Q:What’s the difference between organized crime and big time college athletics? A: Organized crime has rules. Q: How do you make level playing fields? A: Make them all crooked. I don’t know why or how — heck, I just learned how to use our toaster — but about twice a day CBS Sports dings my … Read more
Charles Barkley can grab a Snickers because he’s not going anywhere for awhile. Barkley and TNT jointly announced Tuesday that the popular basketball analyst will remain with the network for the duration of his 10-year deal, which was signed in 2022. Barkley previously said he’d retire after the 2024-25 season regardless of whether TNT, a … Read more
Charles Barkley is never afraid to call it as he sees it, and he did so again after TNT was rebuffed by the NBA in its attempt to match Amazon’s bid for broadcast rights, which it has had for more than 30 years. “Clearly the NBA has wanted to break up with us from the … Read more
Stephen A. Smith believes TNT “dropped the ball” in its attempt to keep the NBA on its airwaves after its current rights deal expires after this upcoming season. The NBA announced on Wednesday that TNT “did not match the terms” of a bid by Amazon to stream the NBA beginning with the 2025-26 season and … Read more
TNT and the NBA could be on the precipice of a legal battle royal. TNT, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Monday that it intends to match an NBA rights deal to keep broadcasting the league. ESPN is retaining the NBA Finals in the NBA’s next rights package, and NBC and Amazon had emerged … Read more
Weeks after sharing news about his stunning retirement from broadcasting, basketball analyst Charles Barkley is shedding more light onto why he’s stepping away after next season. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer joined CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Thursday from the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nevada — explaining his loyalty to TNT and the … Read more
Charles Barkley’s retirement plans left his longtime partner shocked that he not only learned about it on TV like everybody else, but also that there was no acknowledgment of his longtime TNT co-hosts. “He never called me. He never told me,” Kenny Smith told The Post at the NBL Next Stars event Monday celebrating Australia’s … Read more
For the third time in a year, ESPN must figure out what to do with its top NBA announcing team. Instead of opting for a flashy name, the network should select Tim Legler to work alongside venerable play-by-play man Mike Breen and trailblazer Doris Burke. After laying off Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson last … Read more
The sports world doesn’t want to see Charles Barkley go. Social media was abuzz after the legendary TV commentator announced on NBA TV on Friday night after Game 4 of the Finals that he will be retiring from the airwaves. Charles Barkley, one of the Greatest TV Personalities we have ever seen, is retiring after … Read more
Charles Barkley was cracking jokes over his employment status Monday during an appearance on ABC as his future at TNT remains unclear. The “Inside the NBA” star joined P.K. Subban, Steve Levy and Mark Messier on the first intermission report of the Panthers’ 3-1 win over the Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup … Read more
Kendrick Perkins really didn’t appreciate being called a “roach” amid a fractious back-and-forth with Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal. In April, Perkins said on “The Michael Kay Show” that Barkley and Shaq only watch the Knicks when they are responsible for directly covering the game on TNT, and later Barkley told Shaq that he was … Read more
Charles Barkley was in for a rude awakening when he wanted to hear about the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final on ESPN on Thursday. Earlier in the day, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news that the Lakers were “targeting” UConn basketball coach Danny Hurley for their vacant head coach job — a stunner given … Read more
Kenny Smith could be the odd man out. As the fate of “Inside the NBA” is uncertain with TNT potentially losing its NBA rights, Smith is “vulnerable to being collateral damage” in the fallout, according to Puck. Smith, a two-time NBA champion with the Rockets and a former North Carolina star, is part of TNT’s … Read more
Luka Doncic isn’t ready to bid an official farewell to the “Inside the NBA” crew. When the Mavericks’ star spoke to Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal on Thursday night after Dallas punched its ticket to the NBA Finals with a 124-103 win over the Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western … Read more
Charles Barkley has no concerns about getting an earful from his bosses for publicly airing grievances as he stews over TNT’s handling of its NBA rights negotiations. With TNT’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly on the brink of losing its NBA rights, the 61-year-old Hall of Famer has gone on the offensive in multiple … Read more
Tenuous times for TNT’s “Inside the NBA” crew has led to some frustration. Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith were reportedly upset with a reporter seeking an interview with Charles Barkley on the current uncertain status of their broadcasting rights and future. “She should clear it through Turner,” Smith said to Barkley as he began an … Read more
The basketball world was still mourning the Monday death of the beloved former player and broadcaster Bill Walton when “Inside the NBA” went on air Tuesday ahead of the Mavericks’ Game 4 battle against the Timberwolves. The “Inside the NBA” crew took time to remember the basketball and broadcasting legend, with Charles Barkley and Shaquille … Read more
The TNT crew called “cap” on Karl-Anthony Towns. After one of the worst shooting nights of his career in Minnesota’s Game 3 road loss to Dallas on Sunday — in which he failed to hit a 3 on at least eight attempts (0-for-8) for the first time in his career, per TNT — Towns made … Read more
Adam Silver delivered a sliver of hope to basketball fans that the fate TNT’s beloved “Inside the NBA” has yet to be decided. The league’s commissioner was asked about fans’ concerns about losing the on-air team of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal with the home of the NBA’s television rights after … Read more
Charles Barkley painted an ugly picture Thursday as the future of TNT’s “Inside the NBA” grows bleaker with NBC reportedly closing in on a new rights deal with the league. During an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show,” the NBA great, 61, lamented how the network’s higher-ups “screwed this up” as the deal – should … Read more