Obama is a Jeremy Lin fan
At night, when he’s not reading policy papers, President Obama likes to sneak a peek at NBA games. Doing a podcast this week on Grantland.com with Boston-bred sports scribe Bill Simmons, Obama said he watches hoops when he can, and claimed he was wise to Knicks sensation and Harvard alum Jeremy Lin before everyone else because Secretary of Education Arne Duncan – a former captain of the Harvard basketball team – tipped him off. “And so way back when, Arne and I were playing and he said, ‘I’m telling you, we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.’ … So I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.’’ While he can’t take credit for “Linsanity,’’ Obama said was an early admirer. Asked why Obama didn’t try to steer Lin toward his beloved Chicago Bulls, the commander in chief said, “We got this pretty good point guard, too,’’ referring, of course, to MVP Derrick Rose.
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