Journalists, pols and other VIPs met in a celebrity tennis showdown Sunday in advance of the Washington Kastles’ league championship match — but it was a lesser-known Washingtonian who dominated.
Alan Krueger, assistant secretary for economic policy at Treasury, was the topic of the postgame chatter, thanks to his reliable forehand and fearsome serve.
“Sen. [Evan] Bayh played well, but man, Alan Krueger and that serve,” exclaimed Fox News’ Bret Baier, who partnered with Bayh.
“Can we get a drug test on the Treasury guy?” asked Bayh.
Only escalating their inter-network rivalry, CNN’s Ed Henry, who was also part of the losing side, blamed Baier. “The difference is I couldn’t be out there [on the court] more,” joked Henry. “Baier tanked it for us.”
Also playing: Fox 5’s Dave Feldman, Redskins great Darrell Green, ABC’s Jonathan Karl and World Team Tennis Commissioner and former No. 1-ranked doubles player Ilana Kloss. Calling the lines were Bloomberg’s Al Hunt and Margaret Carlson, “Meet the Press” executive producer Betsy Fischer and Tammy Haddad, founder of White House Correspondents Insider.
And tennis legends Billie Jean King and Gene Sperling were spotted sitting next to Geico’s famous hairy spokeman, but we’re guessing they didn’t want to give off the vibe that tennis is “so easy, even a caveman could do it.”
In the upper right corner, the Geico caveman takes in the match with Billie Jean King.
