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TNT host Charles Barkley dunks on NBA’s new broadcast deal: “It just sucks.”

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Charles Barkley is blasting the NBA’s move to snub a broadcast deal from Warner Bros. Discovery to continue airing games in favor of teaming with Amazon, claiming the pro basketball league is choosing money over fans. 

The NBA announced this week that it had inked 11-year agreements to air games on Amazon Prime Video, Disney and NBC. Warner Bros. owns cable channel TNT, which has carried NBA games for nearly four decades as well as “Inside the NBA,” an Emmy-award winning show hosted by Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith.

“Clearly, the NBA has wanted to break up with us from the beginning,” Barkley wrote in a social media post on Friday. “I’m not sure TNT ever had a chance. TNT matched the money. The league knows Amazon and these tech companies are the only ones willing to pay for the rights when they double in the future. The NBA didn’t want to piss them off.”

“It’s a sad day when owners and commissioners choose money over the fans,” he added. “It just sucks.”

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(L-R) Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson Jr., Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley speak onstage an NBA awards banquet on June 25, 2018, in Santa Monica, Calif.

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The NBA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about Barkley’s statement. 

The NBA’s new broadcast pact, which kicks off with the 2025-26 season, leaves the fate of “Inside the NBA” unclear. The new deals means that games will be televised on a mix of both broadcast TV and streaming services, including Amazon Prime as well as Peacock and ESPN’s upcoming standalone streaming service, expected to launch in 2025.

The agreements are worth a combined $76 billion, according to the Associated Press.



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Gunfire strikes Southwest plane on tarmac of Dallas airport, officials say

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There were no injuries after a Southwest flight carrying passengers was struck by gunfire on the tarmac of Dallas Love Field Friday night, authorities said.

Southwest Airlines Flight 2494 was preparing for departure to Indianapolis when “a bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft under the flight deck,” a Southwest spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.

The airline said no one was hurt. A spokesperson for Dallas Love Field said in an email that the aircraft returned to its gate after sustaining damage from a “security incident” and the passengers deplaned. The runway was also temporarily closed, but has since reopened.  

Dallas police confirmed the incident, saying that officers responded to reports of gunfire at 9:48 p.m. local time, arriving to find that the aircraft had been struck.  

No further details were provided on the circumstances of the incident or what was the potential source of the gunfire. It’s unclear how many people were aboard the jet at the time, or how much damage the aircraft sustained.

In its own statement provided to CBS News, the Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane “was reportedly struck by gunfire near the cockpit.”

Dallas police are leading the investigation into the incident.

Earlier this week, gunfire amid ongoing gang violence struck three planes that were either landing or departing Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. The shootings prompted the FAA to issue a 30-day ban on U.S. airlines flying to Haiti. 



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Jake Paul wins fight against Mike Tyson by unanimous decision

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Social media star Jake Paul defeated boxing legend Mike Tyson in a highly anticipated fight with an age difference of over three decades between the two contenders. The Friday night win for the YouTuber-turned-pro-boxer was streamed on Netflix from the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Texas.

Paul defeated Tyson by an unanimous decision after the two fighters went eight full rounds. 

Fight night for the 58-year-old Tyson and 27-year-old Paul came following doubts over whether it would happen at all. The fight was originally scheduled for July, but was postponed after the former heavyweight champion experienced an ulcer flare-up on a plane in May.

A different kind of flare-up happened during the official weigh-in Thursday with Tyson slapping Paul in the face. Tyson later told the New York Post that Paul had stepped on his toe when the two were toe to toe onstage. 

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Jake Paul punches Mike Tyson during their heavyweight bout at AT&T Stadium on Nov. 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.

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What is Jake Paul’s fight record?

With the win, Paul’s record improved to 11-1. 

Was Jake Paul predicted to win?

Oddsmakers had Paul as the slight favorite to win. Former heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua also went with Paul.

How much prize money does Jake Paul win?

Paul was expected to earn about $40 million from the fight, according to DraftKings Network and other online sources.

Promoters didn’t reveal the payouts ahead of the bout. Paul is a co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, which produced the fight. 

Does Mike Tyson still get paid?

Tyson was expected to take home around $20 million for the fight, according to DraftKings and other online reports.

Tyson entered professional boxing in 1985 and became the youngest heavyweight champion in history a year later. After serving time for a rape conviction in the 1990s, Tyson won the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association titles.

He retired from boxing in 2005 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011. He last fought in a 2020 exhibition match against former four-division world champ Roy Jones Jr.

“He like put on another 20 pounds from when I fought him, so he’s more bigger and he’s more dangerous because more size, more power, so it’s going to be a tough one for Jake to climb,” Jones told CBS News ahead of the fight.

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