>> reporter: president obama is an avid fan of football, as have other presidents been, including richard nixon who at one point, legend has it, supposedly called the coach of the washington redskins and gave them a play which they used in their very next game. it had disastrous results and the team actually lost. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. up next, it's been a big year in politics from the crazy campaign ads to the midterm elections. find out which stories made our list of all the best, all the worst in 2010. also ahead, life in the extremely fast lane, driving for more than two hours in broiling heat. think of fastest woman in nascar. [ male announcer ] at&t introduces a new windows phone.