He convinced two of my friends to start dating (they're married now). They used to see each other
at the bar at the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton. My friends used to hang out there with a group and Barkley would be there. And at some point he looked at the two of them and asked the guy, "She's pretty, you like her, why don't you ask her out." In front of the other friend. And now they have two kids in college and he has a Green Jacket. Yes, it's the same guy who I found out is a member at Augusta.  Previous Message https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley Previous Message
Waddle & Silvy used to host these Lunch with a Legend things, where they'd broadcast from a Morton's steakhouse, have a "legendary" sports person come in and talk for an hour, and fans could go for lunch and listen/watch.
I went to 2...the first was with Scottie Pippen. I brought a basketball on the chance that he'd be willing to sign autographs. But during show breaks they'd have a couple security people come out in front of the stage and turn people away that were looking to have him sign anything.
The second was Charles Barkley. again brought a basketball, figuring it couldn't hurt. He came out to start his segment 20-30 minutes early just because. During the first break someone went up and was initially turned away. But Barkley waived him up and said it was ok. From then on during every break there was a line of people with stuff for him to sign. He signed everything, asked everyone their name, thanked them for coming, etc. He was great.
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 Political Thread for the Week of May 11. Wherein we learn that Kevin Hassett doesn't understand - ATL May 11, 2026, 8:39:12
- Looks like Bill Cassidy won't even make it to the runoffs* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 21:17:40
- A play, in four acts. - ATL Yesterday, 20:25:17
- ATL, you’re never going to believe this - doubledown Yesterday, 6:41:13
- ATL, you're never going to believe this - complainant Yesterday, 1:38:23
- Colorado Gov grants clemency to Tina Peters - doubledown May 15, 2026, 16:26:44
- The attack of the Waymos - OB25 May 15, 2026, 16:25:43
- Trump looking great this week - Sounder May 15, 2026, 13:18:36
- This timeline is cursed - Sounder May 15, 2026, 12:37:37
- "Penile implant specialist with history of far-right comments led hantavirus presser" - ATL May 15, 2026, 12:25:15
- Shockingly, china comes out and says the opposite of what Donnie and friends said yesterday - Mrap24 May 15, 2026, 12:16:39
- Using taxpayer money to set up a slush fund to reward insurrectionists for the violence they did - doubledown May 15, 2026, 12:11:49
- 30 year treasury yield up to 5.12%. Highest since 2008. Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!*
 - VIV May 15, 2026, 11:26:30
- Have we discussed that the Transportation Sec'y is doing a reality TV show while on the job? - ATL May 15, 2026, 10:13:34
- Read a bit about this, and the grift seems light for this admin? - EffinIllini May 15, 2026, 12:11:22
- Unless it ends in a fiery mini-van explosion, hard pass.* - KingTalkyTiki May 15, 2026, 11:44:57
- he'll probably fuck them on whatever quid pro quo he agreed to, so it should be OK* - Sammich May 15, 2026, 10:22:39
- Dude's got 9 kids* - Sounder May 15, 2026, 10:18:11
- The cabinet is stuffed with influencers, podcasters, and reality TV dipshits. - doubledown May 15, 2026, 10:17:12
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- Dems won’t have to work hard to find quotes to use in midterm political ads - OB25 May 14, 2026, 21:09:39
- And they say Bluesky doesn’t have an algorithm - ATL May 14, 2026, 20:01:57
- The best people: Trump Border Patrol Chief Abruptly Quits Amid Report He Traveled Abroad To Solicit - ATL May 14, 2026, 14:03:45
- Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding. - TarheelIllini May 14, 2026, 13:21:04
- Musk is one goofy mother fucker - Sounder May 14, 2026, 12:19:43
- That's right. We have not had even one Jewish president - ATL May 14, 2026, 9:24:57
- Taiwann evidently has the same rules as Fight Club - UofIL6 May 14, 2026, 8:35:52
- Who had Charles Barkley, Social Justice Warrior, on their bingo card? - ATL May 14, 2026, 8:31:17
- obligatory... - torinese May 14, 2026, 18:19:35
- I would have been shocked if Barkley had said anything different.* - Warrin'_Illini May 14, 2026, 8:46:34
- Yep. Feel like he’s pretty much always been a good human, just more willing to speak openly about - DocWalk20 May 14, 2026, 9:16:30
- I have heard he's a good person from people who've met him (he used to be in Atlanta a lot). I just - ATL May 14, 2026, 9:23:06
- I went to an ESPN Radio event he did and he was awesome - IlliniSax05 May 14, 2026, 9:30:57
- This is easily the best Barkley story - Jersey May 14, 2026, 9:56:42
- awesome* - Tortillini May 14, 2026, 11:26:37
- Thanks for sharing that* - PapaDels May 14, 2026, 10:45:09
- That is a great story* - EffinIllini May 14, 2026, 10:26:13
- He convinced two of my friends to start dating (they're married now). They used to see each other - ATL May 14, 2026, 10:03:16
- one of Rand Paul's kids looks to be quite the rising star in the GOP - assassin May 13, 2026, 13:15:08
- OpenAI trial tidbit - ATL May 13, 2026, 10:42:02
- Xi blows off trump and his plane of oligarchs. This is going to be a disaster* - LeatherneckIllini May 13, 2026, 10:37:52
- Ok, fess up, which of you “is under-babied” and dragging us down? - PapaDels May 13, 2026, 10:26:31
- ooo - Sammich May 13, 2026, 11:21:04
- *tuscy* i'm doing my part */tuscy** - lcubed May 13, 2026, 10:47:13
- I've been told if we get rid of the immigrants it will fix traffic and the housing market. - Warrin'_Illini May 13, 2026, 10:43:49
- Obligatory - ATL May 13, 2026, 10:39:20
- Don't know about what Dr. Oz is talking about, but I have the perfect number of babies IMHO - KingTalkyTiki May 13, 2026, 10:37:09
- What is the required level of babied? * - doubledown May 13, 2026, 10:34:16
- As an only child parent of an only chile, moi.* - ATL May 13, 2026, 10:33:13
- Trump has the five worst poles in poling history on inflation - ATL May 13, 2026, 10:12:59
- The Best People - complainant May 13, 2026, 6:55:39
- Trump disowns the contractor doing the reflective pool - ATL May 12, 2026, 17:04:43
- Seems Iran may be not completely militarily decimated - UofIL6 May 12, 2026, 16:25:53
- Just more sound bites to leverage. Trump: I don't care about American consumer financial situation - UofIL6 May 12, 2026, 16:09:25
- Mark (Or is it Wayne): we’re months behind in security preparations for the WC - ATL May 12, 2026, 15:12:51
- Dr, President Trump? - ATL May 12, 2026, 14:50:23
- They’re really just doing the Biden thing of saying everything is fine - snipes824 May 12, 2026, 9:38:54
- Inflation is UP! - ATL May 12, 2026, 8:25:06
- what was going on in may 2023?* - Ari Gold May 12, 2026, 10:46:15
- Biden did a inflation!* - Herman Blume May 12, 2026, 18:14:42
- Sorry, kids, we can't afford to travel to Sea World this summer - RVA May 12, 2026, 11:09:12
- coming down from the post-covid peak - VIV May 12, 2026, 10:53:33
- Trump found guilty of sexual assault* - ATL May 12, 2026, 10:50:55
- Not if you believe POTUS and the rest of the criminals in the GOP* - TarheelIllini May 12, 2026, 8:59:00
- So, Venezuela as the 51st state. - larue33 May 12, 2026, 7:19:55
- This doesn't seem good - Sounder May 11, 2026, 19:02:39
- The majority on the Supreme Court seem intent on letting the southern states speed run Jim Crow. - ATL May 11, 2026, 17:45:03
- I might be missing something but do you not think Democrats are about to do the same thing - CoronaTheirAss May 12, 2026, 7:03:34
- Potomac will surely be here to decry this any minute now* - John Coctostan May 11, 2026, 20:03:01
- Alabama primary was supposed to be next Tuesday - RVA May 11, 2026, 18:49:07
- Just really hoping the Dems don't just sit on their hands here. I know.....narrator* - UofIL6 May 11, 2026, 18:48:30
- Wait, racist jagoffs in former slave states are being shitty to minorities again.... - KingTalkyTiki May 11, 2026, 17:56:46
- I never realized how many people were quietly seething during American History class* - Sammich May 11, 2026, 17:50:26
- Our president - ball knower - Jersey May 11, 2026, 17:20:44
- This administration really likes to sexualize teenagers - ATL May 11, 2026, 16:55:50
- Of course (re: VA redistricting) - UofIL6 May 11, 2026, 15:15:17
- Feelin' good about the hantavirus outbreak right about now - ATL May 11, 2026, 13:41:49
- Shot/Chaser - ATL May 11, 2026, 12:58:59
- This is a real official White House post - Sounder May 11, 2026, 12:12:39
- Aww, she read him a bedtime story - UofIL6 May 11, 2026, 10:47:36
- I guess UCF's graduation speaker didn't realize the kids hate AI - ATL May 11, 2026, 10:23:12
- I interpret that comment to mean the benefits/profits to US energy producers… - DT May 11, 2026, 9:45:14
- Yeah, but what does Saudi Aramco know about world oil supply? - ATL May 11, 2026, 9:28:06
- of course he understands. he wants everyone else not to* - John Coctostan May 11, 2026, 9:25:02
- Baghdad Bob for the Economy, nothing more.* - Chicago1995 May 11, 2026, 9:11:01
- The same Kevin Hassett who thinks credit card debt and expensive gas is a positive sign? - RVA May 11, 2026, 9:06:09
- Is this the same Kevin Hassett that wrote the most famously wrong investing book ever? - doubledown May 11, 2026, 9:02:38
- by the way, remember "drill baby drill"? our rig count is down 8% since Feb 2025* - VIV May 11, 2026, 8:44:17
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