NEA bringing Barber back

Published January 28, 2008 5:00am ET



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Tiki Barber

sure spends a lot of time in Washington these days. The National Education Association announced Monday that the NBC broadcaster and former New York Giants running back is returning to our city on Feb. 8 to receive the NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education and its annual gala.

By then we’ll know just how much crow Barber will be eating for his impolitic comments last fall on the leadership abilities of his former teammate Eli Manning, who has just led the Giants to the Super Bowl.