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Reporting From ... Lakers-Cavs And Collective Inauguration Buzz

By Sam Alipour

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Last night at Staples Center, just prior to the final game in an epic 12-contest NBA slate, a man shouted "Obama!" during the national anthem—and he was applauded. Hey, we get it. In less than two hours, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and nothing will be the same. Hours before our nation awoke to inauguration buzz, two locker rooms bubbled over with anticipation. We took some of it in. --- "It's an historical day. To have MLK day be today and ...

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