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It's sad to see the fall of Tiki

March 8, 2011 10:24 PM By BOB GLAUBER bob.glauber@newsday.com

Tiki Barber is inducted into the Giants quot;Ring

Photo credit: Getty Images | Tiki Barber is inducted into the Giants "Ring of Honor" during halftime of a game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants at New Meadowlands Stadium. (Oct. 3, 2010)

Bob Glauber

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If there'd been some inkling, some hint that Tiki Barber had so missed the game of football that he needed to go back for more, it would be one thing. But to see the greatest running back in Giants history suddenly decide he wants to play again after four years out of football, at the age of 35, after a failed marriage and broadcasting career . . . well, it all seems sad.

Especially because...

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