President Bush, Kobe Bryant on hand to watch U.S. women’s basketball

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The U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a 97-57 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday, but the game on the court was only part of the attraction for fans in the stands. That’s because President Bush and the U.S. men’s basketball team were on hand to cheer for the women.

When the president got up to leave during the third quarter -- with the U.S. up by 30 points -- USA Basketball President Val Ackerman jokingly told the president that if the U.S. somehow ended up losing, ‘I was going to come find him. So he told me, ‘1600 Pennsylvania Ave.’ ‘

And, as for having the men’s team on hand to cheer? ‘It’s always fun to see the men here supporting us,’ said the Chicago Sky’s Sylvia Fowles. ‘We know they have their own opening game tomorrow, but I’m excited to have them here supporting us and it will be the same with us tomorrow night.’

-- Greg Johnson