Obama shares 'not impressed' pose with gymnast
Even McKayla Maroney was impressed. A photo of
the Olympic gold medalist and President Barack Obama doing her
now-famous "McKayla Maroney...
THE WHITE HOUSE / GETTY IMAGES
President Barack Obama jokingly mimics the
"not impressed" expression of U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney,
left, on Thursday at the White House.
Gymnastics
President Obama impresses Maroney
Even McKayla Maroney was impressed.
A photo of the Olympic gold medalist and President Barack Obama doing her now-famous "McKayla Maroney is not impressed" face went viral Saturday after the White House posted it on Twitter. The two took the picture Thursday when Maroney and U.S. Fierce Five teammates visited the White House.
"He was the one who brought it up," Maroney said. "We were about to leave and he said, 'I want to talk to you one second about the face.' He said, 'I pretty much do that face at least once a day.' "
Maroney, 16, was photographed making the half scowl with her nose scrunched up while she was on the medals podium after winning a silver on vault at the London Olympics.
The "face" soon became Maroney's trademark. But it's one thing for fans to ask her about it, quite another when the president does.
"I, like, freaked out," Maroney recalled. "He said, 'Let's do it together.' We took a picture and now it's everywhere."
NHL
Red Wing White calls
Bettman 'an idiot'
So much for a two-week break. Eight days after the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return to bargaining Monday.
League commissioner Gary Bettman recently suggested to union head Donald Fehr the sides take two weeks off from negotiations.
After an informal skate Saturday in Troy, Mich., defenseman Ian White of the Detroit Red Wings lashed out at Bettman.
"I gotta be honest: I personally think he's an idiot," White said. "Since he's come in (1993), I think he's done nothing but damage the game."
This is the third time in Bettman's tenure there has been a lockout.
Horse racing
Krigger rides winner
in $1 million Jackpot
Goldencents, ridden by Kevin Krigger, led virtually all the way and beat 9-5 favorite Bern Identity by 1 ¾ lengths to win the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot for 2-year-olds in Vinton, La.
Krigger led the jockey standings at Emerald Downs in Auburn in 2005.
Goldencents, trained by Doug O'Neill, ran 1-1/16 miles in 1 minute, 44.89 seconds. The colt, whose owners include Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, was the second choice in the wagering and paid $7.20 to win in the Grade III race.
"This is the best 2-year-old I have ever sat on," said Krigger, 29. "To come into this type of race with this type of horse, I have been waiting my entire career for a horse like this."
Tennis
Czechs lead Spain
2-1 in Davis Cup
The Czech Republic won the doubles to take a 2-1 lead over defending champion Spain in the best-of-five Davis Cup final in Prague.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3 to take the edge going into Sunday's reverse singles.
Elsewhere
• Norwich beat Manchester United 1-0 to knock Man U out of first place in English Premier League soccer.
Anthony Pilkington scored in the 60th minute as Norwich extended its unbeaten run to six.
Defending champion Manchester City moved to the top of the standings with a 5-0 rout of Aston Villa.
• Ashley Wagner of Alexandria, Va., and Takahito Mura of Japan had strong free programs to win figure-skating titles at the Trophee Bompard in Paris.
Wagner, a former Tacoma and Vancouver, Wash., resident, won the Skate America title last month in Kent.
Wagner, who was battling a head cold, has qualified for the season-ending Grand Prix finals next month in Sochi, Russia.
Seattle Times news services
President Obama impresses Maroney
Even McKayla Maroney was impressed.
A photo of the Olympic gold medalist and President Barack Obama doing her now-famous "McKayla Maroney is not impressed" face went viral Saturday after the White House posted it on Twitter. The two took the picture Thursday when Maroney and U.S. Fierce Five teammates visited the White House.
"He was the one who brought it up," Maroney said. "We were about to leave and he said, 'I want to talk to you one second about the face.' He said, 'I pretty much do that face at least once a day.' "
Maroney, 16, was photographed making the half scowl with her nose scrunched up while she was on the medals podium after winning a silver on vault at the London Olympics.
The "face" soon became Maroney's trademark. But it's one thing for fans to ask her about it, quite another when the president does.
"I, like, freaked out," Maroney recalled. "He said, 'Let's do it together.' We took a picture and now it's everywhere."
NHL
Red Wing White calls
Bettman 'an idiot'
So much for a two-week break. Eight days after the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return to bargaining Monday.
League commissioner Gary Bettman recently suggested to union head Donald Fehr the sides take two weeks off from negotiations.
After an informal skate Saturday in Troy, Mich., defenseman Ian White of the Detroit Red Wings lashed out at Bettman.
"I gotta be honest: I personally think he's an idiot," White said. "Since he's come in (1993), I think he's done nothing but damage the game."
This is the third time in Bettman's tenure there has been a lockout.
Horse racing
Krigger rides winner
in $1 million Jackpot
Goldencents, ridden by Kevin Krigger, led virtually all the way and beat 9-5 favorite Bern Identity by 1 ¾ lengths to win the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot for 2-year-olds in Vinton, La.
Krigger led the jockey standings at Emerald Downs in Auburn in 2005.
Goldencents, trained by Doug O'Neill, ran 1-1/16 miles in 1 minute, 44.89 seconds. The colt, whose owners include Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, was the second choice in the wagering and paid $7.20 to win in the Grade III race.
"This is the best 2-year-old I have ever sat on," said Krigger, 29. "To come into this type of race with this type of horse, I have been waiting my entire career for a horse like this."
Tennis
Czechs lead Spain
2-1 in Davis Cup
The Czech Republic won the doubles to take a 2-1 lead over defending champion Spain in the best-of-five Davis Cup final in Prague.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3 to take the edge going into Sunday's reverse singles.
Elsewhere
• Norwich beat Manchester United 1-0 to knock Man U out of first place in English Premier League soccer.
Anthony Pilkington scored in the 60th minute as Norwich extended its unbeaten run to six.
Defending champion Manchester City moved to the top of the standings with a 5-0 rout of Aston Villa.
• Ashley Wagner of Alexandria, Va., and Takahito Mura of Japan had strong free programs to win figure-skating titles at the Trophee Bompard in Paris.
Wagner, a former Tacoma and Vancouver, Wash., resident, won the Skate America title last month in Kent.
Wagner, who was battling a head cold, has qualified for the season-ending Grand Prix finals next month in Sochi, Russia.
Seattle Times news services
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