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Obama's Basketball Story - Chuck Klosterman on Craig Robinson and Obama
It's 5:55 A.M. in the Pacific Northwest. I'm watching an extremely well connected bald man yell at an extremely bad basketball team. The well connected man is a Princeton graduate; seven days from this morning, he will also be the brother-in-law of the president-elect of the United States of ...
Is Oregon State a Looming Basketball Powerhouse?
Is Oregon State a Looming Basketball Powerhouse?
realclearsports.com — Everyone knows by now that the head coach of the Oregon State basketball team, Craig Robinson, is... brother in-law to our new president, Barack Obama. As president, Obama will obviously have a large impact on a wide range of issues, including ... (more) Is Oregon State a Looming Basketball Powerhouse?
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