Total Medal What?!

Former New York Giants running back, turned NBC newscaster, Tiki Barber is in the news after he might have used a profane sexual name in reference to co-newscaster Jenna Wolfe. The two were having an argument on MSNBC's Olympic coverage regarding what was more important: gold medals or total medal count. Tiki argued for gold medals, while Wolfe said total medal count.

So Tiki suddenly turns to her and says "Total Medal C***." He claims he said "count" and MSNBC was quick to deny that Tiki said the bad word. But it really doesn't sound like "count." The word "count" has a distinct /ow/ sound, yet the word he used had a distinct short-u sound.

Some people think that Tiki said the word to retaliate against Jenna's Super Bowl dig. Previously, Wolfe said she's been wearing Tiki's Super Bowl ring all week, and when he said he didn't have a Super Bowl ring, she said, "Oh, you don't?" Tiki replied, "You are such a ..." and stops there. Maybe he was continuing his sentence in the "total medla count", clip.

Anyway, the clip is available below. Listen at the 28-second mark to Tiki's attempt to say "count."