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Charles Barkley is a former Dream Teamer, an NBA Hall of Famer, a studio analyst for TNT, and the owner of the worst golf swing you'll ever see. He also has thoughts on everything under the sun, which somehow makes him more likable.

Barkley appeared on ESPN Radio Dallas this week to talk about, well, a lot of stuff. Among the topics: the NFL's rules on protecting the quarterback.

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Comedian Frank Caliendo is a premier impressionist. And he's made a mark in the sports world through his work on FOX NFL Sunday, and his spot-on imitations of some of sports biggest stars.

Caliendo recently stopped by to grace FanHouse with his comedy stylings. He tackled all the issues, from what Charles Barkley thinks of Lamar Odom's wedding, to John Madden's Super Bowl prediction.

Video after the jump.

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer is a huge sports fan who tells us that he use to be a boxer and these days he enjoys golf. In this FanHouse exclusive we talk to Cedric at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California (not to be confused with the Sherwood Forest -- home of Robin Hood). Cedric who hangs out with lots of top athletes tells us about the time he was doing Vegas with Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Charles Barkley.

Check out the video after the jump.

Greg Grant was a short player who overcame long odds: standing just 5-foot-7 and playing college ball in Division III, he was drafted in the second round by the Phoenix Suns in 1989, lasting seven years in the NBA.

Earlier today, FanHouse featured the first chapter of Greg's autobiography, 94 Feet and Rising, written with the help of Martin Sumners and released in July. In the following excerpts, Greg recalls what it was like to play against Magic Johnson and share a locker room with Charles Barkley, two of the brightest stars the NBA has ever seen.

Through his time on Inside The NBA, Kenny "The Jet" Smith has become one of the most respected media voices in the NBA. Prior to that, he was a championship point guard with two rings. Prior to that, he was a four year starter at UNC. So the guy's kind of got a history of success. And judging by, yes, his Twitter, he's open to trying to succeed at the next level.

RealGM.com picked up on a tweet from Smith last Friday saying "Yes coaching or management is next... Will be super difficult to leave TNT when that happens!!"

Charles Barkley took time out from his busy schedule of holding down last place at the Lake Tahoe Celebrity Championship this past weekend to talk about two of his best buds: Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. Tiger had just missed the cut at the British Open, and Jordan was competing in the Lake Tahoe event.

When asked about Woods' early exit at Turnberry, Sir Charles explained to the Arizona Republic that, "It bothers me right now that people make such a big deal out of that. He missed one other cut in a major, and that was after his dad died. So that doesn't really count. And to go 13 years and miss one cut in the majors has to be one of the most remarkable achievements out there. That's really impressive. And it shows you the stupidity of certain people who are questioning him."

On a day when 59-year-old Tom Watson was going for his ninth major victory, former Major League pitcher Rick Rhoden, 56, won for the eighth time at the Lake Tahoe Celebrity Championship.

The victory earned Rhoden a cool $125,000, which brings his career winnings at Tahoe to $1.13 million. Some perspective: the most Rhoden ever earned during a baseball season was $900,000, in 1989 with the Houston Astros.

For those interested in the final-round details: Rhoden ended the weekend with 74 points in the modified Stableford format (he fired a 2-over 74 on Sunday), outlasting ex-NHLer Dan Quinn, a four-time winner at Tahoe. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who led the event after the first round, finished third.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is an accomplished golfer. In the past, he's just missed qualifying for the U.S. Open, shot 84 at Torrey Pines the week before the 2008 Open, and played with Tiger Woods in the AT&T National Pro-Am two weeks ago. He also logged a third-place finish at last year's Lake Tahoe Celebrity Golf Championship

So it's not all that surprising that he would be leading the event after one round this time around. Romo has 27 points in the modified Stableford format (thanks to seven birdies, three of which game on the first four holes), two points ahead of former Major League pitcher and mustache enthusiast Rick Rhoden, a seven-time winner at Tahoe.

Maybe Charles Barkley's golf swing can't be fixed. He spent the better part of a year working with Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' coach, and any improvements in his game can kindly be described as imperceptible.

The Golf Channel got "The Haney Project" out of it, easily the most popular program in the history of the network, so there's that. But if Haney, who charges non-celebrity hackers $500 an hour for a session, can't do anything with this, that might be Chuck's cue to cut back on the public golf appearances. You know, in the name of not maiming innocent bystanders.

Eleven days ago, this was news: Tiger Woods and Hank Haney were working hard to fix his driver. Actually, that's been the story for most of Tiger's career, but it was especially relevant because he was coming off an uninspiring performance (as uninspiring as another top-10 finish can be, I guess) at Quail Hollow, and the Memorial and the U.S. Open were the next two tournaments on his schedule.

Tiger went out and hit 84 percent of his fairways at Jack's event, won convincingly, and now that the golf universe has righted itself, we're all able to get on with our lives. For Woods that means preparing for Bethpage Black, and in his spare time, trying to fix the unfixable: Charles Barkley's golf swing.