Obama: 'I spend most of my time watching ESPN in the morning'
When it comes to bloviating talking heads, the leader of the free world prefers ESPN.
"I get so much politics I don't want to be inundated with a bunch of chatter about politics during the day," Obama said in a Friday interview with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio. The president also revealed that he sometimes turns on ESPN (with the sound off) when reading a "really fat briefing book," Business Insider reports.
"I spend most of my time watching ESPN in the morning," the president said, sharing that he's a big fan of SportsCenter, which he watches during a.m. workouts.
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Because of his busy schedule, though, Obama said he can't usually sit down and watch full games, "except maybe the Super Bowl, or the NBA Finals, or the World Series."
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