President Obama, GQ's Man of the Year, clearly knew whom he was talking to when being interviewed by Bill Simmons, the founder of Grantland. "It's really aggravating not having you on Grantland," Obama said in the interview, which presumably took place before ESPN shuttered the website for good (speaking of which, Obama, can you do anything about that?). "I go to the site and there’s no Simmons. Come on, man, it's not the same."

But even more than that, the interview was ripe with what Simmons terms "President Obama the Person," the man behind the façade. A man who, it turns out, loves his sports analogies — and doesn't mind comparing himself to some of the best in the game.

"You're like Gregg Popovich," Simmons suggests at one point, speaking to Obama's ability to stay focused in the midst of chaos. Obama pivots, "Yeah. Or maybe [Aaron] Rodgers in the pocket, in the sense of you can't be distracted by what's around you, you've got to be looking downfield. And I think that's a quality that I have — not getting flustered in what's around me."

But comparing himself to the quarterback with the record for the highest career passing rate in the regular season wasn't the end — then Obama broke out the Michael Jordan analogy, however modestly.

A thing that you're reminded of, watching those old Bulls games, is Jordan had some stinker games in the playoffs. But he would get that out of his mind, and then the next moment comes and he’s right there. He could have a terrible game for the first three quarters and then suddenly go crazy the fourth. Or he might miss a free throw, and then the next play is he's stealing the ball and hitting the game-winning shot. Part of what I try to do — not at the level that Jordan did on the basketball court, but part of what you aspire to as president or any of these positions of leadership — is to try to figure out how to be in the moment, make the best decision you can, know that you're going to get a bunch of them right, but a bunch of times you're also not going to get it exactly the way you want it. [GQ]

Speaking of which — Obama wouldn't mind owning an NBA team. Look out, Jerry Reinsdorf. Jeva Lange

The threat to good, American jobs at Western Michigan University is not immigrants or even robots but a team of brush-clearing goats for hire. The goats' efficient landscaping work was raised the ire of a labor union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which argued in a formal grievance the goats are stealing union workers' jobs.

The university says the goats are the most cost-effective and sustainable way to clear the brush. "For the second summer in a row, we've brought in a goat crew to clear undergrowth in a woodlot, much of it poison ivy and other vegetation that is a problem for humans to remove," a school representative said. "Not wanting to use chemicals, either, we chose the goat solution to stay environmentally friendly.

As for how many humans the goats can realistically replace, The Washington Post calculates a single worker equipped with a tractor can clear as much brush as 3,600 goats in one month of work. With just 20 goats munching at Western Michigan, the union is fighting for a fraction of a job. Bonnie Kristian

An Alaskan mom named Jolene Jackinsky was waiting with her baby, 6-month-old Giselle, at Anchorage International Airport this week when she noticed a man who looked a lot like former President Barack Obama. "As I got closer," she said, "I thought, 'Oh my God, it is Obama.'"

The ex-president walked over to chat. "He asked what our names were and where we were going. He talked about how fast they grow up and that he's got a girl who's going to college," Jackinsky recalled. Obama held Giselle and joked that he was taking the baby before snapping a selfie with Jackinsky and heading to his flight. Bonnie Kristian

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday President Trump seemed satisfied with his account of Moscow's innocence of manipulating the 2016 election during their first face-to-face meeting on Friday. This jibes with the account of the conversation provided by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, but not with statements from U.S. officials.

Trump "asked a lot of questions on this subject," Putin said. "I, in as much as I was able, answered these questions. It seems to me that he took these [answers] on board and agreed with them, but in actual fact, it's best to ask him how he views this."

"I believe it would not be entirely appropriate on my part to disclose details of my discussion with Mr. Trump," he added. "He asked; I answered him. He asked pointed questions; I answered them. It seemed to me that he was satisfied with those answers."

Putin also remarked that Trump is different in person than he appears on television, calling the American president "absolutely precise" and sounding a note of hope for future cooperation. Trump himself has yet to comment on the meeting beyond labeling it "tremendous." Bonnie Kristian

An American tourist named Bakari Henderson was killed in a bar brawl while visiting the Greek island of Zakynthos on Friday, local media reported.

Henderson, 22, was out with his friends when he began fighting with another bar patron. Both men were asked to leave the bar, after which the fight escalated and Henderson was beaten to death by 10 men, some reportedly armed with brass knuckles. Two men have been arrested and charged with homicide, and eight other people remain under investigation.

A recent graduate of the University of Arizona, Henderson was working on a photo shoot while in Greece. "Bakari loved spending time with family and friends, traveling, and meeting new people. He was a big thinker and enjoyed coming up with new business ventures," said a statement from his family. "Bakari was an inspiration to all he met. He loved life and lived it to the fullest." Bonnie Kristian

If your dream in life is to be a guardian of the galaxy, that may be an option sooner than you think. Representatives in the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee are considering legislation to create a new branch of the U.S. military — the Space Corps — to organize space missions by 2019.

The legislation in question is an amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual military funding and policy bill. The proposal would make the Space Corps an independent branch under the aegis of the Air Force, much like the relation of the Marine Corps to the Navy. But the Air Force is the proposal's chief critic, as senior Air Force officials have argued there is no current need to change from the present functionality of the existent Air Force Space Command.

"I think many people would recognize that at some point as military space capabilities continue to advance, space forces will need to become their own service," Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies told CNN. "The question is really one of timing and transition. The Air Force seems to think space is not yet a fully mature warfighting domain in its own right and does not need to be a separate, co-equal service." Bonnie Kristian

World leaders at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday issued a joint communiqué acknowledging the United States' differing stance on climate change. Negotiators attempted to reach consensus on the issue but were unable to reconcile the Trump's administration's approach with that of the other powers involved.

"We take note of the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the Paris Agreement," the statement says, but the "leaders of the other G20 members state that the Paris Agreement is irreversible" and "we reaffirm our strong commitment to the Paris Agreement."

The "differences were not papered over; they were clearly stated," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the process. Unlike her French and British counterparts, Merkel does not seem to hold out hope President Trump can be persuaded to reverse his stance on the Paris climate accord. For his part, Trump on Saturday praised Merkel's "amazing" and "fantastic" leadership of the summit.

On trade, another controversial point, the communiqué pledges to "fight protectionism including all unfair trade practices and recognize the role of legitimate trade defense instruments in this regard." The U.S. delegation agreed to that provision. Bonnie Kristian

President Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump took her father's seat at the G-20 summit in Germany on Saturday, sitting in for the president while he stepped away for bilateral meetings. A photo shared on Twitter (and then apparently deleted) by a Russian official shows Ivanka seated amid British Prime Minister Theresa May, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Here's a repost of the image by another account:

President Trump returned to his place after a brief absence, and Ivanka was not observed making any significant statement on the United States' behalf during her time in the session, which at that point addressed African migration and health. Bonnie Kristian