Tiki not a great Olympics commentator? You don't say!
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:03 pm
http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/tiki_torched.php
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Tiki, Torched
MSNBC’s TIki Barber fumbles his Olympic commentary
By Robert Weintraub
Thu 14 Aug 2008 12:14 PM
Although the NFL season is still a month off, desperate sports fans can get their Tiki Barber fix during the Olympics. The former New York Giant running back has moved on to broadcasting, of course, and when he’s not creating tabloid headlines by slamming his former coach and teammates (who are doing just fine without him), Tiki is proving his expertise about things other than sports by…commenting on the Olympics? A true Renaissance Man, that Tiki.
While fellow Football Night In America commentator Cris Collinsworth has a featured primetime role on the NBC mothership’s coverage, Barber is relegated to MSNBC. He is co-hosts the daily Olympic Update, airing at 5PM EST. There is a chirpy female host back in New York, and another alongside Barber in the Chinese capital. The show engages in the all important Phelps worship, summarizes other highlights of the day, soft-pedals the weather in smoggy Beijing, sends a goofy correspondent (not Tiki) out to “compete in” (read: goof on) ping pong and epee and other “sports.” Generally, it looks to replicate a morning show vibe during the cocktail hour.
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