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Barkley Barks Back


NBA analyst Charles Barkley should have given up on golf a long time ago. Other superstar athletes would have. They wouldn’t put up with the frustration of playing and practicing, but only getting worse. They wouldn’t put up with the public ridicule about an unorthodox swing exposed to millions on television and across the Internet. They wouldn’t put up with repeated hits to their egos by friends and experts in the game. But because he really loves the game  — one of his only private respites in a public life  — and truly desires to get better and help other hacks like himself, Barkley put his game and life on display in “The Haney Project,” the seven-part, reality series that aired on the Golf Channel. Barkley’s quest is simple – to enjoy the game again.

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