Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Barkley No Longer In T-Mobile's Fave Five
The repercussions from Charles Barkley's DUI arrest continue.
On Monday, T-Mobile announced that it will be pulling its ad campaign featuring Barkley and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade. The ads, which originally featured Wade trying to get into Barkley's 'Fave Five', had run since 2006.
In a statement, T-Mobile says that "for the time being, we've replaced TV ads featuring Mr. Barkley with more general-market advertising." It is unknown when, if at all, the Barkley ads will return to the air.
This comes merely three days after Turner Sports announced that the popular NBA analyst would be taking an extended leave of absence from his duties on the NBA on TNT.