[TS] Sports of The Times: Barber Too Valuable to Run Interference
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It was only three weeks ago Giants fans thought their team was gliding into the playoffs, waltzing to a division championship.
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Something tells me that 41 years ago when the owners of 24 professional football teams - 15 in the NFL, nine in the AFL - sat down to discuss a playoff game between their respective champions, total harmony did not exist. Chances are pretty good the majority of those owners couldn't agree what day it was.
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Far be it from me to question Doc Rivers's coaching at this point of the young season, but was anyone else watching the Wizards-Celtics game last Wednesday -- I know you're out there, it's OK to admit it -- and wondering why Al Jefferson was not sent into the game when Raef LaFrentz fouled out?
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Football&#39;s offside rule is too complex for the human brain and eye to process accurately, according to new research which should give comfort to referees and linesmen who come under fire from armchair critics.
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Comment is free: Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Football, athletics, even cricket - the stain of cheating and doping now seems ingrained in our most cherished games.
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Bill Cowher needs only look to the New York Jets' sideline to understand how tricky and troublesome it can be deciding how to spread playing time between two productive running backs in the playoffs.
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CINCINNATI, Dec. 26 - As running back Tiki Barber padded barefoot through the locker room after the Giants' loss on Sunday to the Bengals, his slight limp caught the eye of the running backs coach, Jerald Ingram, who gave Barber a look of concern.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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Most of the blame for the GiantsÂ 26-10 drubbing Monday night at Jacksonville has been directed at quarterback Eli Manning. But running back Tiki Barber did his part today to shift the scrutiny to ineffective play-calling by the coaching staff.
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A good subplot can be one of the most intriguing parts of a sports story. Sammy Sosa chasing Mark McGwire while the Cardinals chased the Cubs. Shaq and Kobe feuding while the Lakers ran off three consecutive championships.
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1. An arbitrator has ruled that Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal&#39;s suspension should be cut from 25 games to 15, but upheld the bans on Ron Artest and two other Pacers.
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The Wayne Rooney incident at the weekend has brought into question once again the use of television playbacks to incriminate sportsman.
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MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The 1-2 punch of Laurence Maroney and Marion Barber III was too much for Penn State. Maroney and Barber each scored a rushing touchdown and combined for over 230 yards as No.
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Most Red Sox players look like they need to be scrubbed, shaven and tied to a barber&#39;s chair for a buzz cut. Their team picture could be confused for a re-creation of The Last Supper or a casting call for the Broadway show Hair.
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Tom Coughlin has one regret about Tiki Barber: that he couldn't convince the New York Giants running back to keep his opinions out of the public spotlight.
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The coaching genius knows how quickly his reputation can be tarnished.
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In most sports, there are athletes built for the long haul, and those who dazzle in quick, mercurial bursts. Track and field has distance specialists and sprinters. Baseball has starting pitchers, setup men, and closers. Based on anecdotal evidence collected from 40-odd years immersed in sports literature, I suspect sportswriters fall into roughly the same categories. Like the starting pitcher who is awkwardly relegated to the bullpen, some writers aren't a great fit for every project. Lars Anderson, author of "Carlisle vs. Army," is a case in point.