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A Friendly Game of Hoops at Fort McNair Gets a Little Bloody After President Obama Has Lip Split Open by Errant Elbow
The White House says President Barack Obama has received 12 stitches in his lip after being hit during a pick-up basketball game.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the president was inadvertently struck by someone's elbow Friday.
The president received the stitches in the doctor's office on the ground floor of the White House. Obama had traveled to Fort McNair with a group of family and friends for an early morning game of basketball.
Obama is a sports fan, roots for his hometown Chicago teams and has often gone golfing in addition to playing basketball.
Obama is the first president to have a basketball court installed at the White House, and has been known to invite prominent amateurs and professionals for pick-up games.
The White House says President Barack Obama has received 12 stitches in his lip after being hit during a pick-up basketball game.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the president was inadvertently struck by someone's elbow Friday.
The president received the stitches in the doctor's office on the ground floor of the White House. Obama had traveled to Fort McNair with a group of family and friends for an early morning game of basketball.
Obama is a sports fan, roots for his hometown Chicago teams and has often gone golfing in addition to playing basketball.
Obama is the first president to have a basketball court installed at the White House, and has been known to invite prominent amateurs and professionals for pick-up games.
