Washington, D.C. --
After getting off the phone with the Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, President Barack Obama immediately called up ESPN advising them that he was adjusting his bracket for the 2011 March Madness NCAA Tournament. Citing shifting weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean, hastening the approaching nuclear death plume off the West Coast headed inland, the president begged ESPN for another interview, but they denied him.
"Listen to me. This is very serious," Obama pleaded on the phone with ESPN. "You can’t hold me responsible for yesterday’s hoop picks. I had no idea how grave the situation was for the West Coast teams."
The President argued that given how West Coast teams rely so heavily on their slam-dunks, he did not think any of the players would be able to win. Let alone survive the impending radioactive death plume.
"Hang time could be a death sentence," said an emotional Obama, as he fell to his knees in the Oval Office.
However, ESPN refused to reconsider the president's request and said his bracket stands as is.
"If Obama wants to change his predictions, he'll have to take it up in an address to the nation," said a spokesman for ESPN.
ESPN also cited that their coverage of all sporting events had been preempted to carry live coverage of the nuclear disaster in Japan and the tracking of the nuclear death plume headed for the United States.
"We maybe sport journalist," said a spokesman for ESPN. "But we're journalists first."
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