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December 02, 2008

Anyone for basketball?

Basketball_obama

The New Republic notes a striking commonality among Barack Obama's top appointees:

Omniscient reader EC notes something crucial about new appointees James Jones, Eric Holder and Timothy Geithner: They all play Obama's favorite sport.

Jones played forward at Georgetown. Geithner reportedly likes himself a good pickup game. And the Times says Eric Holder was once known, impressively, for his "easy dunk."

Ben Smith discovers, remarkably, that Susan Rice was an all star high school player too.

Posted by Daniel Finkelstein on December 02, 2008 at 12:36 PM in Sport | Bookmark and Share

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