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2016 Election: 6 Times Presidential Politics Intersected With Cleveland Sports

By Nick Dudukovich

June 16, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; General view of the presidential seal on Air Force One as President Barack Obama along with Vice President Joe Biden leaves the Orlando International Airport Thursday afternoon to meet with the Families of victims of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub. Mandatory Credit: Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via USA TODAY NETWORK
June 16, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; General view of the presidential seal on Air Force One as President Barack Obama along with Vice President Joe Biden leaves the Orlando International Airport Thursday afternoon to meet with the Families of victims of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub. Mandatory Credit: Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via USA TODAY NETWORK /
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May 4, 2016; Flint, MI, USA; President Barack Obama speaks to a crowd about the Flint water crisis at Flint Northwestern High School. Mandatory Credit: Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY Network
May 4, 2016; Flint, MI, USA; President Barack Obama speaks to a crowd about the Flint water crisis at Flint Northwestern High School. Mandatory Credit: Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY Network /

President Obama Calls Ty Lue

The Cleveland Cavaliers championship marked the city’s first major sports championship since the Browns won the NFL title in 1964.

Needless to say, a Cleveland team was long overdue for a call from the President of the United States.

President Obama spoke to coach Ty Lue just days after the Cavs made NBA history, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the Golden State Warriors.

These days, anything and everything is recorded for posterity, so Cleveland fans can relieve the day their championship winning head coach talked to the most powerful man in the free world forever.

The Obama-Cavs connection is cool because anyone who’s paid attention during the eight years he’s been in office knows the President is the biggest basketball fan to work in the Oval Office.

Obama also showed off his sense of humor, begging Lue to tell J.R. Smith to “Put a shirt a on.”

Put that into the National Archives, for, oh I don’t know, forever.

Obama also has ties that go beyond the Cavs winning the title. Superstar LeBron James is a big Obama supporter. He’s actively campaigned for him and also helped Michelle Obama champion higher-education initiatives. 

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