Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Obama bụ onye na-akwado Chicago White Sox, ma ọ tụfuru pitch mbụ na
2005 ALCS mgbe ọ ka bụ onye omeiwu. N'afọ 2009, ọ tụpụrụ ọkwa mbụ n'egwuregwu All-Star mgbe ọ na-eyi jaket White Sox. Ọ bụkwa onye na-akwado bọọlụ Chicago Bears na NFL, mana na nwata ya na ntorobịa ya bụ onye na-akwado Pittsburgh Steelers, ma gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ maka ha tupu mmeri ha na Super Bowl XLIII ụbọchị iri na abụọ ka ọ gachara ọrụ dịka onye isi ala. N'afọ 2011, Obama kpọrọ ndị Chicago Bears 1985 ka ha bịa White House; ndị otu ahụ agabeghị White House mgbe ha meriri Super Bowl na 1986 n'ihi ọdachi Space Shuttle Challenger. Ọ na-egwu basketball, bụ́ egwuregwu o sonyere na ya dị ka onye so n'òtù egwuregwu ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya, ọ na-ejikwa aka ekpe eme ihe.