BY Samuel Goldsmith
DAILY NEWS WRITER
It's Barkley for three!
Days in jail, that is.
TNT studio analyst and former Dream Teamer Charles Barkley reported to an outdoor "Tent City" jail in Arizona Saturday to serve his three-day sentence for drunken driving.
"You come here when you screw up," Barkley said at a bizarre news conference hours after he arrived at the jail. "I don't blame anybody for this situation but myself."
The loquacious hoops legend went on to blast critics of President Obama, saying "Rush Limbaugh and a lot of jackasses are giving him a hard time right now."
Barkley, dressed in a red and blue Nike jumpsuit, even had some choice words for rapper Chris Brown over his alleged beating of pop princess Rihanna.
"I wish both of them the best, but it's never acceptable to hit a woman. Period," Barkley said.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio insisted his famous inmate - who called his autobiography, "America's Toughest Sheriff," 12 years ago - wasn't getting special treatment.
"I'm an equal incarcerator. We don't discriminate," Arpaio said.
Barkley's staying in a private tent for his own safety, but he's close enough to other inmates to chat, Arpaio said.
The NBA Hall of Famer spent all of Saturday in the Maricopa County jail, but will be out on work release today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Because he's on the work-release program, he's allowed to dress in his own clothing - not the jail's black-and-white striped or solid pink jumpsuits.
Challenged by reporters over his prison attire, Barkley became incensed.
Days in jail, that is.
TNT studio analyst and former Dream Teamer Charles Barkley reported to an outdoor "Tent City" jail in Arizona Saturday to serve his three-day sentence for drunken driving.
"You come here when you screw up," Barkley said at a bizarre news conference hours after he arrived at the jail. "I don't blame anybody for this situation but myself."
The loquacious hoops legend went on to blast critics of President Obama, saying "Rush Limbaugh and a lot of jackasses are giving him a hard time right now."
Barkley, dressed in a red and blue Nike jumpsuit, even had some choice words for rapper Chris Brown over his alleged beating of pop princess Rihanna.
"I wish both of them the best, but it's never acceptable to hit a woman. Period," Barkley said.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio insisted his famous inmate - who called his autobiography, "America's Toughest Sheriff," 12 years ago - wasn't getting special treatment.
"I'm an equal incarcerator. We don't discriminate," Arpaio said.
Barkley's staying in a private tent for his own safety, but he's close enough to other inmates to chat, Arpaio said.
The NBA Hall of Famer spent all of Saturday in the Maricopa County jail, but will be out on work release today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Because he's on the work-release program, he's allowed to dress in his own clothing - not the jail's black-and-white striped or solid pink jumpsuits.
Challenged by reporters over his prison attire, Barkley became incensed.
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