Obama goes one on one with Kimmel

Tue, June 17, 2008 - 3:04 PM

Barack Obama talked basketball this week with Jimmy Kimmel. Obama, whose high school basketball team won the Hawaii state championship in 1979, diplomatically said he was a Bulls fan when asked if he was rooting for the Celtics or the Lakers in the NBA finals. The presumptive Democratic nominee said he manages to play a pickup game about once a week while on the campaign trail and (jokingly?) said he'd replace the White House bowling alley with a basketball court if he's elected.

To Amy's likely dismay, the interview ended with a via-satellite fist pound between Kimmel and Obama.

-- Mark Young