http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/20027/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-return-obama-bold-basketball-picker-extraordinaire <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Last year at NCAA basketball tournament time, President Obama's "pool" garnered fawning coverage, with New York Times political reporter Michael Shear praising the president's round-ball acumen when some of the president's early predictions came through: "<a href="http://www.mrc.org/bias-alerts/new-york-times-top-big-stories-mr-obama-knows-his-hoops">Mr. Obama knows his hoops.</a>"</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-return-obama-bold-basketball-picker-extraordinaire" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Barack Obama College Basketball Mark Viera Michael Shear NCAA Basketball Picks Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:23:47 +0000 clay.waters 39511 at http://archive2.mrc.org