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Charles Barkley tees off on alleged treatment
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Posted By: Mizz Fixxit, 3/30/2026 12:15:09 PM

Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley used a segment about UConn Huskies star Alex Karaban to go on a political rant during CBS’ broadcast of March Madness on Sunday. CBS featured Karaban in a piece about his family. His mother, Olga, came to Massachusetts from Ukraine with her parents and grandparents in 1996. His father, Alexei, immigrated to the U.S. from Belarus on a work visa in 2001. After the segment aired, Barkley lamented the alleged treatment of legal immigrants. "I want to be careful with my words right now because this is a really touchy subject for me," he said.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 3/30/2026 12:25:05 PM (No. 2086669)
From the article: “Barkley didn’t cite any example of legal immigrants being treated poorly in the U.S.” He did not cite an example because he does not know of any. Barkley just spouted democrat platitudes to express an opinion based on emotion rather than facts. I like Charles Barkley and think he’s a good basketball analyst. But he is clueless about immigration policy.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Newtsche 3/30/2026 12:33:10 PM (No. 2086675)
The NCAA's are filled with white eastern Europeans. The question is where are all the young American men? Trick question, you know the answer.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: rushie 3/30/2026 12:40:01 PM (No. 2086678)
Maybe not such a good analyst. He predicted no way UCONN had.fire power to come back from double digit deficit at half. UCONN wins at the buzzer with a 3 pointer.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: vhs68 3/30/2026 12:41:10 PM (No. 2086680)
FTA: "We're making clear that no one is above the law in this city, that everyone has to follow the rule of law," Mamdani said. "I have made clear to the president, both in our private conversations and our public conversations, about the fact that I believe that ICE is a rogue agency." So says the communist. NYC is going to get it 'good and hard'.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Safari Man 3/30/2026 1:05:36 PM (No. 2086685)
All I ever see is preferential treatment of illegals. As law-breakers, they are treated with kid gloves. Americans are always getting the shaft vis-a-vis illegals.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: 100percentTexan 3/30/2026 1:43:01 PM (No. 2086697)
i wonder how Charlie feels about teams like Illinois that go to Europe to hire white professional all stars instead of recruiting American high school players.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: hershey 3/30/2026 1:47:03 PM (No. 2086698)
Another sports 'star' whose opinion is no more wanted than poo on my shoe...why does he think he knows anything about anything? LEGAL immigrants are fine...it's the ILLEGALS who need to worry.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 3/30/2026 1:56:42 PM (No. 2086701)
Drop dead. Legal immigrants are welcome, definitely. Illegal aliens are NOT welcome. Barkley is off base on this, as he often is.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Encore 3/30/2026 2:17:45 PM (No. 2086704)
Not exactly a brainiac. The man spent the better part of his life bouncing a ball. That should be pointed out to him.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: earlybird 3/30/2026 2:19:04 PM (No. 2086705)
Boys' high school basketball recruiting class rankings for 2026 ://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/46535988/boys-high-school-basketball-recruiting-class-rankings-2026
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 3/30/2026 3:15:50 PM (No. 2086713)
Barkley, just stick with basketball, dude. It is what you did and know about.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: SweetPea3 3/30/2026 4:52:42 PM (No. 2086732)
There's a reason why I always hit the MUTE button when the sports blatherers are blathering.. Barkley is a prime example.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: ARKfamily 3/31/2026 6:00:23 AM (No. 2086911)
When a person has respect for a country, they will follow their laws. People who come into this country and don't want to follow their immigration laws show disrespect. After all, it comes across that they want to be first in line at all costs even if they are breaking the law. My comment to Charles Barkley - make sure there is the distinction between a person following the immigration law and a person who just wants to bypass it.
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