October 27, 2006
'The Games Presidents Play: Sports and the Presidency'
President George W. Bush may be low in the polls, struggling in Iraq, and worried about the Republicans, but he has a resting heart rate "in the range of a well-trained athlete." Or so said his doctors after the latest checkup.
Mr. Bush exercises — to a fault, say some detractors, who begrudge the time spent. But this is nothing new. Presidents and their recreation have long provoked grumbles. Tracking such controversies and more is John Sayle Watterson, author of The Games
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