Barbara Barker
Barbara Barker is an award-winning sports features writer and columnist who has covered sports in New York for
Giants rookie Eli Apple was finishing up his first day of organized team activities Monday when ESPN announced that his mother, Annie, would be joining its “Sunday NFL Countdown” pregame show as a contributor. Though the reaction in East Rutherford was mostly positive, Eli told her there were some skeptics when she popped by the training facility to see him.
“Some people think you’re getting where you are because of me,” Eli said, “but I know I’m here because of you.