12 sports shout-outs for 2013

7. To the White House…

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Former Miami Dolphins football quarterback Bob Griese (l.), President Obama, and 1972 Dolphins Coach Don Shula hold a signed jersey in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 20, 2013, during a ceremony honoring the Super Bowl VII champions.

… for saluting pro football’s only perfect-record team, the 1972 Miami Dolphins. President Nixon was in the throes of the Watergate scandal when the Dolphins completed their 17-0 season, so they didn’t get to enjoy the usual trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

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