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Separated at birth: Charles Barkley from tonight’s TNT NBA playoff pregame show, and Jon Polito (as Johnny Caspar in Miller’s Crossing<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Barkley<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m a sporting man. I like to lay the occasional bet.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Separated at birth: Charles Barkley from tonight’s TNT NBA playoff pregame show, and Jon Polito (as Johnny Caspar in Miller’s Crossing). “I’m a sporting man. 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