The parents of Chelsea King are consoling the parents of a teen found dead in San Diego County.

The remains of 14-year-old Amber Dubois were found Saturday, four days after the presumed body of the 17-year-old King was discovered in a shallow grave.

King’s parents issued a statement Monday saying they spoke with Amber’s family and share their “indescribable grief.”

Amber vanished last year while walking to Escondido High School.

King vanished last month after running in a wilderness park about 10 miles away from the site where Amber disappeared.

John Albert Gardner III is charged with murdering King and is being investigated for possible links to Amber’s death.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — When 17-year-old Chelsea King went missing last month San Diego, Maurice Dubois had a sinking feeling that his 14-year-old daughter had fallen victim to the same killer.

Amber Dubois vanished walking to school on Feb. 13, 2009, about 10 miles from where Chelsea was last seen in running clothes at a park. Amber’s father noted their similar builds — 5-foot-5, thin, blue-eyed.

“We’re hoping they’re two separate isolated incidents,” he said last week. “In the back of our minds, we know the possibility is so strong there is a connection.”

Authorities found Amber’s skeletal remains early Saturday in a remote, rugged area of Pala, a small town in the Pala Indian Reservation, which covers more than 12,000 acres in north San Diego County, said Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher. The county medical examiner’s office confirmed the remains were Amber’s through dental records, he said.

Police are investigating whether Amber’s disappearance was linked to Chelsea’s accused killer, John Albert Gardner III. Maher said a tip led officials to Amber’s remains, but he didn’t give any other details or answer questions during a brief news conference Sunday.

“This is an ongoing murder investigation, and any details, no matter how slight, would be inappropriate to reveal at this point in time,” he said.

Amber’s parents, Maurice Dubois and Carrie McGonigle, appeared distraught at his side. Maurice Dubois briefly thanked everyone who searched for Amber, particularly volunteers.

“They were the most dedicated people you could ever imagine,” he said. “Without them, we couldn’t have done anything.”

A candlelight vigil for the girl was planned Monday evening at Escondido High School, where she was enrolled.

Gardner, 30, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering Chelsea and raping or attempting to rape her and attempting to rape another woman in December, a potential death penalty case.

A spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney’s office, Paul Levikow, declined to comment Sunday on the investigation into Amber’s death.

Gardner was registered as a s-ex offender in Escondido, a north San Diego suburb, from January 2008 to January 2010, with some gaps, police say.

He served five years of a six-year prison term for molesting a 13-year-old neighbor in San Diego in 2000. He saw her at a bus stop and lured her to his home to watch movies. He completed parole in September 2008.

Amber was last seen walking with a man about 200 yards from Escondido High School by a woman who used to drive her to middle school, according to her father. Another neighbor reported seeing her about 300 yards from school. she never appeared on school surveillance cameras.

Amber, who was active in Future Farmers of America, left home with a $200 check to buy a lamb. it was never cashed.

There was no physical evidence recovered, hindering early search efforts, her father said. Calls reporting sightings of the girl came in, but none panned out.

In contrast, physical evidence was quickly recovered when Chelsea went missing, sparking a massive, round-the-clock search. three days after Chelsea went missing, Gardner was arrested outside a Mexican restaurant in Escondido.

Gardner is being represented by Michael Popkins, a public defender who declined to speak with reporters after Wednesday’s arraignment. no one answered the phone at the public defender’s office Sunday night.

Chelsea’s death sparked outrage in her hometown of Poway, a wealthy suburb near Escondido.

A court-appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Matthew Carroll, recommended the maximum sentence allowed under law for Gardner in 2000, calling him an “extremely poor candidate” for treatment and a “continued danger to underage girls in the community.”

He faced a maximum sentence of nearly 11 years in prison under a plea agreement, but prosecutors urged six years.

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most women think that they only need to lose excess blubber in the stomach area to get the abs of their dreams. They are so centered in lessening their weight that they sometimes forget to target their abdominal muscles. another myth is that they only need to do numerous crunches to gain an attractive abs. what they don’t know is they can also trim that belly through a full-body workout. a full-body workout helps build muscle, which in turn burns calories. Girls must gain muscle to burn fat and then get a flat stomach. another good thing with building muscle is that muscles can burn energy thru night and day, even while you are resting.

for ladies who want to increase muscle, and eventually burn up the fat, you can try doing Pilates. These exercises reinforce the core and the entire body. another way to do it is through cardio. Speed walking is a good example of low-intensity cardiovascular. Take note though that when you perform cardio, it is vital that you increase the pace of your activity over a period of time.

there are other ab work-outs for women that help in shaping up the tummy into a fascinating abs. one example is the raised leg crunches. in this exercise, you’ll have to lay flat on your back on the floor. Then, place your hands behind your ears. Both of your legs must then be bent ninety degrees off the floor. From this position, pull your knees to the direction of your head, forming a crunch in the midst. To return to the resting position, simply lower your knees back to their previous position. Each movement can be repeated for half a minute. in this exercise, you may use your leg muscles to target your intestinal muscles.

women can also try the Super crunches, which is another sort of crunch exercise. in this ab workout for women, you may use the power of your lower and upper legs to target your abdominal muscles. To do this, you should lay down flat on your back on the floor. your legs must be bent ninety degrees off the floor and parallel with the ceiling. Crunch your core by bringing both knees toward your head. Remember, you have to target your ab muscles while doing this. You must also breathe out as you bring your knees toward your head. like the easy crunches, each movement must be repeated for half a minute.

Crunches are efficient in helping ladies get the sexy, ripped abs they want. These ab exercise programmes for girls raise a person’s metabolism to burn calories. At the same time, they build muscle. the smartest thing about crunches is they can be performed at a pace and level women are comfortable in.

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Christiansen, 52, is one of the area’s most accomplished runners, in terms of speed and endurance. He has run in five Boston Marathons and completed 17 official marathons, bettering the Boston qualifying time in all but one (read on for those details). Christiansen has surpassed 26.2 miles in training runs maybe 30 other times as he prepared for ultramarathons, such as the Moonlight Boogie and Mountain Massacre 50-milers. his attempt to run the Western States 100 in 2008 was canceled because of wildfires, but he ran his 100 miles anyway — then he competed in the Western States last year.

The Greensboro native was in Manhattan this week as his company, MB-F, hosted the world’s most famous dog show at Madison Square Garden.

Christiansen took a few minutes to talk about the show.

You’re the president of MB-F: what does your company do?

“We are producers and managers of dog shows. It’s kinda simple. A race director, say like Scott Bassett, they produce a race. Everybody enters. Entries go to them. they set up equipment and they do timing. We’re the equivalent of that for dog shows. We do about a thousand events a year all over the country and occasionally out of the country. all of the people who want to show a dog go through us to find out where shows are. We process entries, do all the printing and catalogs, manufacture ribbons, scheduling. then we send trucks and equipment and people to town to set it up. Here at Westminster, everything you will see on TV, we did. We brought all the carpet, the flowers and signs. Backstage there are little platform wooden stalls, and every dog has a spot that’s numbered and labeled. the general public is walking through to see the dogs as they’re groomed, and we stage all of that.”

How many employees do you have?

“We have 100. about 75 of those are in Greensboro. We have some satellite offices in Florida, Philadelphia, an office in Michigan, some people in Oregon, some people in San Francisco. We stage and keep equipment in other parts of the company.”

How do you know when a show is a success?

“In some ways, if we’re somewhat invisible, that means there’s no problems. … If we’ve done our job, it’s like you don’t know we’re here. It’s the type of business that if you don’t do the job properly, everybody knows. It’d be like the Chicago Marathon, where they ran out of water; everybody knew. when a race goes off, it just happens. There’s plenty of water, plenty of port-o-lets, plenty of parking, the race started on time, you got your credentials in the mail and so on. our work would be the equivalent of you going down to run a race and everything happened the way you wanted it to happen.”

Madison Square Garden has been the home to professional sports teams, a Frazier-Ali fight, national political conventions and concerts. what is it like for you to walk into that building and help put on the most famous dog show in the world?

“It’s so cool. our office is right here with the Knicks and Rangers locker room. We’re in the bowels of Madison Square Garden. There are all of these pictures of what you just said. all right there. We’re occupying that same space. We’re putting together the flowers in the locker room. I’m looking at these lockers, wondering who was hanging their stuff there the other night. you stand there and think about the history. There are pictures of Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and all the athletes, Ali. There’s a huge hallway with tons of photographs, and there are pictures of the dog show back there. It’s pretty neat.”

What’s next on your running schedule?

“The Mount Mitchell 40-miler (Feb. 27). There’s one hill repeat: 20 miles up and 20 miles back down. they sent a picture the other day, and it’s covered with ice and snow. I’ve got Yak Tracks, and I’ve already experimented with them. you put ‘em on your feet, and honestly you can run in solid ice. then Greensboro (the North Carolina Marathon in High Point) in March and Boston in April.

“I have a goal for the North Carolina Marathon, to see if I can get most improved. I ran 3:36 last year and missed my Boston time by eight seconds — only because Charlie (Engle) slowed me down. but that was our second marathon that day. I’m only gonna run once this year and see how much faster I can be.”

North Carolina Marathon

Prices will go up Saturday on registration fees for the North Carolina Marathon on March 20 in High Point.

Entry fees of $70 for the full and $50 for the half will rise $10 each.

Sign up at ncmarathon.org

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At the Flushing senior center, Microsoft also placed two-way video cameras and monitors that let homebound seniors remotely take part in activities such as tai chi and painting, while interacting with instructors and classmates at the center. for seniors with vision, hearing, and physical disabilities, Microsoft adapted the virtual centers with assistive technologies and devices.

Ethel Warfield, 81, has failing vision and uses BigKeys, a keyboard featuring 1-inch keys. She found the standard QWERTY keyboard too confusing, so Microsoft brought her an enlarged ABC keyboard, which she finds more logical and easier to see. Warfield also uses Magnifier, a new feature in Windows 7 that enlarge portions of the computer screen as a magnifying glass might. sometimes she uses a screen reader that reads text aloud. “I’m amazed at the technology,” Warfield says. “It has totally changed my life.”

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Perform only one set of each exercise as described resting for at least 30 seconds before doing the next exercise. for optimal results, try to do the exercises at least two times during the week and once on the weekend for a minimum total of three days per week.

Exercise #1: Bird Dog

• Perform one set of 12 repetitions. Rest 30 seconds before moving to the next exercise.

Exercise #2: side Plank (for Beginner Level) or Modified side Plank (for Intermediate Level)

• Perform one set (hold this exercise for 10 seconds on each side). Rest 30 seconds before moving to the next exercise.

Exercise #3: front Plank

• Perform one set (hold this exercise for 10 seconds). Rest 30 seconds before moving to the next exercise.

Exercise #4: Glute Bridge

• Perform one set of 15 repetitions. Rest 30 seconds before moving to the next exercise.

Exercise #5: Crunches

• Perform one set of 12 repetitions. Rest thirty seconds.

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Harbinger Deluxe Tri-Fold Workout Mat

Harbinger Dura-Foam Exercise Pad 2ft x 6ft

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When the co-ed club became coed/women’s club it started feeling crowded right away. a number of members was increased, but the maintenance didn’t change. the showers in the ladies change room are not clean anymore. the shower curtains are filthy and haven’t been changed for months. Please see a photo attached. the toilets are often out of order for days. the sauna was out of order for a long time.

They have a box for suggestions/feedback by the reception desk. however, they don’t bother to reply to what might be submitted in there. I made a suggestion to re-place existing orange over door shower caddies in the ladies change room with more substantial ones in 2009. the existing ones are useless, and it is impossible to place a shampoo bottle on it. So, we put our toiletries on the floor instead. they are also tipping to either side held by one hook over a door. the staff later placed the caddies over a shower head that is as high as 6 feet. It is impossible to reach the caddy for some women, and we still spread the shampoo and toiletries on the shower floor. how pathetic for a multi-million business to be so cheap!

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Scott Shaw / The Plain DealerLeBron James reacts to action during the first half of Monday’s game against San Antonio at The Q.CLEVELAND, Ohio — Knowing that his coach was calling him a “game-time decision” against the Spurs Monday night, LeBron James showed up at shootaround in the morning dressed to go through the workout.

“What are you doing?” Mike Brown asked.

The answer, it turns out, is just resting. Brown decided to hold James out of a second consecutive game, following a plan to give James a full week off to heal some bumps and bruises. The plan is to give James Tuesday and Wednesday off as well and then let him practice Thursday and return Friday in Philadelphia.

“I think this is an opportune time for him to get some rest with the amount of days we have in between games,” Brown said. “He wants to play; he doesn’t like sitting. but I explained what I was trying to do and he bought into it.”

James is recovering from a left quad bruise, the right ankle injury and, Brown hinted, some soreness in his back as well. none of it serious, none that would stop team trainers from clearing him to play.

This is the time of year for these decisions. recently, the Lakers shut down Kobe Bryant because of a string of nagging injuries and gave him nearly three weeks off around the All-Star break. The Spurs, as is custom this time of year, have been finding places to give Tim Duncan nights off.

Recently James has been logging heavier minutes than Brown wants. He played 42 minutes or more in seven of the last 12 games.

Brown said he is not worried about playoff positioning at the moment, as the Cavs started the week with a five-game lead on the Magic in the East, three over the Lakers for the overall no. 1 seed. They currently hold the tiebreakers against both. therefore, he’s not weighing that in playing James.

“If I was [concerned], then I would’ve said “hey, tape that bad boy up against Milwaukee,’” Brown said.

“He could do that if it was a playoff game. with all the bumps and bruises he does have and the minutes he’s longed, he may not say this, but his body has been feeling the effects from playing all those minutes. I really I think it will do him and his body well to sit.”

Darnell Jackson audition: Saturday Brown played Darnell Jackson ahead of Leon Powe at backup forward. It had nothing to do with Powe’s recent play or his recovery from knee surgery.

“I wanted to take a look at Darnell in a normal rotation look,” Brown said. “I may do it again, both those guys have to stay ready if their number is called.”

There’s a chance the Cavs are giving Jackson a hard look and want to give him minutes in something besides garbage time. The team is going to have a cut a player in two weeks to make room to re-sign Zydrunas Ilgauskas, an unpleasant fact. Jackson and rookie Danny Green are the two most likely candidates because their contracts are not guaranteed past this season.

Jackson call up? there were several reports Monday that the Spurs are set to sign former Cleveland State star Cedric Jackson to a 10-day contract. He was not with the Spurs against the Cavs.

Jackson, who signed two 10-day contracts with the Cavs earlier this season, has been playing well for the Erie BayHawks including a game where he had 30 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and six steals last week.

Dribbles: Daniel Gibson returned to the team after missing a week following the birth of his son. … Shaquille O’Neal will appear in several public service announcements this month to promote testing for bone marrow donors. O’Neal will be a spokesman for the “Be The Match” campaign. … The NBA’s Facebook page recently passed two million friends. to thank fans, both O’Neal and Antawn Jamison filmed videos that can be seen on the Facebook page.

LeBron James’ health surpasses a mid-March game, so star rests vs. Spurs: Cavaliers Insider

DON’T EVEN THINK OF HITTING THE GYM OR DOING WORKOUT TRAINING WITHOUT READING THIS!

The first question I want to ask you is what are your workout training goals for 2010? Do you want to develop a workout body and get ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic? Do you want to gain 20 pounds of muscle, lose 10% body fat and get into the best shape of your life?

If you answered yes to any one of those questions, then the logical question to ask yourself now is how are you going to achieve this workout body and do you have a workout plan to follow and work with in order to get ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic?

Don’t take this the wrong way. I for one am the first to admit that I went to the gym for years and did workout training on a regular basis with absolutely no workout plan and its only been over the last few years that I have stepped up my game, got organized and got myself a workout plan geared to my goals of developing a workout body. since this epiphany, my workout training has never been more effective or efficient and I achieve set goals in weeks rather than in years as was previously the case.

If you feel semi or completely disorganized with your workout training, don’t worry as the purpose of this article is to fix that. Its the start of a fresh new decade and there is no better time then right now to start on developing your workout body and get ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic for 2010!

So to recap, my main point thus far is this: in order to maximize your workout training effort, you need a phenomenally strategic workout plan and nutritional program heavily geared towards your goals with a proven track record that the system works (i.e. its been tested and it does what it says). This will form your workout training foundations to success. Building your foundations is the critical first step and you absolutely positively need to get it right! Bad foundations (i.e. having no workout plan geared to your goals) will lead to everything built on top (i.e. your workout training efforts), come crashing down (i.e. not achieving a workout body and not getting ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic)!

So how do you avoid this and how do you minimize your risk of not achieving your goals? Simple, start planning your attack!

First, lets establish your goal. You want to develop a workout body and therefore you want to get ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic. more specifically, you want to put on double digit pounds of muscle, shed 6 to 11% body fat and build a strong and explosive, athletic body! now that your goal is set, you need to determine how you are going to do this. Simple, you are first going to find a workout training and nutritional plan geared strictly towards your goals with a proven track record ensuring the system works!

First, lets choose a workout training strategy to follow. as a broad overview, I place workout training into two categories of which you can choose from. You can chose between conventional static workout training or non conventional dynamic workout training. I recommend you chose the non conventional dynamic workout training and here is my reasoning behind this recommendation.

Static workout training is what I refer to as the never changing workouts that 95% of people working out at the gym do all the time. they are the conventional one dimension workouts where you work each body part once a week (some body parts get worked out twice but not on a regular basis). You typically do 12 to 15 sets per workout with a 2 to 5 minute break in between sets. Sets vary in the 8 to 12 rep range and rep tempo is the typical 1 to 2 seconds up and down routine. Cardio may be implemented but is typically on an infrequent basis and if done, is typically performed with a run on a treadmill at an even pace for 15 to 30 minutes.

Think about the description I have just presented to you. The next time you are in the gym,take a look around and see how many people are doing this type of workout training program and note their physical characteristics (not judging people here, just observing for learning purposes). Are these people ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic looking? Muscular and powerful in the sense of big and bulky? perhaps, however are they ripped and athletic looking? Not typically, as this type of workout training is heavily geared towards the big bulky body building look.

Now fellas, lets face it. The bulky steroid look is long past its prime. Just take a look at 90% of the fitness and pop culture magazines on issue today and you will see images of men and women with toned, sculpted, athletic bodies gracing almost every page. if that doesn’t convince you, then ask some of ladies who they find more appealing: Brad Pitt or Jay Cutler (Mr. Olympia 2009 for those not familiar). So if a ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic look is what you are after, workout training strategy 1 is NOT the ideal strategy you want to follow in order to achieve your workout body. Plain and simple, it does NOT have a proven track record to get you . That being said, lets now look at workout training strategy number 2 witch is heavily geared toward developing a ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic body.

Dynamic workout training (workout training strategy 2) is what I like to call next generation workouts. This type of workout training strategy is going to catch fire this year and I believe will be the new way to workout (get on it now so you can consider yourself a pioneer!) as it builds and develops a workout body that not only looks ripped, muscular, powerful and athletic, but also develops athletic functionality (i.e. if you train like this, your performance in sporting activities will increase as well). Not only do they return maximum results for your workout training efforts, they are also full of variety and constantly changing (hence described with the word “dynamic”) and therefore remain fresh and new so you always remain challenged and never get bored of your workout training!

So what makes dynamic workout training so effective?

Well, dynamic workout training is structured in a way where it moves in and out of circuit training phases and non circuit training phases. within those phases, the number of sets, reps and tempo vary constantly. Maximum muscle is built when your body is subjected to unfamiliar workout routines (when your body begins to get used to a workout routine, your positive results diminish exponentially), and therefore this dynamic (constantly changing) workout training strategy is the most effective and efficient way to build muscle. It not only enables you to build huge amounts of muscle, but the high set, high rep circuit training phases enable you to dramatically develop and improve your muscular endurance witch in turn burns mass amounts of fat and gets you lean, ripped and cut!

So who uses these dynamic workout routines?

Well, at present, they are a hidden secrete amount professional athletes and celebrities. The reason pro athletes and celebrities love these workout routines is two fold. they not only enable them to perform and look their very best, but due to their efficient nature, they are able to complete these workout routines in as little as 20 to 30 minutes (so can you!). Surprising to some, but pro athletes and celebrities don’t have all day to spend in the gym (in a typical day, they probably have less time than you!). they are constantly busy with appearances, press, meetings, travel and whatever functionality of work or sport they actually do. they therefore need the fastest, most efficient workout training (typically 20 to 30 minutes a day) in order to develop and maintain their workout body and stay in top shape!

So where can you find a dynamic workout training program?

Well, the great news is that you can find quite a few dynamic workout routines right here at NewBodyDimension.Com! if you click here you can view and try several dynamic workout routines and compare them to your previous workout training. This should then give you a solid understanding of what I have presented to you thus far.

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Following the workout routines presented above and on this website is an excellent start and will set the initial building blocks for your workout training foundations on witch you want to build your training upon if you want to get a ripped, muscular and athletic body!

To further build and reinforce your workout training foundations and to guarantee your chances of success at achieving your workout body, I highly recommend you look into one or both of the following 90 day workout plans:

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The reason I recommend you look into these workout plans is as follows. although many of the workout routines on this website are directly from these training systems (this is great because you get to see it and try it out), there is no structure to them (i.e. there is no instruction on when to do workout “x” and when to do workout “y”) and there is not a significant amount of nutritional information for you to follow either. Structure in both nutrition and your workout training is the essence of your workout plan and thereby having neither essentially leaves you with very weak foundations on very shaky ground. To give you an analogy, its similar to wanting to build a house and having the tools and materials to build it but no plan to build to.

So again I encourage you to look into these workout plans as they are the most effective and efficient way to develop a workout body and get ripped, muscular and athletic!

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Obama invoked Alabama coaching legend Paul “Bear” Bryant as he recognized the program for its first national title in 17 years. He said the team’s newfound success largely because of the efforts of Coach Nick Saban, who quickly turned the program around after arriving in Tuscaloosa and won a championship in his third season.

“It’s safe to say the Tide is back,” Obama said, to the occasional “Roll Tide” chant from his audience.

The president received a football, helmet and jersey with his name on the back from Alabama players after his speech and went on to shake the hands of most of the team, including Saban and Heisman Trophy winner mark Ingram.

About 120 players attended the White House ceremony.

“As Coach Bryant once said, ‘The most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude,’ ” Obama said. “I think this team would make him proud, because they’ve got that winning attitude.”

Among those in attendance was Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, who has repeatedly clashed with Obama on economic and banking issues by virtue of his position as the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. the president also called out Shelby for holding up appointees.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs didn’t leave his office early Monday afternoon.

As an Auburn native and vocal Tiger fan, Gibbs likely wouldn’t have enjoyed the ceremony his boss was presiding over at the time. and the president didn’t miss the opportunity to poke a little fun.

“He’s hiding in his office right now,” Obama said to laughter.

Obama then got down to the laundry list of congratulatory remarks. In addition to Saban, linebacker Rolando McClain got an extra shout out while the president repeated one of the player’s friendly swipe at Saban’s height.

“I especially want to congratulate Rolando for winning the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker,” Obama said in a five-minute address. “And I know that part of Rolando’s talent comes from his intelligence and his judgment.”

In fact, the president said one of McClain’s teammates was asked to describe him, “He said just picture Coach Saban being huge and being able to play football,” Obama said.

McClain, however, did not make the trip to Washington as he prepares for the next part of the busy week for the Alabama football program. He’ll be one of a handful of former players participating in the Wednesday Pro Day in Tuscaloosa, where scouts and NFL executives will evaluate draft potential.

Wednesday’s workout will be especially important for McClain, of Decatur, since he didn’t go through the running, jumping and agility portions of the NFL Scouting Combine last week.

For Monday, at least, the focus was on the successes of last fall.

Senior Javier Arenas even told Obama he’s “got to put this on” when handing over the helmet, but the president deferred as so not to “mess up my (hair) do.”

While in the nation’s capital, players, coaches and staff members toured the National Mall, monuments and the Pentagon. They also participated in a service project with Washington, D.C., area students Monday morning.

The Tide’s previous service and classroom achievements were not lost on Obama.

“That’s the kind of tone this team sets, both on and off the field,” he said in an address heard on whitehouse.gov. “It’s why these young men – and this is something I’m very proud of – had the second highest graduation rate of any team ranked in the top 25. it shows that these guys have their priorities straight.

“Together, they contributed more than 3,500 hours of community service that Alabama student-athletes performed last year,” Obama said.

Before leaving, he dropped one final line of congratulations for the college team.

“I know spring practice starts on Friday – woo, man,” Obama said. “Next Friday, huh? So enjoy these last few days off. and congratulations to all of you for just an extraordinary season.”

Michael Casagrande contributed to this report for the TimesDaily.

‘The Tide is back’