Who is ronde barbers brother

Barber settles into his corner of a cluttered, five-desk bullpen and exchanges quick hellos with his associates. Today, this news professional is the news. Both teams were ushered out of the first round of the playoffs, the Bucs in a heartbreaker, the Giants in an embarrassing blowout. And rarely has a pair of football players been so relevant, on the field and off.

Together, they are pushing at the seams of the culture of professional athletics, in which athletes typically do little more than play ball, chase high-dollar endorsements and bask in gratuitous praise for an occasional charitable appearance.

Both are exceedingly genteel, thoughtful, attractive and charismatic. Ronde is a cornerback and Tiki a running back, but both are among the very best to have ever played professional football. Tiki has 16 pounds on Ronde but both—at 5 feet 10 inches tall and and pounds—are tiny by NFL standards. Both are coming off of career-best years and are better now, at age 30, than at any time in their careers.

They talk on the phone three or four times a week and have begun to spend summers working out together in New Jersey. They share an agent, are married and have two children each, and still have the same best friends. The similarities between these twins overwhelm the differences.

But a few things stand in stark contrast. Tiki Barber. But would he consider a run for public office? Maybe not. And I like being liked too much. Ronde lives outside the bustle of Tampa in a secluded area on a golf course, where he takes his down time the old-fashioned way—playing with the kids, spending time with friends, taking some swings on the links.

Having dinner every week or so with Bucs quarterback Chris Simms and their wives is about as hob-nobby as Ronde gets. This kind of proximity to the world at large has opened up doors of all kinds. Tiki Barber defends brother Ronde amid latest Hall of Fame snub. More Bucs Wire. Latest Team News Bucs announce roster moves ahead of Week 10 game vs. From The Web. Top streaming options in fantasy football for Week Tiki shares four older children, A.

He was voted by his peers to three Pro Bowls. Are Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber related? July 14, Off By idswater. It's almost like Ronde need[ed] setbacks in order to over-exceed even the highest expectations. You get a setback, put a ceiling on him and he'd double it. That [was] kind of his whole career and that's what he did with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's been his M. My mom always told us, 'If you never stop trying, you're never gonna fail. But he took it to a level that is even greater than I could have imagined.

Long before Ronde earned a reputation as one of the league's consummate professionals, former position coach Herm Edwards thought he was a cocky rookie and benched him for a full year until he learned how to be a professional.

Former Bucs defensive backs coach Herm Edwards : "He was one of those guys coming out of Virginia, very talented player, thought he had it all figured out -- he came into OTAs, he was out of shape. He didn't make it through a practice. I said, 'How can you come out of shape?

You're a corner! I said, [to coach Tony Dungy], 'Tony, I ain't playing him. Until he learns how to be a pro, I'm not gonna play him. I said [to Barber], 'I'll let you know when you're ready. He said, 'I'm playing right now against Brett Favre?

Let's go. And Ronde will tell you today, we're like this [crosses fingers]. Best thing I ever did for him.