Ronde Barber

How long until Brian Urlacher's a hall of famer? -- @t walinski, from Twitter Tough to say, except it shouldn’t take anywhere near as long as it took Richard Dent.  At this point, it’s difficult to determine who will be on the ballot in...

The conversation about if Brian Urlacher would reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame likely shifted to when after the 2010 season. Now it's worth wondering if there is a spot for Urlacher in Canton, Ohio, as a first-ballot inductee come 2018, when he...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis was on the radar of Tampa Bay Bucs general manager Mark Dominik the day the Jets cornerback suffered a torn ACL last September. The somewhat...

NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT Bucs coach Greg Schiano spent the first day of OTAs trying to dial down the rhetoric surrounding starting quarterback Josh Freeman. Over the weekend, Schiano told the National Football Post that...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT After 16 seasons and a franchise-record 241 games played, defensive back Ronde Barber called it a career in football, said he was moving on to television but would not say what...

TAMPA Off the field, Ronde Barber was easy to miss. He wasn't big, he didn't boast about his accomplishments, and his 40-yard dash times didn't warrant a second glance. In the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' crowded locker room after a game, if you didn't...

Ronde Barber has played 16 seasons, pulled in 47 interceptions, won a Super Bowl and made five Pro Bowls. And he did it with just one team, Tampa Bay. And even though the Buccaneers were open to having him return another season, the 38-year-old...

Running off at the typewriter ... Florida Gators coach Will Muschamp couldn't help but laugh the other night when I told him of the comments made by Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, who earlier this week said the overall strength of Southeastern Conference...

He was the last of them. Ronde Barber retired Thursday afternoon, the last ballplayer from those Bucs teams that owned this town. How can it be that way again, ever? I'm not sure it can, not exactly, anyway, even if Josh Freeman, Gerald McCoy and...

For Buccaneers fans who had the privilege of watching No. 20 report to work for the past 16 seasons, his new title appears to be "Hall of Famer Ronde Barber." Not so fast. Barber, who switched from cornerback to safety for his final NFL season,...

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Roanoke native Ronde Barber has decided to retire from the NFL following 16 seasons, all with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Cave Spring and UVA product will be remembered for his toughness and versatility.  He holds the record for most consecutive...