Report: Barkley Was Juiced When Arrested
Charles Barkley had a night of heaving drinking with actor Jaleel White and retired NFL player Michael Strahan at a Scottsdale, Ariz., bar the night he was nabbed on a DUI charge, the Dirty.com reports. Barkley spent Tuesday evening at the nightclub Dirty/Pretty running up a hefty bar tab with White, a.k.a. Steve Urkel from “Family Matters,” and former New York Giants linebacker Strahan, the Web site reported. TMZ.com reports that Barkley had wine coolers and bear claw donuts in the car at the time of his arrest. Barkley told the arresting officer that he was on his way to get oral sex from a woman who had given him “the best one he ever had in his life” a week earlier, the Web site reports.

Rutgers Star Will Go Pro
Rutgers wideout Kenny Britt said he will not play his senior year, opting instead to enter the NFL Draft. “It’s always been a dream to me to go to the NFL,” Britt said at a news conference at Rutgers’ Hale Center. “This year was my gateway, my opening.” Britt said he went through potential scenarios with his family members and coach Greg Schiano for more than two hours on Friday before arriving at his decision. Britt, a 6-4, 215-pound junior from New Jersey, is the Big East’s all-time leading receiver with 3,043 career yards. He was named a third-team All-American this year and tied former Pitt receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s Big East record of 14 career 100-yard receiving games. This season, he finished with 87 catches for 1,371 yards, a Rutgers single-season record.

Retired NFL defensive end Michael Strahan could become a member of the Super Bowl champ Giants again, reports the New York Daily News. The paper cites a source said to be close to the Pro Bowler in its article that came after defensive end Osi Umenyiora suffered a season-ending knee injury this past weekend. Strahan currently has a position as a Fox studio analyst. While on vacation in Europe, the popular retiree would only say that he hasn’t been contacted about the possibility of re-joining his old squad: “I haven’t heard from anybody else, so to say if I would or wouldn’t is premature. So I’m enjoying my retired life right now.” Team co-owner Steve Tisch tells the New York Post that he’d “absolutely” like for Strahan to wear a uniform again in ’08.

Maurice Greene, Warren Sapp will dance “With Stars”

Former Olympic sprinter Maurice Greene and rotund, retired NFL tackle Warren Sapp will shake it up – but, hopefully, not together – on the new season of “Dancing With the Stars.” Sapp, a Super Bowl winner with Tampa Bay, and Greene, a gold medalist in the 100-meter dash at the 2000 Games in Athens have signed on, along with singer Toni Braxton and others to compete in choreographed routines before a live audience. The new season’s lineup was announced Monday and will begin airing on ABC at 8 p.m. Sept. 22.