I remember shooting hoops with my dad and brothers in the driveway after Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's house most years. President Obama has a similar tradition, only somebody played for keeps this time out.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the President received a dozen stitches after getting hit with an errant elbow during a Friday morning basketball game with White House aide Reggie Love and some unidentified family members at the Fort McNair military base in Washington.
A senior administration official said the cut was not caused by Love, a former player for Duke University who serves as the President's personal assistant, but the official was still checking for more details on who caused the accident.
"After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player's elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit," said Gibbs. "They were done in the doctor's office located on the ground floor of the White House."
Clinton jogged, Bush biked, Obama plays hoops. Hope the guy's alright. Whoever did throw that elbow has to be pretty mortified, at any rate. Glad the President is alright.
I've seen worse accidents around my family. Then again, my hoops games never made national news, either. But are we really going to make a national issue about who fouled the President when we really do have much bigger things to worry about?
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