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WASHINGTON--President Obama filled out his NCAA brackets for ESPN. He picked Louisville, North Carolina, Memphis and Pittsburgh with the Tar Heels to win. Last week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, asked about Obama's brackets last week said, " I -- we will, in a transparent White House, release -- -- release the president's bracket next week." Well, that did not happen. Instead, the information was released by ESPN.
ESPN said on its website that President Obama had promised the brackets to an ESPN reporter during an earlier interview last year.
below release from ESPN
President Obama's Final Four: Louisville, North Carolina, Memphis, Pitt
In an exclusive interview, airing on Wednesday's Noon ET SportsCenter, with ESPN.com senior college basketball writer Andy Katz, President Barack Obama filled out his bracket predictions for the 2009 NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament. President Obama's bracket will be posted on ESPN.com Wednesday, and will appear alongside the millions of fans expected to play ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge games. Last year, the ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge set a record with 3.65 million entries. Katz's interview will also be available on ESPN.com and on ESPN Mobile platforms.
The President is predicting a Final Four of Louisville, North Carolina, Memphis and Pittsburgh to meet April 4-6 at Ford Field in Detroit.
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the 
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What a Tool!
I read the sun times today, and noticed the artile where you think? Michelle Obama brought a little bit of Chicago to WH.
Well you better check your records, that is not the first time that WH sprouted green water from the fountain on St. Patricks day. However we do realize that the Media is Bias, on all matters. No matter how trivial!
Methinks that the President should have been reading the AIG contracts, and making some compelling phone calls, instead! Where does he think he is? The mens' locker-room at the country club?
Lynn,
don't feel so snubbed about this, even though you were the first to ask Gibby about this. at least espn will show it for all to see.
Andrew G -
I don't know whether this was the first time that a White House fountain spouted green water on St. Patrick's Day or not. If not, I would suspect that it's not media bias, but rather a lazy media that no longer do such basic things like fact checking to do their jobs properly.
:)