Charles Not in Charge
I have always loved the round mound of rebound, the mouth of the south. Charles Barkley is a modern day Will Rodgers, who tells it like it is, with his own unique style and flair. He also is one of the few people to have claimed to have been misquoted in his own autobiography.
When not throwing annoying fans through bar windows or appearing on TV, he can usually be found gambling.
"Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem," Barkley said. "But I don't consider it a problem because I can afford to gamble."
He said he never bet on basketball and only bet in casinos. He called it a bad habit but said he intended to continue.
Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges.
"My mistake," Barkley said in an interview at a pro-am golf tournament in Hoover, Ala. "I'm not broke, and I'm going to take care of it."