sportsradiointerviews.com - 3/4/2009
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He’s more famous for being the brother in-law of the leader of the free world than being a great college basketball coach, but Craig Robinson has done as good a job as any college hoops coach in the nation. He took on a job at Oregon State that seemed hopeless. They were 0-18 in the ...
totalprosports.com - 3/6/2009
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports- Having a tough time thinking
about whether to go to Oregon State or Southern...
California? Maybe not at first, but how about after receiving a call from President Barack Obama telling you to go pick Oregon State. That's right! The President himself may be making ...
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Obama To Recruit For Oregon State?
rivals.yahoo.com - 3/8/2009
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rivals.yahoo.com —
Craig Robinson has had an exceedingly successful first
season as Oregon State's head coach. After OSU's winless...
conference season in 2007-08, Robinson took over, and in one year the Beavers have improved to 7-9 in the conference and 13-14 overall. ...
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Is Obama Craig Robinson's recruiting trump card?
viewfrommyseats.com - 3/6/2009
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viewfrommyseats.com —
Does anyone know who the brother-in-law of the
Oregon State basketball team is? Craig Robinson might have...
taken over to lead OSU on the basketball floor, but he certainly has a little more national fanfare than your typical Pac 10 coach. Yes, a vote for the new Beavers coach is a vote ...
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Obama, Family, and Oregon State Basketball
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Hello, This Is President Obama Calling On Behalf Of Oregon State [College Basketball]
Deadspin —
... Robinson, who is Obama's brother-in-law, was on Mason and Ireland's ESPN LA show on Tuesday. The former two-time Ivy League Player of the Year at Princeton said: ...
Obama To Recruit For Oregon State?
Total Pro Sports —
... That's right! The President himself may be making recruitment calls for the Oregon State Beavers basketball team. Craig Robinson, Obama's brother-in-law and coach of the men's basketball squad, has considered that as a possibility. In an interview on ESPN LA when asked whether he'd have the President do him the favor of calling recruits, Robinson had the following to say: ...
Is Obama Craig Robinson's recruiting trump card?
The Dagger —
... The next step is recruiting. Coaching up marginal players is a great
way to improve your status, but it's no way to win permanently, which is why Robinson might enlist his brother-in-law to help him. It helps that his brother-in-law is the President of the United States: ...
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories 3/4/2009
A glance at college sports beyond basketball: Baseball National top 5* 1. Louisiana State (2) 2. Texas (4) 3. North Carolina (3) 4. Texas A&M; (1) 5. UC Irvine (5) Pac-10, WCC: 8. Arizona State (8), 11. San Diego (11), 12. Pepperdine (17), 24. Oregon ...
