World Cup Ball On Time Cover Looks Like Obama Logo

June 3rd, 2010 8:23 AM

It's just my speculation: Time isn't about to share its inner workings with me, but FWIW . . .

He is, after all, the man who informed the world that his ascendancy would be seen as the moment that "the planet began to heal."  So I suppose it's fitting that his logo appear on the World Cup soccer ball, the event that will be watched by more people than any other event in human history.

Could that be what Time magazine was thinking?

Check out the image of the ball on the cover of this week's Time, and compare it to the Obama logo, seen after the jump.  Compare the Time ball, too, with an image of the actual ball, to which it bears absolutely no relation.

Time editor Rick Stengel revealed the cover during his regular Morning Joe appearance today.

Now it's true that a bit of green makes it's way onto the side of the Time ball.  But the central image seems strikingly like that of the Obama logo.  Coincidence?