Charles Barkley's No 'Dumbass' - He's Paying Those Gambling Debts
 Monday, May 19th, 2008

No, Charles Barkley didn't call himself a dumbass intentionally:  it was a little trick fellow anchors on TNT Sports TV played on him.  Within the wording of the teleprompter, one of his co-anchors typed something funny on the screen...and Barkley read it out loud.  Funny stuff!  Check out the video.

Thanks to ZillaSays for posting that hilarious vid on the 'net.  On a more serious note:  Charles is still facing allegations by Clark County's District Attorney over gambling debts owed to the Wynn Las Vegas Resort, as we posted in our May 15th News Roundup.

Barkley spoke on it tonight on TNT in their commentary of the San Antonio Spurs vs. New Orleans Hornets game.  (We're still so sad that LeBron James and our hometown Cleveland Cavaliers are out!)

He reiterated the sentiment that he let the $400,000 Vegas debt lapse and waited to long to repay it; his mistake, he says, which he can afford to "take care of."

Tonight, anchor Kenny Rogers called Barkley a real "standup guy" and expressed his respect for Barkley as a person.

I mean, really:  he's a TV personality, a basketball legend, a highly-recognizable T-Mobile spokesman...obviously a big customer of the casino...and seems like a nice dude...why did the Wynn have to do him like that?

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