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Barack approval, boxing fights: Inside bond between Knicks exec and sister Michelle

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Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

If the Christmas spirit is about family, Craig Robinson and Michelle Obama are its brother-sister embodiment.

“I’d spend a lifetime admiring him for his ease,” the former Michelle Robinson wrote in her new memoir, “Becoming Michelle Obama.”

The 412-page best seller that has sold more than 3 million copies is filled with odes to the Knicks’ vice president of player development.

The former first lady touts her brother’s “optimistic spirit,” calling him “my protector since the day I was born” who “made me laugh more than any other person on Earth.