After years of disparaging the women of San Antonio, NBA great Charles Barkley finally caught some heat from the city’s mayor. Before Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals on Wednesday, June 3, ESPN aired a montage of Barkley’s comments about the Texas town.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones handed Barkley some churros, which comes following previous remarks the NBA Hall of Famer made about the women of San Antonio.

Barkley has spoken.

Barkley's long-running gag about "big ol' women" in San Antonio was bound to get him in trouble eventually, and the mayor of San Antonio, Gina Ortiz Jones, gave him a dose of his own medicine on live television ahead of Game 1 for the 2026 NBA Finals.

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San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones confronted Charles Barkley about his past comments about her city during the pregame coverage of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. “I learned a long time ago, you can’t teach courage, you can’t teach class, and Mr. Barkley reminds us of that,” Jones said with a joking tone.

San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones hilariously roasted Charles Barkley and gifted him a box of churros while making a guest appearance on 'Inside the NBA'

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