My mom wrote to Charles hoping he would send an autograph for her brother, a huge Sixers fan and basketball player. Instead he drove to their house in his own car and hung out for the day. It has meant so much to my family for my whole life. Barkley is a legend to me, and it isn't for basketball.
EDIT: My cousin and I were four years old and my memory of this event is running around my grandparents' house screaming, "Charkley Barkley!"
I saw him at Disney land and asked for an autograph for my mother. He told me it would be 20 dollars. When I went to walk away really sad he stopped me to let me know that he was joking and signed something everyone in my family had. The reason I walked away is because the same thing happened to me with Barry Bonds and he was serious. Charles was a light in my life for pro athletes after that.
![image showing [OC] Charles Barkley drove over to my grandmom's house in 1991 to visit with my dying uncle.](bdbc110c-a3d1-5f5a-9dc2-787151c5db39.jpg)
i-Ake on July 17th, 2022 at 02:10 UTC »
My mom wrote to Charles hoping he would send an autograph for her brother, a huge Sixers fan and basketball player. Instead he drove to their house in his own car and hung out for the day. It has meant so much to my family for my whole life. Barkley is a legend to me, and it isn't for basketball.
EDIT: My cousin and I were four years old and my memory of this event is running around my grandparents' house screaming, "Charkley Barkley!"
DoctorStrangeMD on July 17th, 2022 at 02:47 UTC »
Damn, Charles a good dude. His podcast is great “the steam room”
Here’s another good chuck story
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley
chrisandfriends on July 17th, 2022 at 03:03 UTC »
I saw him at Disney land and asked for an autograph for my mother. He told me it would be 20 dollars. When I went to walk away really sad he stopped me to let me know that he was joking and signed something everyone in my family had. The reason I walked away is because the same thing happened to me with Barry Bonds and he was serious. Charles was a light in my life for pro athletes after that.