Ah. It's great to have Charles Barkley back in full effect. Felt like he left for a little while. Then he comes back white hot, calling the Washington Wizards the "dumbest team in the history of civilzation". Now, he's on the Dan Patrick's radio show (audio below) and stating that not only was ESPN surprising Miguel Tejada with a copy of his birth certificate "bush league" (0:25 and 1:02) but that he would have "slapped the hell out of" (0:40) the reporter if he'd tried to pull that on Barkley.
Barkley's outspoken nature aside, I actually think that's a pretty reasonable reaction. I probably would not be particularly thrilled if anyone decided to pull a Chris Hansen on me re: my age. There are just more tactful ways of going about it, and "groundbreaking" news doesn't necessarily have to be shock journalism.
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Charles Barkley Would Have 'Slapped the Hell Out of' E:60 Reporter
Posted Apr 18th 2008 6:15PM by Will Brinson
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4-18-2008 @ 7:14PM
g said...
this kind of crap from barkley is amazing...he doesn't seem to find anything wrong with perpetuating the lie to the organization and the fans, he just finds something wrong with a person being called on it...
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4-18-2008 @ 7:15PM
Michael gifford said...
maybee someone should bitch slap Tejada and say "didn't your momma teach you not to lie?"
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