# @apnews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-07-25T01:41:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Associated Press (@AP) — https://gondola.cc/AP

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Former President Barack Obama surprised the WNBA All-Stars at their practice at his new Presidential Center on Friday.

Obama spoke to the players on the basketball court at the center, which opened in June. “Some of you I’m meeting for the first time. All of you are extraordinary and I could not be bigger fans,” Obama said. “The way the game has been growing lately, the way it’s been picking up and people paying attention to your excellence, I think it’s been something for basketball fans, generally, a sight to see. It’s been making me happy.”

He spoke to the players for a few minutes before taking a group photo. Obama then spent about 10 minutes shaking hands with the players and taking photos with them. Caitlin Clark called her conversation with Obama “a moment I’ll probably remember for the rest of my life.”

After talking to the players, Obama went across the center to talk to a group of investors in the league and nearly 100 high school girls.

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Photo by Candace Dane Chambers/Chicago Sun-Times via AP and #APPhotos by Paul Beaty

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