The sports world’s favorite gambler, Charles Barkley, is displaying some uncharacteristic self-control nowadays. Making the rounds at the various celebrity golf tournaments this early-summer, Barkley has been staying away from the tables in lieu of keeping us amazed with his atrocious skills on the links. One witness to the new-and-improved Barkley is fellow celebrity NBA’er Jason Kidd.
Jason Kidd, on a conference call to promote the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship from July 11-13 at Edgewood Tahoe, said Charles Barkley has been true to his word and stopped gambling after he was sued by the Wynn casino for failing to pay up on a $400,000 marker.
“We were at a casino and he said he was on the wagon” at a golf tournament in Palm Springs, Kidd said.
“As much as Charles can sit there and talk - and everybody likes to listen to him talk - I think he’ll be fine at Tahoe.”
Upon hearing the assessment, Harrah’s announced third-quarter profits will be off 29 percent. [Story]
Let’s here it for Chuck! It’s really nice-and-sweet that these charities continue to bring in Chuck to help them raise money. Never mind that the guy tried to swindle out of close to a half-million dollar commitment, is/has been completely irresponsible with money and his public stature. I don’t know about you, but since American Century approves of Chuck, I’m willing to invest my life savings with ‘em! It just makes good moral sense. I hear Tim Donaghy just rolled-over his NBA 401k to an American Century IRA too.
