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Sports World Full of Obama Fans

Usually politically quiet, sports stars come out in favor of new prez

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2009 12:28 PM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama's powers of inspiration and unification reach beyond the political world: "All around the country, athletes responded to the new president," Gwen Knapp writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. The inauguration sparked tears from big men who take physical punishment for a...   Read full story »

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