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Rumors have swirled of late that the latest big name who may decamp to the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour is TNT NBA analyst and onetime owner of the worst swing in golf, Charles Barkley. PGA legend Greg Norman is the league’s CEO, and big name U.S. players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson have already signed on for…

Last October, in honor of the league’s 75th anniversary, the NBA issued a list of what it deemed “the 75 Greatest Players in NBA History.” Since then, the list has been fodder for endless debate among fans and the purveyors of sports talk radio. Now, one of the 75 players on that list, Hall-of-Famer and current TNT Ins…

“I don’t want to die on TV. I want to die on the golf course or somewhere fishing. I don’t want to be sitting inside over [by] fat-ass Shaq [waiting] to drop dead,” said NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley of his tenure on TNT’s Emmy-winning Inside the NBA. Barkley made the statement on a call with reporters today ahead…

TNT cohost Charles Barkley, who once infamously claimed not to be a role model, advocated on Thursday for players to “beat the hell” out of fans. Speaking on the Inside the NBA show on TNT, Barkley was responding to recent reports of bad fan behavior. The incidents included a fan dumping popcorn on Washington Wizards…

As good a basketball player as Charles Barkley was during his long NBA career, he never won a championship. Thus, today’s victory in the televised golf showdown known as The Match was extra sweet. Barkley and pro golfer Phil Mickelson were easy winners over opponents Stephen Curry of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors…

Charles Barkely kept his silence about the Breonna Taylor ruling during Saturday’s NBA pregame coverage after he received backlash for comments about the Kentucky attorney general’s decision. A day after the Kentucky official indicted Louisville Detective Brett Hankinson on low-level charges of wanton endangerment in…

Turner Sports NBA analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said that sports leagues and players have turned racial injustice issues into a "circus," and warned that fans could be turned off by too much politics in sports. Barkley, speaking in a phone interview on CNBC, said players are placing more…

EXCLUSIVE: Charles Barkley is producing a series of short films that unearth hidden pieces of black history. The Basketball Hall of Famer's Round Mound Media has partnered with director Sheldon Candis, who directed 2012 Sundance feature Luv and ESPN's 30 for 30 doc Baltimore Boys, and Jesse Dylan's Wondros on…

Hall of Famer and TNT’s Inside the NBA co-host Charles Barkley told the Today show that Kobe Bryant’s legal problems in Colorado were part of his legacy and should not be dismissed. Barkley made his remarks as part of a group discussion featuring Barkley’s Inside the NBA co-stars, TNT announcer Ernie Johnson and…

The only thing funnier than sketch comedy is the blooper reel that comes out of it. Saturday Night Live released a compilation video of outtakes featuring guest hosts from Season 43 including Donald Glover, Ryan Gosling, Tiffany Haddish and Will Ferrell. The video above shows guest hosts breaking character and…

After taking a month-long break for the Winter Olympics, NBC’s Saturday Night Live returned last night with Charles Barkley in his fourth turn as host, Alec Baldwin as Trump on the heels of a Twitter sparring with the President over his impersonation, and musical guest Migos. The show averaged a 4.2 Live+same day…

NBC’s Saturday Night Live frequently posts cut-for-time sketches on its YouTube site, and sometimes the exclusions aren’t exactly easy to figure out. Here’s one: “Star Warriors”, an elaborate, Star Wars-themed digital short that didn’t make it to air last night. Introduced by J.J. Abrams, the clip is designed as a…