Curiosity;
This is per the Occidental College Website. Here is the link again:
http://www.oxy.edu/x8270.xml
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/10/sports/sp-crowe10
What his fellow ballers don’t seem to recall, however, is whether Obama played for the Tigers in a more formal capacity, as a former coach insists and the media have reported, and no tangible proof seems to exist that he did.
No photos showing the skinny teenager in short shorts.
No roster.
No box score.
No score book.
No mention in the school paper.
Nothing has been found, school spokesman Jim Tranquada says.
Basketball Coach Brian Newhall, who enrolled at Occidental the same year as Obama, says Obama does not appear in the JV team photo from the 1979-80 season, when Newhall and the future leader of the free world were freshmen.
Obama, he says, was his starting small forward in the 1979-80 season
I read the article. I'm not sure I understand the significance. What about it, exactly, do you find so insightful?