President Bush Welcomes 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Kansas Jayhawks to the White House

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 President Bush Welcomes 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Kansas Jayhawks to the White House
President Bush on Tuesday said, "The greatest testament to this team is also the character it showed not only on the court, but off. It turns out -- I often say this when I welcome championship teams here to the White House, but character matters a lot in order to become a champion. This is a team that when teammates lost loved ones, they had players-only meetings to help to rally their ... [link]

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Bush Welcomes Jayhawks, Shows Off Dribbling Skills
Published 6/3/2008 by Michael Medallion at Friends of the Program
... The 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion Kansas Jayhawks met with President George W. Bush this morning. Upon receiving a basketball autographed by the team, President Bush did the expected thing — he showed it to the crowd dribbled it. From the looks of these photos, it’s our guess that he’s never played basketball…or at least hasn’t in a really long time. ...

BUSH TO JAYHAWKS: DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS
Published 6/4/2008 by eirishis at Thirtyfive Seconds
... President Bush greeted the 2008 National Champion Kansas Jayhawks at the White House yesterday. His official remarks can be found here. The true transcript appears below. ...

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