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But the heated discussion made us wonder this: Who all does?
The Toronto Blue Jays became the first Canadian team to visit the White House when they accepted George H.W.
Bushs invitation after winning the World Series in 1992.
The kids later said the Jays threw them a party the night before and signed autographs.
Each WNBA champ was invited annually until Trump took office in 2017 and invited no teams during his tenure.
Champions resumed visiting the White House when Biden assumed office in January 2021.
(Pittsburgh mayor Richard Caliguiri gifted Carter with both a Pirates cap and a Terrible Towel).
The 2019 Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots, didnt attend, either.
When Joe Biden took office, the White House visits resumed.
It didnt become an annual tradition until George H.W.
Bush toasted the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991.
What happens when one of the NHLs Canadian teams wins?
Victors sat out the Trump years, but resumed the tradition when Biden was elected.
In 1961, Wilma Rudolph visited the White House to speak with then-Vice-President Lyndon Johnson about physical fitness.
Carter kept his promise and even tapped Willie Nelson to play the event in 1978.
That tradition has continued every year during the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies.
Division I college football champions:Always invited, and no team has ever turned down the offer.
The invites to collegiate ballers evaporated when Trump assumed office later that month.
The Baylor Lady Bears, helmed by none other than LSUs current head coach, Kim Mulkey.
