Championship teams visit the White House [Pictures]
Barack Obama welcomes NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski to the White House, while owner Roger Penske and crew chief Paul Wolfe stand nearby. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
Look through photos of championship teams visiting the White House through the years.
Barack Obama holds a jersey presented to him by coach Nick Saban and quarterback A.J. McCarron of the national-champion Alabama football team. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
Barack Obama is presented with an autographed basketball by Tina Charles, second to left, and Maya Moore, left, of the national-champion UConn women’s basketball team. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)
Barack Obama jokes with Green Bay cornerback Charles Woodson as the president holds a certificate of partial ownership to the Packers -- the Super Bowl XLV champions. (JASON REED / REUTERS)
Barack Obama holds a jersey with Los Angeles guard Kobe Bryant during a White House ceremony honoring the 2009 NBA-champion Lakers. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)
Barack Obama is presented a Texas A&M jersey from the Aggies’ national championship women’s basketball team, including coach Gary Blair, right. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Barack Obama poses with North Carolina coach Roy Williams and the rest of the 2009 national-champion Tar Heels in the White House. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Chelios pose for pictures with George W. Bush during the 2007 NHL-champion Red Wings’ visit to the White House. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
From left, Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger and Kendall Simmons are honored with the rest of the 2006 Super Bowl-champion Pittsburgh Steelers in the White House. (LAWRENCE JACKSON / Associated Press)
Barack Obama holds up a Phillies jersey given to him by Jimmy Rollins during a White House ceremony honoring the 2008 MLB World Series champions. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
George W. Bush shakes hands with David Ortiz while Daisuke Matsuzaka looks on during the 2007 MLB World Series-champion Boston Red Sox’s visit to the White House. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)
Crystal Langhorne presents a jersey to George W. Bush during a visit by Maryland, the 2006 NCAA women’s basketball national champions, to the White House. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Johns Hopkins’ Chris Watson, captain of the 2005 men’s lacrosse national-champion Blue Jays, shakes hands with George W. Bush. (KIM HAIRSTON / Baltimore Sun)
Keuth Duany, captain of the NCAA men’s basketball-champion Syracuse team, talks to George W. Bush. (GERALD HERBERT / Associated Press)
Bulls coach Phil Jackson presents a jersey from the 1997 NBA champions to Bill Clinton. (SUSAN WALSH / Associated Press)
Bill Clinton holds up a jersey with Emmitt Smith’s number during the Super Bowl XXX-champion Dallas Cowboys’ visit to the White House. (RUTH FREMSON / Associated Press)
Bill Clinton looks up to Gwendolyn Gilllingham, 6 feet 7, during the 1994 NCAA women’s champion North Carolina basketball team’s visit to the White House. (JOE MARQUETTE / Associated Press)
Bill Clinton holds up the Stanley Cup with Scott Stevens during the 1995 Stanley Cup-champion New Jersey Devils’ visit to the White House. (J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / Associated Press)
