Charles Barkley on championship teams not visiting White House: That's just stupid, I don't care who the president is
To be clear, the Eagles have not publicly stated whether they will or won’t go to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs. But according to Barkley, they should go. “I don’t care who the president is,” Barkley said on the latest episode of The Steam Room podcast with co-host Ernie Johnson. “He’s the President of the United States. It’s bothered me, the last 10 years, they’re like, ‘Well, I’m not going because this certain person is president.’ Dude, it’s the President of the United States. “Even though I disagree with President Trump on some things, if I met him, I would still give him the respect and dignity he deserves. We can disagree, but it bothers me when these teams don’t want to go to the White House. I’m just disappointed…we got so divided. Where did we get to as a country when we’re like, ‘We’re not going to the White House, we don’t like who’s in there.’ That’s just stupid.”Source: Awful Announcing
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Charles Barkley: “I got traded to the Lakers—true story. I get a call one morning from my agent: ‘Hey, the Sixers finally pulled the trigger—you got traded to the Lakers.’ And I’m like, ‘Damn, thank you. About time. I can’t wait.’ So, I get my friends together, we go to Fridays on City Line Avenue, and we get blasted. We get blasted, Ernie. He (the agent) says, ‘Let’s meet at 12.’ I’m out of hell. I’m out of purgatory. Around 3:00, my agent calls me again—‘The Sixers pulled out of the deal.’ We got a game that night. I don’t remember the game, but—” -via YouTube / February 28, 2025
And according to Barkley, he can complain about the league’s All-Star debacle, but the players can’t. “You do have an obligation to the game,” Barkley said on the latest episode of The Steam Room podcast with co-host Ernie Johnson. “People always talk about leave the place than you came in. I don’t know if you all understand that. Complaining about the All-Star format does nothing good for our product. “The good thing about it – I’m not gonna lie – we don’t have to televise that thing anymore. I’m not even upset. Cause if you all don’t take it serious, why should the network and fans take it serious? So y’all complaining about the format, y’all are the reason the format was bad.” -via Awful Announcing / February 25, 2025
One of San Francisco’s notable detractors, TNT analyst Charles Barkley, changed his tune on the city after visiting Glide Memorial Church on Saturday and pledging to donate $250,000. Lacob appreciated Barkley’s gesture, and believes new San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie played a part in turning the outspoken Barkley into a supporter. “I don’t know how we did that, because that guy kills us. He always predicts we’re going to lose, he trashes the city,” Lacob said of Barkley. “But I’ve got to say, that’s a very nice gesture of his. He went over to Glide, I heard all about it.” -via NBC Sports Bay Area / February 17, 2025
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