As President Obama campaigns for his health care bill and prepares for next week's Asia trip, he's getting in a little extra paperwork. "I'm filling out my tournament brackets now," Obama told a crowd in Ohio today, referring to the grid that outlines the 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Is it right for the American President to spend time to fill out basketball predictions, instead of focusing on big government issues?
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The National Basketball Association, which seemed to explode in popularity in China when the 7-foot-6 Yao started playing NBA ball in 2002, has gone on to become way more than a showcase for the Houston Rockets giant from Shanghai. For Chinese fans who have been saturated with television coverage and advertising, NBA games this season have come to mean Bryant, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady in addition to the legendary Yao.
Similarly, newspapers have begun regular coverage of NBA games and stars, sometimes assigning sportswriters to follow the season.
Do you think someday the NBA will have an expansion team or league in China or other Asian countries?
(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR200602...)
Tiger Woods will grace us with his presence again at the Masters golf Tournament. No surprise there. It's perfect for him, on a number of fronts. Media access to the Masters is tightly controlled, and there's a good chance certain lines of questioning will be ruled out of bounds.
It's a big step in Tiger's public recovery from his messy and image-altering scandal, but is it the right move? Tiger hasn't played competitive golf in months. Can he win the Masters tournament?
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