It's about 20 minutes until TNT Sports' 'Inside the ' halftime show when saunters on set, where his esteemed co-host Ernie Johnson is already scribbling notes about a handful of ongoing games.'Who these people?' the Basketball Hall of Famer asks staff in his famous drawl, gesturing to a group of infiltrators at the famed Studio J in Atlanta.The answer, as Barkley learned, is a small group of reporters with British and Irish readers, all of whom TNT Sports hopes to convert into NBA fans. And although he's not briefed on the journalists' precise story angles, he reliably assumes they're writing about him and, arguably, the most popular show in sports entertainment. So while he's not about to give a full interview, Sir Charles does offer a single, sarcastic quote as he slowly makes his way to his customary seat, stage left: 'This is hard work!'
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