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MIAMI -- President Barack Obama has invited the World Series champion Chicago Cubs to visit him at the White House.The team will have to make travel arrangements quickly, though, because Obama leaves office in mid-January. Obama extended the invitation to manager Joe Maddon during a congratulatory telephone call Thursday evening as he flew back to Washington aboard Air Force One.Obama tweeted the invitation early Thursday, shortly after the Cubs won their first championship since 1908 by defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings.The Cubs arent Obamas preferred baseball team; his loyalties lie with the White Sox.White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Obama rooted for the Cubs because hes from Chicago and the White Sox didnt make it to the championship. He said Obama watched the final innings of the game at his hotel in Miami late Wednesday after campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.Obama congratulated the Cubs at another Clinton rally Thursday. He said he had heard someone explain that, when the Cubs last won the World Series, inventor Thomas Edison was alive and sliced bread wasnt yet invented.Obama said the championship is actually, for Cubs fans, the greatest thing since sliced bread.Josh Reddick Jersey . There was no hesitation from the 40th-ranked Pospisil, from Vernon, B.C., who admitted that he cut back on his training sessions over the last few days to conserve energy as the long ATP season finishes next week at the Paris Masters. Roberto Osuna Astros Jersey . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. http://www.baseballastrosproshop.com/carlos-correa-astros-jersey/ .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. Jake Marisnick Astros Jersey . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. Roy Oswalt Jersey . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The University of Virginia plans to retire Malcolm Brogdons No. 15 jersey.The school on Thursday announced that it will make Brogdons jersey the eighth to be retired at the school, and the first since Sean Singletary in 2009. The ceremony will take place Feb. 20Brogdon, now with the NBAs Milwaukee Bucks, was a consensus first-team All-American last season, when he finished his career ranked ninth on Virginias career scoring list with 1,809 points. He also ranks first in free throw percentage (87.6%), second in games played (136).During his career, he also helped Virginia reach qualify for four NCAA tournaments, capture two ACC regular-season titles and one ACC Tournament championship.ddddddddddddBrogdons jersey will join those of Singletary (44), Jeff Lamp (3), Barry Parkhill (40), Ralph Sampson (50), Bryant Stith (20), Wally Walker (41), and Buzzy Wilkinson (14) in the rafters of John Paul Jones Arena.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '