They're not World Champions. They're merely champions of all 57 states. If they wish to call themselves World Champions, they'd better brush up on their Austrian and plan a visit to the Canadian President.
Bush's accidental pluralization was way better. Hell, "The Internets" is basically the way the majority of people on the internet refer to the internet.
Imagine if a Republican president were a good basketball player like Obama, playing every day, taking British Prime Minister Cameron to a college game last month. A Republican president would get enormous goodwill on basketball news sites and message boards. The American media is controlled by the conservative half of the U.S., so we only see stuff like this thread.