Bill Buckner Moved to Tears as Obama Relieves Him of "Biggest Sports Fail" Title

Boston, Massachusetts--Former Red Sox player Bill Buckner, who infamously lost a World Series for the team in 1986 by letting a ball slip under his glove and through his legs, was moved to tears as President Obama relieved him of his "biggest sports fail" title by losing a bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Chicago after an unprecedented personal appeal.

"I want to thank the president for dropping the ball in a truly spectacular fashion that overshadows even my notorious gaffe," said Buckner.

Associated article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6859031.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/sports/03olympics.html?hp

Bill Buckner Moved to Tears as Obama Relieves Him of "Biggest Sports Fail" Title

Boston, Massachusetts--Former Red Sox player Bill Buckner, who infamously lost a World Series for the team in 1986 by letting a ball slip under his glove and through his legs, was moved to tears as President Obama relieved him of his "biggest sports fail" title by losing a bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Chicago after an unprecedented personal appeal.

"I want to thank the president for dropping the ball in a truly spectacular fashion that overshadows even my notorious gaffe," said Buckner.

Associated article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6859031.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/sports/03olympics.html?hp

International Committee Rejects Obama's Personal Pitch that His Large Ego Be Site of 2016 Olympics

Copenhagen, Denmark--President Obama, joined by Oprah Winfrey, flew to Denmark to personally pitch his own ego as the site of the 2016 Olympic games. But Olympic officials rejected the proposed site on the grounds that "while President Obama's ego is certainly large, it is an imaginary place in an imaginary world."

Administration officials defended the president's proposal to host the games in the enlarged ego section of his psychic apparatus, arguing that Obama's sense of self-importance is so strong it should have "overwhelmed the collective id of the International Olympic Committee."

"In the end," said one Olympic official, "the logistics of hosting the games in a figment of President Obama's imagination would have simply proven too costly when other real-world places were available to us."

Associated article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100200550.html?hpid=topnews

International Committee Rejects Obama's Personal Pitch that His Large Ego Be Site of 2016 Olympics

Copenhagen, Denmark--President Obama, joined by Oprah Winfrey, flew to Denmark to personally pitch his own ego as the site of the 2016 Olympic games. But Olympic officials rejected the proposed site on the grounds that "while President Obama's ego is certainly large, it is an imaginary place in an imaginary world."

Administration officials defended the president's proposal to host the games in the enlarged ego section of his psychic apparatus, arguing that Obama's sense of self-importance is so strong it should have "overwhelmed the collective id of the International Olympic Committee."

"In the end," said one Olympic official, "the logistics of hosting the games in a figment of President Obama's imagination would have simply proven too costly when other real-world places were available to us."

Associated article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100200550.html?hpid=topnews