Smith coached Auburn from 1978-89. Charles Barkley played high school basketball for Leeds High School in Leeds, Alabama, according to his TNT bio. He led Leeds to the state semifinals as a senior ...

In 1974, Moses Malone became the first player to play in the NBA directly out of high school. Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby followed in Big Mo's shoes one year later. Shawn Kemp was the next ...

During NBA legend Charles Barkley's February 2023 appearance on ... He revealed that he was originally just a back-up point guard in high school and was just 5-foot-10 so no colleges wanted ...

At the time of Barkley's birth, he was the first black baby delivered in the segregated town hospital. He played high school basketball at Leeds High School.

NBA legend Charles Barkley admitted during Friday's March Madness coverage that playing time was his top priority as a heralded recruit at Leeds (Ala.) High School in the class of 1981 and in ...

What began as a compliment for Johni Broome ended in Charles Barkley getting hilariously mocked by Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith. As top-seeded Auburn prepared to tip off its matchup with Alabama ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NBA legend Charles Barkley has made the first of 10 ... St. Mary's Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school in the eastern part of the city, received Barkley's $100,000 ...

The one thing common about high school draftees in the NBA was that they all struggled early in their careers before making it big. Well, everybody except one man. Hall of Famer Charles Barkley ...