Tiki Barber

Birth Name:

Atiim Kiambu Barber

Birth Place:

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Profession

Actor

Tiki Previews Tonight's Giants Game — and Sets the Record Straight

When the New York Giants' star running back and biggest play-maker Tiki Barber announced that he was going to retire after the 2006 season — during the 2006 season — there were plenty of questions about his dedication to the sport and his team. All of which blew up out of control when Barber's book Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond was published in September. In it, he spoke frankly about Giants coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning. Now the guy with the photogenic smile is a correspondent for Today and a commentator on Football Night in America (tonight at 7 pm/ET, NBC, followed immediately by the Giants vs. the Washington Redskins game) — and he's setting the record straight on his Project Runway appearance,

Sun, Dec 16, 2007

Tiki Previews Tonight's Giants Game — and Sets the Record Straight

Tiki Barber and Al Roker Talk About Today

Tiki Barber may have broken the New York Giants all-time rushing record, but hes finding his most rewarding breakthrough with his post-NFL career as a coanchor on Today and Football Night in America."Its fabulous and fulfilling in many different ways," Barber said Oct. 22 at the 2007 Quill Awards in New York City. "Im growing and learning as I go, just like my football career. You start out small and start seeing where your dreams go. Thats what Im trying to do."Today, which recently added an additional fourth hour of programming, has gotten some competition from ABCs Good Morning America, which is creeping up in the ratings. However, Today weatherman Al Roker is not worried about their position."I think theres an ebb and a flow," Roker told TVGuide.com. "But at the end of the day, were still No. 1, so its good competition."  Reporting by Rob Moynihan

Tue, Oct 23, 2007