Obama hosts Super Bowl champions

Obama, a passionate Chicago Bears fan, carried on the tradition of honoring the Super Bowl winners with a team presentation to Obama not only with a personalized Packers jersey and also shares of the publicly owned team. Green Bay, winner of four Super Bowls and 13 National Football League titles overall, beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Dallas in February for their latest championship, earning the annual invitation to the White House extended to the games winner.The Packers and Bears hold one of the longest and most spirited rivalries in the NFL, with the two Midwestern cities meeting for the first time in 1921. The White House visit was extra sweet for some of the Packers. Obama said before Green Bay beat the Bears in a conference championship game in January he would only attend the Super Bowl if the Bears were in it.The proclamation provided extra motivation for Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, who later said if Obama didnt want to see them play the team would visit him in Washington.