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...Charles Barkley scores 25 as Phoenix holds off Washington, 127-123. Page...
What was missing from that cover, of course, was a baseball player. Not that evidence needs to be marshalled to prove that baseball no longer holds the top place in the pantheon of sport--just ask any fourth grader who he wants to be like, and after Jordan, Barkley, Shaq, a couple of football or hockey players, and maybe even a random tennis player, the nine-year-old might say Ken Griffey, Jr. or Barry Bonds or another diamond king. (Maybe this example is a slight exaggeration, but I believe it's substantively true...
...Charles Barkley drains a trey with 5.3 second remaining in the game to top Charlotte, 108-105. Page...
...four assists a game, Hill certainly has All-Star talent, but the fans were responding to more than the stat sheet. Basketball has become ever more raucous and ill-mannered in recent years, and the fans want relief from selfish, trash-talking stars like the Phoenix Suns' Charles Barkley, who earlier this season announced that were it not for him, his fellow Suns would be decent players on bad teams...
...psychological injuries are often greater. By ages five to seven, says Barkley, half to two-thirds are hostile and defiant. By ages 10 to 12, they run the risk of developing what psychologists call "conduct disorder" -- lying, stealing, running away from home and ultimately getting into trouble with the law. As adults, says Barkley, 25% to 30% will experience substance- abuse problems, mostly with depressants like marijuana and alcohol. One study of hyperactive boys found that 40% had been arrested at least once by age 18 -- and these were kids who had been treated with stimulant medication; among those...