On "Inside The NBA" on TNT last night, Charles Barkley showed up with a bandage around his head. Why? Ernie Johnson asked him and here's what Sir Charles had to say...

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Barkley: “Ernie, you’re not gonna believe this. Being the Auburn guy that I am, I wanted to be first class. I went down to the University of Alabama to congratulate the Crimson Tide on winning the BCS Championship - and I got mugged. I got mugged in Tuscaloosa, Ernie, and my credit cards are missing.”

Kenny Smith: “You’re just an Alabama hater, man. Why don’t you leave those kids alone?”

Barkley: “Oh, it’s my fault they’re mugging people.”

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Charles Barkley is pushing hard for Auburn to look beyond former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino’s baggage and hire the coach to replace the recently fired Gene Chizik...

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NBC 38's Christina Chambers spoke with Sir Charles Barkley Tuesday. He’s pushing hard for Petrino. Barkley was against the hiring of Chizik from the beginning throwing his weight behind Turner Gill to be the next head coach, but says this time, Auburn needs to get it right, and it starts with Petrino.

“I understand he has some baggage but he’s a hell of a coach, and we shouldn’t try to play judge and jury and moral judge. He made a mistake, he admitted to his mistake, we have to hire a guy who we know can win, and that’s him,” said Charles Barkley over the phone. “It’s unfortunate about what happened to Chizik, but it’s time for Auburn to move on,” he said.

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This is a fun clip of Charles Barkley telling a story to a locker room of charity softball players about trying to recruit Dirk Nowitzki to Auburn and how SEC schools take care of their players, including Cam Newton. Watch it here.

On "Inside The NBA" back in February Shaq challenged Charles Barkley to a "Shirt Off Competition." The challenge was merely to see who could lose more weight in three months. Whatever the reason, the competition went down last night after the Clippers Vs. Spurs game and it was as entertaining as always. Shaq steals the show again. Watch it here.

If you've seen Charles Barkley lately he has lost a bit of weight. And he's done so with the help of Weight Watchers, who he is a now the new spokesperson for. (You can watch one of his commercials for the diet here.) But tonight while Barkley was calling the Miami vs. Atlanta game, and during a timeout when he thought the cameras were in commercial, Sir Charles tells his fellow announcers that Weight Watchers is a scam. Watch it here. Oh, and he also admits he hates the Atlanta Hawks. Enjoy.