In late 2024, TNT and ESPN reached a historic licensing deal and, as part of it, Inside the NBA will air on the latter network starting this fall. Fans were elated to hear that announcement ...

Barkley said he only received a call from TNT executives about 90 minutes later. "I get a text from Scott Van Pelt, Brian Windhorst, Elle Duncan and Bob Myers welcoming me to the family.

Charles Barkley genuinely enjoyed working to TNT for 25 years. But it was the network’s lack of communication about “Inside the NBA” potentially moving to ESPN that irked hm.

Barkley is now coming forward to rip how TNT officials communicated during the negotiations. “They did an awful job of keeping us abreast,” he said in an interview on Barstool Sports’ Pardon ...

Charles Barkley didn’t hold back when asked how he learned Inside the NBA would be leaving TNT. “I thought TNT, our bosses, did a s****y job, they did an awful job of keeping us abreast ...

Barkley went on to reveal he found out TNT had licensed "Inside the NBA" to ESPN through congratulatory text messages from current ESPN hosts and analysts like Scott Van Pelt, Elle Duncan, Brian ...

Charles Barkley is furious with how he learned TNT lost “Inside the NBA” to ESPN. “I thought TNT, our bosses, did a s–ty job, they did an awful job of keeping us abreast,” said on Monday ...

Charles Barkley isn’t a fan of how TNT officials handed the NBA media rights negotiations last year. Last July, the NBA signed an 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime ...

Television ‘I Told Them They Sucked’: Charles Barkley Didn’t Hold Back On TNT For How It Handled The Inside The NBA Cancellation Brouhaha News By Erik Swann published July 29, 2025 ...

For the first time since 1989, the NBA will not be broadcast on TNT. And while that fact has been clear for some time now, Charles Barkley is still mad about it. The agreement, while helpful in ...