Because he was so charming, so controversial, and so doggone quotable, those qualities came to define Charles Wade Barkley. The fervor with which he tackled life, whether it was dropping 30 points on the Celtics, beating a purple dinosaur in a little one-on-one on ``Saturday Night Live," or tossing a drunk patron using ethnic slurs through a plate glass window, ... (Full article: 1312 words)

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