The President On Sports TV

By Joshua Albarran

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly (right) sat down with President Barack Obama during the Super Bowl XLVIII pregame show.
(Fox Sports)

It has been a month for the President of the United States as Barack Obama had been interview for by broadcast sports division for events such as the Super Bowl, the NBA All-Star Game and the Winter Olympics. Three presidential interviews by the three networks for three respecting sporting events.

FOX

The Super Bowl XLVIII interview on the FOX broadcast network took place five days after the President's State of the Union address. Bill O'Reilly of FOX News Channel asked him tough questions on the Obamacare website, the IRS scandal and the Benghazi investigation , in my book this was the best sports interview of the year just because it airs on a NFL pregame show especially on Super Bowl Sunday, which Seattle defeated Denver at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey for their first Super Bowl title.

TNT

Two Sundays later, Turner Sports' Charles Barkley interview Obama on the NBA on TNT pregame show for the All-Star Game in New Orleans. The basketball talk went very well, but my disappointment's from that segment was that they didn't talk about the situation of NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman's recent trips to Korea, despite that sister network CNN had been covering the imprisoned America held over there.

NBC

Five days after the Super Bowl, Bob Costas (wearing glasses to protect from a pink eye) talks with the President on NBC Sports during the opening night of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Obama answered  a number of topics conducted by Costas including the United States Olympic team, not entering the Olympics since becoming president and event host Russia's accomplishments like deals with Iran and Syria, same-sex and former NSA leaker Edward Snowman.