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Obama: I Knew About Jeremy Lin Before You

Kevin Spak — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:02:39 CST

President Obama wants you to know that he had his eye on Jeremy Lin before it was cool. Obama sat down with Bill Simmons for a half-hour of sports talk on today's BS Report (audio here ), and the first question was how he felt about being America's second most...

Boy Whose Dad Died at Stadium Throws First Pitch

John Johnson — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:09:57 CDT

Nice moment before the Texas Rangers' playoff opener yesterday: 6-year-old Cooper Stone threw out the first pitch to his favorite player, Josh Hamilton. In July, Cooper watched his father, Shannon, fall to his death at Rangers Ballpark while reaching for a ball—tossed up by Hamilton. Rangers fans were on...

Sotomayor to Throw Out First Pitch for Yankees

John Johnson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:30:12 CDT

Sonia Sotomayor is preparing for more than her first term on the Supreme Court—she's working on her pitching, too. The Bronx native will toss out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium before Saturday's game against the Red Sox, USA Today reports. The team picked her to celebrate Hispanic Heritage...

Kennedy Honored at Fenway

Will McCahill — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:15:00 CDT

His hometown Boston Red Sox honored the late Ted Kennedy tonight, the Globe reports, with an Air Force sergeant playing Taps before a pre-game moment of silence at Fenway Park. The team also played a video tribute midway through the first inning to the Massachusetts Democrat—who, the team owner...

He Can Pitch, Too (Sort of)

John Johnson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:13:10 CDT

So he's not Nolan Ryan. President Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch tonight in the All-Star Game in passable fashion, writes Kevin Kernan in the New York Post . "He threw lefty and didn't have much heat on the looping toss, but Albert Pujols stepped up and made the catch...

Obama Readies Arm for Tonight's All-Star Pitch

Matt Cantor — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:31:17 CDT

President Obama is getting ready to toss out the first pitch at tonight’s All-Star Game in St. Louis, Fox News reports, and is relying on the experience from his previous such gig, for the White Sox in 2005. “My general strategy the last time I threw a pitch was at...

Obama to Throw Out 1st Pitch at All-Star Game

Kevin Spak — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:47:17 CDT

President Obama will toss the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game on July 14, Major League Baseball announced yesterday. He’ll be the fourth president to do so, following John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford, and the seventh to attend the game. He’s also got some first-pitch experience;...