Charles Barkley knows TNT and ESPN are ‘nervous’ about Apple or Amazon landing NBA rights
"I know Turner is nervous, I know ESPN is nervous that Apple and Amazon are gonna come in and take some or all of the NBA packages."
"I know Turner is nervous, I know ESPN is nervous that Apple and Amazon are gonna come in and take some or all of the NBA packages."
"I hope they make a run of it by being more national in orientation, but it doesn't do the readers here any good."
"I can help take a little bit of the load away...and take some pressure off him, that’s basically in a lot of ways what I think my role is. And give him credit, he allows me to do it."
"Never been told that I can only have ESPN people on my show."
"Every television suit I had ever encountered has been like ‘No. A swearing punter from Indiana who’s been arrested and wears tank tops. F*ck this guy.’"
"I just want it to be a douche-free environment."
"There was no effort at all to conceal him or hide him."
"There is nothing wrong with our chemistry, I have never had better chemistry with anybody in my career than Tony."
"ESPN has told you, just to be blunt, they don't care."
"Greg said, 'Tom, I gotta tell ya, this TV thing sucks.' It was great, we were dying laughing."
"I’ve done baseball broadcasting since I was 19, professionally. I feel like I’ve done all I could do there. If someday I wanna go back and call a few games - maybe."
"I know there are people at Fox who would say there’s a chance that he doesn’t call a game there."
"I’m gonna be there to cover a football game, I want to be respectful."
"Somebody from ESPN sent a text to my agent with two words: 'Not helpful.'"
"ESPN can’t keep Stephen A. there exclusively. He’s got too much power, too much leverage, he’s made First Take his own show"
"What Peyton Manning has done with his post playing career is more of a blueprint that I would think Brady would follow"
"I don’t know if I’m at liberty to say which games I’m doing, but I love calling games."
"He put on such a great debate saying everything we were thinking. 'Wait a minute, how are we telling people the score before they see the highlights? That doesn’t make any sense.'"