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In This Issue: Up Front

By Mag.com Staff

Thursday, January 1, 2009

When Auburn hired Gene Chizik as its next head football coach instead of a minority candidate, Charles Barkley responded the only way he knew how: by running his politically incorrect mouth. For that, as he writes in the latest issue of The Mag, Stephen A. Smith thanks him. Sir Charles might have more in common with Rosa Parks than you think. UP FRONT

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