Charles Barkley involved in new sports podcast with ‘Tracker’ star Justin Hartley

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Legendary Auburn Tigers star and one of sports media’s most popular figures Charles Barkley is going to soon be giving his fans a new outlet to hear him fire off his hot takes.

According to a story from Deadline, Barkley’s Round Mound Media is teaming up with ChangeUp Productions and Lemonada Media to create a podcast with the star, as well as the popular Tracker star Justin Hartley.

The show will be called “So U Think U Can Sports?”

The show will be hosted by Comedy Central’s Eliot Glazer — a person who describes himself as knowing “nothing” about sports — and will feature him interviewing athletes, including Barkley to get their perspective.

“We couldn’t be more excited to team up with Lemonada, Charles, Marc, and Eliot for ChangeUp’s very first podcast,” said Hartley. “Comedy and sports go hand in hand, and Eliot is the perfect host to bring these two worlds together.”

“With Justin and the ChangeUp team as quarterback (football), it was Charles and Round Mound who got our project across the finish line (track). I’m so grateful to Lemonada for the chance to step up to the plate (baseball), give it my best shot (hockey), and really stick the landing (gymnastics). I still need one for golf,” said Glazer.

Round Mound weighed in as well and talked about their excitement to have Barkley involved with the project.

“Sports is everywhere, our culture is flooded with opinions, predictions, analyses, and Monday morning quarterbacking,” said Marc Perman, co-founder of Round Mound Media. “What’s been missing until now is a show hosted by a personality with an almost shocking lack of sports knowledge. And we found that guy. Round Mound Media is honored to be partnering with ChangeUp Productions and Lemonada on what will be the most entertaining sports show since Charles Barkley joined Inside the NBA.

Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.