In Friday’s episode of the NPR sports show “Only A Game,” journalist Shirley Wang revealed the yearslong friendship between her father, Lin Wang, and the basketball star turned TV personality. Barkley had been making an appearance at a charity event while Lin Wang was on a business trip. He never told Barkley about his illness, and when the player eventually found out, he was angry. And that’s his story,” Lin Wang had said. And people who know Barkley said that the bond didn’t surprise them in the least.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2018 00:11 UTC