President Barack Obama walks with a U.S. Secret Service agent back to his vehicle after playing a private game of basketball at Fort McNair in Washington, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
“After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit.”
–ROBERT GIBBS, White House Press Secretary in a statement about President Obama’s injury. (via the Washington Post)