Report: TNT's Barkley set to return

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Report: TNT's Barkley set to return
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Charles Barkley will return to the TNT network as an NBA analyst soon after its airing of the All-Star Game on Sunday, the Sports Business Journal has reported.
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Barkley, who faces a drunken-driving charge after a Dec. 31 arrest, took a leave of absence last month. Test results revealed Barkley had a blood-alcohol level at .149, nearly twice the legal limit of .08 in Arizona.

"It wasn't a hard decision for me to give him some time off to get his legal matters straight and to get his personal life in order," Turner Sports president David Levy said, according to the report. "The question is, when is the right time to bring him back? There is no magic answer to that. It's just a gut feel."

While waiting for results of the blood test, TNT considered suspending Barkley if the results showed his blood-alcohol content was over the legal limit, a source told ESPN.com.

The network has not chosen a specific date for his return to its "Inside the NBA" studio show, the Sports Business Journal reported, and plans are forthcoming as to how Barkley will address the incident.

"We haven't really thought about it, but I'm sure Charles will have something to say," Levy said. "What's really nice is that he's had so much support from a lot of people in this challenging time for him. He's humbled a little bit."



Damn.

No Chuck for All-Star Weekend.

 

[casperjr]

AS weekend aint gone be the same with out him

*enter chuck gifs here*

 

[onedollarballah23]

AFTER?
SMH

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

Originally Posted by onedollarballah23

AFTER?
SMH

Word.

But

@ homeboy returning.

 

[i nasmatic i]

 

[daddyrabbit251]

CHUCK!

Glad he coming back, thought TNT slid him a pink slip

 

[airjordan jb23]

Glad he's back soon, it wasn't the same without him.

After All Star weeked though?

 

[eight2one]

he made Inside the NBA!!! always funny!

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

I'll drink to that

 

[nicefitdominican]

Glad to hear he's coming back because he makes the show...

 

[yungmatt]

 

[airwing03]

glad he's back but it sucks he wont be back sooner..

 

[da doc03]

its about GD time.....

 

[langfor5]

No All-Star Game though. . .?

 

[japanair21]

I don't care what you say, Chuck on TNT > *

 

[kiddin like jason]

There has been a small void in my life since his layoff.

 

[mustbetheshoe58]

Originally Posted by langfor5

No All-Star Game though. . .?

 

[enrique23]

why cant they bring him in for the asg?

 

[frenchblue23]

I hope we see C-Webb and GP doing the all-star game.... I don't want to see Karl Malone again.

 

[DYNAMICS]

I forgot someone here on NT that works @ Turner Sports said in the All Star thread that he was coming back for AS Weekend.

*shrugs.

 

[nychiphophippo]

idk y...but this post made me think of this...i guess since theres gunna b no chuck at the ASG

 

[thagreatj]

Good news.