(Obama did, however, play on his junior high team ... of interviews NBC News published on Friday about Obama’s high school basketball career. While the whole piece is worth a read, here ...

Long before President Barack Obama ran the Oval Office, he ran the high school basketball court. His game-worn No. 23 jersey from the Punahou High School (Honolulu) 1978-79 championship team is up ...

This is the story of the roots of his obsession, back in his days as a teenager, when Barry Obama played on one of the best high school teams in the country. It was one thing to play basketball ...

Heritage Auctions said details from the jersey matched a photo from Noble’s high school yearbook, which showed Obama playing basketball. The jersey was set to be thrown out when Noble recovered it.

A high school basketball jersey believed to ... Noble realized what he had after seeing a photo of Obama wearing the No. 23 jersey while playing as a guard during the 1979 Hawaii state ...

The other account of Obama’s play comes from Michael Lewis ... He didn’t start for his high school basketball team. How good could he be? But he was actually good enough to function in ...

Barack Obama's love for basketball has been well documented, including the high school game. He took in St. John Bosco (California) vs. Saint Louis (Hawaii) on Monday night at the Iolani Prep ...

The Crimson met former president Jimmy Carter on a trip to Georgia to play Mercer ... and two Massachusetts governors. But Obama, who played high school basketball and in pickup games throughout ...