gonna ridicule us for supporting this man and what he will bring to our country.
  24. nba refs: man up
    24. Posted by nba refs: man up Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:42 pm EDT

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    obama is nothing more than a celebrity and history will look back on us as fools.. our presidential election rivaled the legitimacy of a prom queen election. everyone, for the sake of our country, please realize it is more than a popularity contest.
  25. Tom
    25. Posted by Tom Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:15 pm EDT

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    derah

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