President Obama's Basketball Injury

Dana Ritter

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Friday, President Obama was injured during a game of basketball with friends. The President was elbowed in the lip and received 12 stitches.

Rey Decerega, director of programs for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, identified himself as the elbower.

He said in a statement, "I learned today that the president is both a tough competitor and a good sport. I enjoyed playing basketball with him this morning. I'm sure he'll be back out on the court again soon."

Decerega elbowed Obama during the fifth of five gamed played the day after Thanksgiving. He turned to the resident, who was playing defense, to take a shot when his elbow hit the president in the mouth, according to a pool report.

Sure enough, the President was back on the court the next day. But, as a spectator, not a player.

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Dana
Ritter

Dana Brown Ritter is the Washington, DC Bureau Chief for CBN News. She leads the DC team in coverage of the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and other big stories in Washington, as they come up. Prior to returning to CBN News as DC Bureau Chief, Dana was the News Director at WBTW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, SC. She's been an Executive Producer at WAVY-TV in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area, WTAE in Pittsburgh, and a producer at the DC Bureau for Hearst Television. Dana previously worked at CBN News as White House Producer and was the Executive Producer of "The Brody File