Sir Charles paid tuition for busboy

By Perry

Chritian Abate, a busboy at a Philadelphia restaurant, received a tip from Charles Barkley that will cover his tuition at Temple University.

“Sir Charles told [Christian] Abate he would like to help him with his tuition, and Abate wasn’t sure how to respond. Barkley didn’t give him much time, telling Abate that he had the length of Barkley’s meal to decide. Abate wisely accepted.”

“He’s a nice kid,” Barkley said of Abate. “He was working with kids, I loved that he wanted to be a teacher, and I wanted to help him.”

PHOTO CAPTION: “The busboy was a nice kid, but the food was terr-a-bull, Kenny, just terr-a-bull.”

In Basketball July 25, 2008