Written by Ell | 31 December 2008

The Sporting News' Sporting Blog had a smart and timely message about the Charles Barkley arrest early this morning:

So if Charles is not a role model, he can at least be a warning for you tonight. If you decide to ring in the New Year by wiping your mental hard drive with a barrage of alcoholic beverages, get a cab, because even charming, charismatic and funny NBA stars cannot lie about the amount of alcohol in their blood. Also, when you wake up with a barbed wire halo of a headache tomorrow, remember that you probably don't need rehab, but instead need some Pedialyte and then eggs and bacon carefully applied to said hangover. It's a lot cheaper than eight weeks in Tranquil Pines.

Point taken. Be careful. Drive safe. Get a taxi or a designated driver. We've got some serious cheering to do on Friday.

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