Found January 21, 2012 on Awful Announcing: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Tiki Barber
TEAMS: Millikin Big Blue
Tiki Barber will be on your televisions again this weekend. Well, not all of your televisions. Actually, only those of you that get the regional sports network SNY and choose to watch a local studio show. Only a few short years ago, it wouldn't be a surprise for Tiki Barber to be a major force on TV this week of the NFL Conference Championship games. Heck, at this point a few years ago, Barber was on the track to media stardom as a part of the Today Show. But, several wrong turns later, Barber has found himself in the TV version of Purgatory. Here's the news from Fang's Bites: "Starting this weekend, Tiki Barber joins New York regional sports network SNY for its Giants playoff coverage. Barber who was a running back for the Football Giants and then an analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America as well as a correspondent for the Today Show, has not been seen on TV regularly since 2010 when the Peacock quietly dropped him after reports surfaced that he had a...
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