Barkley to Leave TNT For A While!

By Brennen Jones on January 11, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Chuck got Blazed!

Everyone’s favorite Sports Commentator, Charles Barkley has decided to step away from his broadcasting duties for a while ever since the incident of him getting caught drunk while driving on his way to get him some brains.

Charles Barkley is taking a leave of absence from the broadcast booth.

The announcement by Turner Sports came Friday, hours after police said the 45-year-old former NBA star was legally drunk when he was arrested Dec. 31 on suspicion of drunken driving in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Test results show Barkley had a blood-alcohol level of .149 percent, nearly twice the legal limit of .08 percent in Arizona.

Barkley will be off the air for a minimum of several weeks, and no return date has been set, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it.

Barkley was stopped by a Gilbert officer working a regional DUI task force shortly after he left a popular nightclub at about 1:30 a.m. He failed field sobriety tests but was cooperative.

Here’s hoping that this doesn’t potentially derail his fledgling political career.  But it seems like nowadays, you aren’t a politician until a little sex scandal gets introduced to the public.

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