Sports & Recreation

Charles Barkley rips Galveston beaches, San Antonio women in latest on-air rants

Barkley lit into Texas twice over a two-day period, again mocking Alamo City residents for their waistlines.

By Michael Karlis

NBA commentator Charles Barkley was so disgusted with the New Orleans Pelican's playoff performance that he said the team doesn't deserve a trip to Cancun but rather to Galveston. "We're not even going to send them to Cancun," Barkley quipped Saturday on TNT after the team's 106-85 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. "We're going to send them to Galveston, where that dirty-ass water be washing up on the shore, and you people think you're at the beach."

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