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Once Upon A Time, Charles Wang And Mike Milbury Royally Fucked Brian Burke
In 2001, the Canucks broke camp with two goaltenders: lifetime backup Dan Cloutier, and some dude. (Martin Brochu is about as "some dude" as a pro hockey player can be. In three non-consecutive NHL seasons, he got nine starts and didn't win a single one.) It was a personnel mystery that's endured to...

Shaq Assisted In Giving Charles Barkley A Birthday Pedicure
Charles Barkley is 49 today, and tonight TNT's Inside The NBA gave him a royal birthday treatment befitting a man dubbed Sir Charles....

Charles Barkley Can't Stop Talking About How Bad The NBA Stinks, Says It's Time To Consider Contraction
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Barkley also says that Dirk's best days are behind him....

Charles Barkley Is "Embarrassed" By The State Of The NBA
Barkley went on ESPN Radio in Chicago today, and had a few thoughts on the quality of play he's seen so far this year:...

Charles Oakley And Anthony Mason Had Some Profane Opinions On Those Awful Raptors Jerseys
Flash back to the '95-96 season, when the Toronto Raptors entered the NBA wearing their cartoon dinosaur jersey. (It's incredible that this was only 16 years ago, and someone thought these were okay. I mean, they were mocked at the time, but not enough. Not enough.) A former Raps employee recalls a ...

Charles Oakley's Friends Want You To Let Him Cook In Your House
Charles Oakley has had an interesting career. From down and dirty hustle man for the New York Knicks, to personal valet and muscle man to His Airness, Michael Jordan, Oak's services have always seemed so brutish....

Jersey City Assemblyman Is Sorry A Friend Wrote About Dallas "Cowgirls" And Philly "Gaybirds" On His Facebook Page
Charles Mainor, an assemblyman and Giants fan out of Jersey City, N.J., was the victim of an insensitive friend's Facebook posting over the weekend. Take note, pols: Blaming your friends, it seems, just might be the new hacking claim....

This Fan Behind Charles Barkley Is Awfully Excited To Be Holding A Ukulele
Your morning roundup for Jan. 17, the day we learned virginity does not prohibit reproduction or porn stardom. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Charles Barkley On "The National Nightmare" Of Tim Tebow
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Barkley is down on the Sixers, too....

Here's The <em>Saturday Night Live</em> Sketch In Which Charles Barkley Does His Shaq Impersonation
Last night's Charles Barkley-hosted SNL was more miss than hit, and even some viewers of this five-minute riff on TNT's Inside The NBA called it "the worst ten minutes in SNL history."...

Charles Barkley Is The Dongfather
Your morning roundup for Jan. 8, the day we learned that you can get a lot done in 15 days. Image via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Also Thinking He's Off Air, Kevin Harlan Talks About How The Saints "Kicked The Shit Out Of" Teams
Charles Barkley wasn't the only one caught last night talking into a hot microphone that was picked up by NBA.tv during a TNT commercial break. Here, play-by-play man Kevin Harlan makes an eloquent case for how well he thinks the New Orleans Saints play at home....

And Here's Charles Barkley's And Weight Watchers' Official Statements On That "Scam" Business
After last night's oopsy, everyone's in clarification mode. A pair of official statements, hot off the flack presses....

Thinking He's Off Air, Charles Barkley Says His Weight Watchers Endorsement Is A Big Scam
Via Eye On Basketball, what was a commercial break on TNT was shown live on NBA.tv's stream. With a secretly hot mic and a live camera, Charles Barkley shed some light on his contract with Weight Watchers:...

Charles Barkley: "Skip Bayless Has Surpassed Peter Vecsey As The Biggest Jackass In The History Of Journalism"
Following up on his earlier claim about "hating Skip Bayless more than any person in the world," TNT Inside the NBA commentator Charles Barkley launched another barrage in his media beef with the ESPN First Take pundit today on The Dan Patrick Show....

And Lo Did Tebow Come Bearing Gifts, An Interception For The Bears' Charles Tillman
Okay, so this was less a gift than a brilliant play by the Bears' Charles Tillman in both making the catch and keeping both feet inbounds. But it was Tim Tebow's first interception in six games, and that makes it at least a bit of a holiday miracle. [FOX]...

Charles Woodson Congratulates Hakeem Nicks On One-Handed Touchdown Grab
Nicks makes a great catch and Woodson gives him a little congratulatory fist bump....

Charles Barkley To Dan Patrick: "I Hate Skip Bayless More Than Any Person In The World"
Charles Barkley, the man who makes a living off of speaking truth to the power of sports figures and commentators that we all kind of hate, is on record as saying that ESPN's Skip Bayless is "one of the two people [he'd] like to kill." But since murder is kind of bad for one's public image, Chuck ...

Mizzou Will Join The SEC On Monday, According To SEC's Premature, Accidental Announcement
Missouri became will become the 14th member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), according to an announcement posted from the future on the conference's website last night that was almost immediately removed....

A Sampling From One Artist's Effort To Draw All 295 Members Of The Baseball Hall Of Fame
Summer Anne Burton is drawing every member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in chronological order. She began the project in January, 2011, and she would be thrilled to draw your favorite baseball player for you. Here are some of her drawings. Click the images to expand....