ESPN Steps Up as a Suitor for Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley may be the hottest free agent to hit the market next year, if he hits the market.

As Warner Bros. Discovery wrangles with the NBA in court, hoping to win back a piece of the league’s media rights for 2025, there is already a line of suitors for Barkley, the company’s biggest star in sports.

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ESPN’s chief of content, Burke Magnus, said Tuesday he would be interested in bringing Barkley to the network if he were available. Asked at a Front Office Sports conference in New York if he could see a world with Barkley at ESPN, Magnus said he could.

“Yeah,” Magnus said at the “Tuned In” conference. “That

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