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Charles Barkley carved out a Hall of Fame worthy NBA career. His accolades include an NBA MVP, 11 All-Star Game appearances, and 11 All-NBA Team selections with the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and Houston Rockets. Although he has long retired from playing basketball, the Hall of Famer continues to impart his knowledge and experience as […]

TNT’s Inside the NBA is going into its final season on television after they were unable to strike a deal with the NBA. The league instead decided to sign a new deal with ESPN and Amazon Prime. That has left the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Ernie Johnson on the outside […]

Unfortunately, injuries are part of the game of basketball. In fact, even the best basketball players in the world fall to injury. However, there have been cases in the NBA when players get injured for the most bizarre reasons. In fact, some injuries aren’t even related to basketball. Here’s the 10 most unusual injury causes […]

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys recently agreed to a record-setting $240 million contract extension. The deal has received mixed reviews from around the sports world. NBA legend Charles Barkley took issue with Prescott and other quarterbacks agreeing to massive contracts that don’t always help the team, via Roc and Manuch with Jimmy B. “I […]

One of the biggest stories from the first weekend of the 2024 NFL season had nothing to do with what happened on the field, as police detained Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill ahead of the team’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and former NBA star Charles Barkley voiced some concerns about how the wide receiver […]

Charles Barkley has always been very critical of Kevin Durant. The NBA Hall of Famer has never backed down from speaking his true feelings about the 14-time All-Star, and Barkley is even more judgmental of Durant since he plays for the Phoenix Suns. When Durant was traded to the Suns, the rest of the league […]

NBA Hall of Fame forward and TV broadcaster Charles Barkley is making a $1 million donation to St. Mary Academy, a catholic college prep school in New Orleans. Despite Barkley’s comments on losing money to stay with TNT, he had no problem donating to an educational institution after two former students used trigonometry to solve […]

NBA fans who routinely watch and listen to mainstream media, the attention is almost always centered around a handful of teams. The Los Angeles Lakers, led by LeBron James, and the Golden State Warriors, led by Stephen Curry, were talked about an exorbitant amount relative to their status as legitimate NBA contenders, and Charles Barkley […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo recently married his fiancee in Greece, but Charles Barkley may have disturbed his honeymoon by challenging him to get better as a basketball player. If you asked the Round Mound of Rebound, the Bucks star still has plenty of holes in his game that keeps him from all-time great status, […]

As TNT’s NBA coverage enters the final year of its contract, Inside The NBA’s future hangs in the balance. Amazon Prime’s regular-season NBA coverage will tip off at the start of the 2025-26 season. NBC/Peacock will air approximately 28 games in the first two rounds of the playoffs, and at least half will air on […]

While people such as former player Lou Williams believe there is a conspiracy theory surrounding Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown after they won the NBA championship, legend Charles Barkley thinks they’ve been disrespected. Appearing on “The Bill Simmons show,” he would talk about such situations as Tatum receiving little playing time in […]

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has gotten a lot of attention during her rookie season in the WNBA. Of course, not all of that attention has positive, and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is going after those who have nitpicked Clark because of what he deemed jealousy. Barkley, who has never been one to bite […]

With the NBA signing a new rights deal with ESPN, Amazon Prime, and NBC, Charles Barkley could have left TNT for either one of those networks, but he stayed loyal. Carmelo Anthony was one of the people who saw Barkley’s loyalty, and he wanted to show his respect to the TNT analyst for what he […]

The Team USA men’s basketball team has come back home after winning gold, but there seem to still be issues with how they played in the Olympics. Jayson Tatum not suiting up two games during the tournament is still a big topic among others, and Charles Barkley was the most recent to share his thoughts. […]

The Team USA men’s basketball squad had an impressive run in the 2024 Olympics. The USA won gold with their 98-87 victory over France on Aug. 11. Nevertheless, the highly talented squad was tested early, which prompted a stern warning from former Phoenix Suns star and TNT commentator Charles Barkley. Barkley made another comment about […]

Charles Barkley recently gave his honest thoughts on the Dan LeBatard Show about Team USA’s victory over Serbia in the semifinals of the 2024 Olympics. The Americans narrowly escaped defeat at the hands of the Serbians coming out on top 95-91. Throughout the match, Serbia led the USA and it wasn’t until late in the […]

Recently, NBA Hall of Famer and television broadcaster Charles Barkley announced that he would be staying with Turner Sports for the duration of his contract despite the NBA signing a new television deal to move their coverage away from TNT after 2025. Many correctly assessed that Barkley’s retirement announcement less than two months ago was […]

It has been a whirlwind of a last few weeks for the NBA as it pertains to their television rights, as they first announced they would be moving on from TNT in favor of a new deal with Amazon and NBC and have now found themselves as the subject of a lawsuit from Warner Bros. […]

Newly signed Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George has hosted a podcast for a while now, but even he knows covering the NBA Finals on TV is a different ball game altogether. In a recent interview with Charles Barkley, a longtime member of TNT’s Inside the NBA, George admits talking about the NBA on television gives […]

Going into the 2024-2025 NBA season, it looks to be the last one with TNT having exclusive coverage of the NBA. Amazon won the rights after TNT refused to match the offer, putting the future of the Inside the NBA crew in jeopardy. However, Charles Barkley reaffirmed his commitment to the network, and it was […]

Team USA basketball has looked utterly dominant so far at the 2024 Paris Olympics, going a perfect 3-0 in the preliminary rounds. The Americans beat South Sudan, Serbia, and Puerto Rico all handily and now head into the quarterfinals where they will face Brazil. It’s no secret that Steve Kerr’s squad is a clear-cut favorite […]

After 35 long years as one of the its broadcast partners, TNT network has lost the media rights to the NBA. They were unable to match the offer presented by Amazon, according to the league itself, and as a result, the NBA will be leaving TNT after their contract expires at the conclusion of the […]

There’s no question that Team USA has the deepest pool of NBA players when it comes to basketball. As a result, in every FIBA tournament, Team USA is always dubbed as the heavy favorite to win it all. In fact, throughout the years, several legends have answered the call of the national team. While the […]

In Team USA’s 110-84 win over Serbia in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jayson Tatum was notably absent from the floor. Postgame, head coach Steve Kerr admitted he messed up not playing Tatum. “Jayson will play,” he said, per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “I’m not going to answer your next question, which is if he plays, who […]

Now that the NBA is moving forward with its massive media rights deal with Amazon Prime Video instead of Warner Bros. Discovery, basketball coverage is expected to change significantly. It is officially the end of an era. Or is it? TNT Sports is not going down without a fight, as it fires back at Commissioner […]

It was recently revealed that TNT is expected to lose its NBA media rights deal after the league went in a different direction. TNT’s popular show, Inside the NBA, will be especially missed by fans. Charles Barkley, an NBA Hall of Famer and one of the stars of the show, recently addressed the TNT news […]

TNT is not giving up. The company announced that they matched Amazon’s $1.8 billion offer to continue covering the NBA while keeping the “Inside the NBA” show, which features Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson, running moving forward. “We’re proud of how we delivered for basketball fans by providing best-in-class coverage throughout […]

Can the Philadelphia Eagles recover from their disappointing 2023 season? While their regular-season record seems to show a relatively successful season, the postseason results say otherwise. Their positive record masks the severe underperformance of a team fresh off of a Super Bowl run. As a result, they were bounced out of the first round by […]

While superstar point guard Stephen Curry trains for the Olympics with Team USA in Las Vegas, the Golden State Warriors brass back in San Francisco is currently looking for ways to maximize the final years of the career of their franchise’s best ever player. The Warriors are coming off of two straight relatively disappointing seasons […]

Charles Barkley is a Basketball Hall of Famer, having won an NBA MVP, making 11 All-Star Game appearances, and led the NBA in rebounds. Nowadays Barkley continues to make his mark in basketball as an analyst, but Barkley recently announced he will be retiring from TV work after the 2024-25 NBA season. Given Barkley’s popularity, […]

Last week, Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics was somewhat overshadowed by a bizarrely timed postgame announcement from NBA TV analyst Charles Barkley, who took the station’s postgame show to announce that he would be stepping away from television at the conclusion of next year’s 2024-25 season. […]

The Dallas Mavericks came into Game 4 of the NBA Finals facing what has historically been an insurmountable 3-0 series deficit, and from the jump on Friday night, it was clear that Dallas was playing with a far greater sense of urgency than their Eastern Conference counterpart was. In a must-win situation, the Dallas Mavericks […]

The NBA is set to lose one of its most entertaining on-screen personalities, with Charles Barkley leaving the small screen at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. With ABC having the broadcast rights for the 2024 NBA Finals, Barkley announced that next year will be his final year as a full-time presence on television on […]

Basketball legend Charles Barkley ribbed hockey legend and NHL on TNT analyst Wayne Gretzky in the presence of top draft prospects on hand for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers. Top NHL Draft prospects Macklin Celebrini, Cayden Lindstrom, Zeev Buium, and Artyom Levshunov appeared at the […]

Charles Barkley isn’t the first person who comes to mind for Stanley Cup coverage. Nevertheless, the former NBA player-turned-broadcaster made an unexpected appearance during Monday’s Game 2 between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. Barkley joined P.K. Subban, Steve Levy, and Mark Messier during one of ABC’s intermission breaks to discuss the game. While […]

Basketball icon Charles Barkley has expressed admiration for Dan Hurley, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the NBA Finals. However, he’s not particularly pleased with ESPN’s recent coverage of these subjects. During his appearance on Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich, Charles Barkley criticized ESPN for dedicating a considerable amount of their NBA Finals coverage to […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are taking on the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals on Thursday night, needing a win to avoid their season coming to an end. TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley likes the Timberwolves’ chances in Game 5: “I’ll be shocked if the Wolves don’t win tonight… I expect them […]

The ‘Inside the NBA’ crew on TNT has been a staple of NBA gamedays since its introduction way back in 1989. Recently, the tea leaves have revealed that there is a real chance the popular show could go the way of the dinosaur next season, if the league shifts to new outlets like Disney Plus […]

Charles Barkley has candidly expressed his sentiments regarding TNT Sports potentially losing NBA rights to NBC, especially concerning the potential conclusion of Inside The NBA. In an interview with Phoenix, Arizona’s NBC affiliate 12News, he made his position even more clear. “I’m gonna enjoy – it’s not even retirement. I got fired. I didn’t retire. […]