Obama Needs 12 Stitches to Lip After Getting Hit During Basketball Game 13.23K Max Read 11/26/10 02:25PM Filed to: Ouch Ouch Barack Obama Basketball Stitches obama HIT Fb Tweetg Appic President Obama apparently took an elbow to the face during his basketball game today and was left needing 12 stitches for his lip. Can't wait for this to be used as a clunky metaphor in Op-Ed pages across the country!