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President Barack Obama's love affair with basketball has been well-reported. Like many of us, the man simply loves his hoops. But when you are the leader of the free world, and rabid fan of the sport, you clearly have the ability to pull together a roster of talent for a pickup game like no other.

Such is the case with the upcoming Obama Classic, a fundraiser for the Obama campaign, to be held in New York City on August 22. Legends scheduled to participate include Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Penny Hardaway, Alonzo Mourning, among others. Scheduled to join them will be Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter, Joe Johnson, and Kyrie Irving, Sheryl Swoopes, Jamal Crawford, Juwan Howard, Tracy McGrady, Paul Pierce, Austin Rivers, Rajon Rondo, Steve Smith, Dawn Staley and John Wall.

With well over a thousand entries yesterday and everyone from Half Cent and Zoom Rookie designer Marc Dolce (above) to Bobcats rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist joining in on the fun, it was great to see the sneaker community rally together and show Penny Hardaway some birthday love during our first annual #1CentDay celebration.

We've compiled the top 25 WDYWT photos tagged yesterday with the #1CentDay hashtag below, with quite a great prize in store for the winner.

Vote ahead for the best #1CentDay photo, and the winner will receive an exclusive Mystery Air Penny sneaker from NikeSportswear, Sole Collector and Iam1Cent.com in their size. 

Because of the overwhelming amount of photos received, voting will continue all day today and the winner will be selected on Friday, July 20th at 10 AM PST.

The Top 5 vote getters will all receive a subscription to Sole Collector Magazine.

Thanks again for participating everyone, and enjoy a look at some great Penny sneakers ahead.

Every February 17th, we all plan ahead and wear our favorite Air Jordans to honor Michael and his iconic signature series.

With today being Penny Hardaway's birthday, we're hoping July 17th can carry on that same meaning going forward.

We all love wearing Foams, Rookies and each and every Air Penny model, but let's see who can break out the best Air Penny today in our first annual #1CentDay WDYWT contest.

Penny Hardaway and Chris Rock go together like Jay-Z and Kanye. Both exude greatness in their own rite, but are a force when they're together. After 20 years, magic was made on Thursday night's episode of the Bottom Line Sports Show, when the two reunited to talk about the impact of the Lil Penny commercials and Penny got Chris to do the unthinkable: agree to discuss bringing Lil Penny back for new series of commercials. Talk about epic!!

The Bottom Line Sports Show announced today that Chris Rock will appear as a special guest with Penny Hardaway on Thursday, April 12 at 9:00 p.m. Rock was the voice for the "Lil Penny" puppet who was the alter ego to basketball star Penny Hardaway in a series of Nike shoe commercials from 1994–1998. Listeners can expect a lively dialogue between Rock, Hardaway and the Bottom Line Sports Show crew about current sports topics and the phenomenon known as “Lil Penny.” The Bottom Line Sports Show is an insightful and interactive blog talk radio show executive produced by Penny Hardaway and former New York Knick Charles Oakley.

Big things were popping in NYC today.

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