It’s that time of year again where America’s high school seniors are making their way to the prom. Inside the NBA decided to relive the moment with their studio team a few weeks back. Lucky for us, Odenized over at youtube was able to put up the clip. Enjoy!

Everyone heard about Charles Barkley calling out Dick Bavetta on national TV about his speed up and down the court. Well Barkley went out last night during All-Star Weekend and backed up his words. Bavetta, the 67 year old referee never really stood a chance against the round mound of rebound.

The race was three and a half lengths of the court and Barkley would have won by a large margin, had he not run the last half of the court backwards. Bavetta must be credited for his effort, diving at the very end looking for that win. His full extension was to no avail however, as Barkley took the victory, and managed to maintain his pride, at least whatever is left of it.

Anyway, here is the video complete with the incredibly awkward kiss between Barkley and Bavetta after the race is over.

You have to love the stories that aren’t worth writing. Is this one of them? Maybe. But I’m only writing it in response to one very, very pointless story. According to ESPN.com, Charles Barkley won $700,000 this weekend. No, seriously. That’s it. He didn’t donate the money to Uganda, he wasn’t mugged outside of the Wynn Cash Cage. He just won.

“That was all profit [from] blackjack and I bet on the Super Bowl. I had the Colts,” Barkley added. “I played a lot of blackjack.”

Did you have the Colts, Charles? I figured that. Maybe Kenny Smith took the Bears. Why hasn’t ESPN written an article about his gambling losses? But what else did Barkley bet? Maybe he touched that doozy of a prop bet that was on Bodog throughout Super Bowl week: Will Billy Joel sing the National Anthem in over or under 1 minute, 44 seconds?

Is this a story because Barkley is well known for liking gambling? Or is it a story to call out Barkley for staying in the casino despite losing about $10 million because of betting? Either way, it’s really not that big of a deal. I’m sure there’s tons of people that won millions of dollars on Sunday.

Maybe Barkley was the powerful person that arranged Tony Dungy going for it on 4th down rather than kicking a field goal to put the game over 48 total points. I’m still very skeptical about that decision. As a novice sports gambler, I’ve seen sketchy things like that way too much.

Oh, and because you care, I lost $50 on Sunday. Thanks Rexy.