Zen and the art of fun at American Century Championship
Waiting to be interviewed by NBC Sports, celebrity golfer Charles Barkley rested in the shade.
A DJ blasted a song about his native state — “Sweet Home Alabama”– and Barkley raised his fist in acknowledgement. He was on the shoreline at Edgewood Tahoe’s 17th Hole, the so-called party zone and epicenter of the American Century Championship.
As a perennial NBA-All Star known as the Round Mound of Rebound, Barkley became even more successful by using his candor on television. He gained a new nickname: Sir Charles. But at the tournament, everyone calls him Chuck. Lake Tahoe is like a sweet home, too.
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