My blog would be the easiest job in the world if I could only follow Charles Barkley as he daily shares his attitude on the NBA, all other professional sports, and any major crisis around the world.
His most recent quote comes from a weekly conference telephone conversation with sports writers around the country. Here we go, "The Washington Wizards (NBA) have got to be the dumbest team in the history of civilization." Don't you just love that statement. Now, we really know how Charles feels.
The first thing you notice after you stop chuckling, (play on his name) is he never understates his feelings. Barkley is commenting on the recent "trash talk" by the Wizards aimed at their first round NBA playoff opponent, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by (All-World) LeBron James. The Wizards firmly believe Cleveland will be so upset about their "trash talk," that it will take them completely out of their game, and this will lead to a Washington series victory.
Charles Barkley does not agree with the Wizards. Truthfully, not a lot of NBA fans agree with this approach. I'm one of them. I'm a lifelong member of the old school, " Let sleeping Cavaliers lie." Don't stir them up. Just quietly sneak into town...play...then quietly leave town.
This doesn't work for everyone, including Charles Barkley, who has never been quiet in his entire life. Of which, we are all glad.
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- Charlie Jones spent over 45 years as a professional broadcaster and an unprecedented 38 years as an AFL and NFL play-by-play announcer. In his first assignment, Jones called the play-by-play for the first AFL game ever broadcast. He also contributed to "ABC's Wide World of Sports" during his stint with ABC. For NBC, Jones described 28 different sports, including golf, Wimbledon tennis, figure skating, and numerous events for NBC's "SportsWorld." Jones worked the Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games as well as the first AFL Championship game and Super Bowl I for NBC. In 1997, Jones was honored with the Pro Football Hall of Fame's distinguished Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. Jones won a 1973 Emmy Award for his work as writer, producer and host of the documentary, "Is Winning the Name of the Game?" An accomplished author, Jones penned "What Makes Winners Win," published in 1997. He later co-wrote, co-produced and co-hosted the award-winning PBS series, "The American Frontier," with Merlin Olsen.