"Mr. Obama's regular basketball buddies include Reggie Love, the candidate's "body man" from the campaign trail who played basketball at Duke University in 2001, the year
the Blue Devils won the NCAA championship...." (Wall Street Journal online article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122964718901120311.html?mod=yhoofront)
"
Mr. Love, 26, is Mr. Obama’s body man, the personal aide who shadows the senator and anticipates everything he needs — and everything he does not need. He is not a bodyguard (security is provided by the Secret Service), but rather the ultimate assistant, rarely more than a body length away from the candidate" (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/us/politics/27reggie.html?_r=1&oref=
slogin).
