Obama’s lips busted; gets 12 stitches after basketball game.
Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston.
U.S President Barack Obama has opened himself, inadvertently, to an injury and more late night jokes. He was elbowed by a yet-unidentified player which required 12 stitches in his lip after receiving an injury in a basketball game at took place in Fort McNair on November 26, 2010, today Friday.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement that Obama was struck while playing with a group of friends and family visiting for the holiday. The game included Reggie Love, Obama’s personal assistant who played at Duke University as a basketball star.
Gibbs said in a statement: “After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit. They were done in the doctor’s office located on the ground floor of the White House.”
Evidently, the incident will serve as a metaphor for the mixed bag of 2010 for Obama’s presidency. There are other presidents who have incidents ad injuries from sporting activities, including more recently George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. The late night shows comedians will have a field day with the incident from Monday, into the first week of December 2010. By Chido Nwangwu, with White House statement and wire.
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