The word castigate has appeared in 18 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 28 in “Its Future in Doubt, the Freewheeling ‘Inside the NBA’ Is on Edge Instead” by Tania Ganguli. The excerpt below refers to Ernie Johnson, the host of “Inside the NBA,” and Charles Barkley, an analyst on the show.
Approached for an interview, Johnson pointed me to the public relations team. TNT had declined to arrange interviews with its talent for this article. After the game, Johnson interrupted the interview with Barkley as he left the elevator to castigate me for approaching him without permission from the company.
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