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Tiki Barber balancing CBS Sports Radio gig with Broadway turn in 'Kinky Boots'

Former Giants running back Tiki Barber joined the cast of Kinky Boots on Jan. 18 as Don. He will make a limited run in the role through March 3. (Credit: Kinky Boots)

Eighteen years ago Monday, Tiki Barber played in the Super Bowl. But he will spend this Super Bowl Sunday the way he spends most evenings these days: appearing on Broadway in “Kinky Boots,” a show that once won a Tony for Best Musical.

That would be enough to make this an only-in-New York turn of events in his life, but there’s more:

It is complicated by the fact that the Giants’ career rushing leader spends his weekday afternoons as a talk show host on CBS Sports Radio, a job that generally involves watching the Super Bowl.