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Keep sports out of politics

By LZ Granderson
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Thursday, December 14, 2006

There are two ways to interpret Barack Obama's appearance on "Monday Night Football" this week. You could see it as a playful acknowledgement that he is aware of his slight overexposure and he smartly took the opportunity to join us all in a good-natured laugh about it. Or, it's his strongest statement to date that he is running for president. Personally, I think it's the latter and here's why: Aligning yourself with sports has long become the de facto route politicians take to illustrate t ...

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