Published 4/30/2008
at FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL
For all his basketball skills, Barack Obama was out of his league.
The Democratic presidential candidate played hoops with the University of North Carolina team on Tuesday, a Final Four squad that cut the 46-year-old some slack.
"These guys move very fast," puffed Obama, as he raced up and down the court with the much younger and much bigger college players, many of whom dwarfed the 6-foot-2 Obama.
The Illinois senator is a workout enthusiast, and basketball is his chosen game.
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