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Obama Gets 12 Stitches After Basketball Game Injury

2010_11_obamalip.jpg President Obama really loves playing basketball, but did his fellow players miss the memo about not injuring the Commander-in-Chief? CNN reports, "President Barack Obama received 12 stitches Friday after being inadvertently hit with an opposing player's elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. The stitches were administered by the White House Medical Unit."

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By Jen Chung in on November 26, 2010 3:19 PM

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  • cmdrogogov

    Least it wasn't a pretzel.

  • mistermarkdavis

    Did he make the free throws?

  • mistermarkdavis

    YES!

  • Brainwash

    +10

  • +10

  • SonnyBobiche

    Barry seems to be having his own Annus Horribilis.

  • bonu$baby

    Thank goodness he has government funded health care.

  • Asad

    so he's out for the next few games?

  • zincink

    man down man down! 12!

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