Chris Cillizza! Sports & Politics, Most Athletic Presidents & Gerald Ford Dominating on the Gridiron

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Chris Long

Sports, Entertainment News, News, Football

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 108 minutes

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A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our national pastimes. (2:24) - Chris Cillizza talks about his book, Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency, which details the intimate history between sports and the Highest Office of the United States, from Dwight Eisenhower playing golf to Gerald Ford dominating the football field to Barack Obama's famous pickup basketball games (39:46) - History of Bowling at the White House, Which Presidents Would Have Sports Bet, Donald Trump's Fake Athletic Prowess and Bill Clinton and Arkansas Basketball (1:13:17) - JFK's Athletic History, Best Current Athletes as President, Angel Reese and Jill Biden and Championship Teams at the White House Power Players available online: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Players-Politics-American-Presidency/dp/1538720604 Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ Send any Talent Search submissions to: [email protected] Include any video of your talents, takes and bits as well as a little bit about yourself. Love hearing from the Green Light fans. Also, check out our paddling partners at paddleva.com to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. Green Light Spotify Music: https://open.spotify.com/user/951jyryv2nu6l4iqz9p81him9?si=17c560d10ff04a9b Spotify Layup Line: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=675d445ddb824c42 Green Light Tube YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GreenLightTube1 Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.7	How would take me away? A very different but fun episode awaits you today. We welcome Chris
0:59.1	Saliz at a studio, Jake. Chris is a political commentator. He's worked for CNN. He's written for
1:04.0	a number of different publications and he's been a frequent panelist on Meet the Press. He's also
1:08.5	written a number of books, one of which is the subject of today's episode. Power players, sports
1:14.7	politics and the American presidency. One, it's a really interesting read. Please go out and pick up
1:19.9	the book and two, you'll really enjoy this interview. In the book, Chris explains the crossroads
1:24.9	between politics and sports. How the presidents in the Oval Office have all been involved with sports
1:30.6	from Gerald Ford, being a star football player to Barack Obama's Pick Up Basketball career.
1:35.6	To George W. Bush throwing out the most famous first pitch in all of baseball. We pick up with
1:40.2	the presidency around the mid-20th century and run all the way through the current presidents.
1:45.1	Chris goes through some great stories, details some really interesting facts about our president.
1:49.9	In the sports that they played, he gets into the current climate of how sports and politics
1:54.6	use each other. You'll please enjoy this interview. Have a great weekend.
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