1. Charles Barkley has said a few times over the past year or so that he plans to retire when he turns 60. The 58-year-old co-host of TNT’s Inside the NBA reiterated his plan on Tuesday and expounded on why he wants to hang it up.
“I'll be 61 when I finish out my contract,” Barkley said on a TNT conference call to promote All-Star Weekend. “I don't want to die on TV. I want to die on the golf course or somewhere fishing. I don't want to be sitting next to old fat-ass Shaq and drop dead.”
While that’s a very valid reason to want to retire, I don’t believe for a second that Barkley will walk away from Shaquille O'Neal, Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith when his contract runs out. When you are part of the greatest sports studio show of all time, you just don’t bolt when you have a lot left in the tank.
