Tony Romo's unusual wedding menu

NFC East rival quarterbacks Tony Romo(notes) of the Dallas Cowboys and Eli Manning(notes) of the New York Giants now have something else in common — they've used the same wedding planner to help them tie the knot. Todd Fiscus, the man with the plan, set up what he called "man food" at Dallas' Arlington Hall on Saturday, when Romo married former Miss Missouri Candace Crawford. "I have a lot of football players to feed," said Fiscus, who had pizza and short ribs on the menu.

However, Romo apparently put all the tunes together. "Tony picked out every song, and when it plays, and what the keynote things are," Fiscus said.

Sounds like a very orderly occasion, but there was one wild card — whether Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would be able to attend. With the continued lockout, owners and players are not supposed to have any contact away from the negotiating table. But Jones received special dispensation from the NFL to attend, just as the Green Bay Packers recently were informed that they will, in fact, receive their Super Bowl rings in a June 16 ceremony no matter what the labor situation is at that time. Jones was there along with virtually all of Romo's teammates.

It is unknown whether Jones and Romo actually discussed any labor issues at the wedding — we're guessing this was more of a "friendly", though Jones is one of the most powerful owners on the NFL's side of things and Romo's marquee value gives him a lot of play on the other side.

"I've gotten special permission," Jones recently told ESPN's Ed Werder. "But more than anything, (I got the) right ticket from him and his fianceé — Romo's wife-to-be. (It's) one of prettiest invitations I've ever seen.

"So, yes, I will be there and (I'm) proud for him. He's got the best end of this deal."

Romo, who had been linked romantically before with Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood, proposed to Crawford last December. Crawford's brother Chace is known for his role on the TV show "Gossip Girl' and has also been linked romantically with Underwood.

According to the new Mrs. Romo, the lockout may play a part in the couple's plans for a honeymoon; usually around this time of year, her husband would be participating in minicamps and other off-season workouts.

Ex-NFL star's shocking Holocaust comment

While brother Ronde appears to be the very soul of dignity as he continues his future Hall of Fame career down in Tampa Bay, former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber managed to offend quite a few people with a recent comment. Explaining the media scrutiny he's received since he left his pregnant wife to be with his 23-year-old girlfriend, Barber told L. Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated that he moved into the attic of his agent, Mark Lepselter, to escape prying eyes.

"Lep's Jewish," Barber allegedly said, "and it was like a reverse Anne Frank thing."

Um, yeah. A millionaire pro football player comparing himself to a teenage Jewish Holocaust victim is going to go over about as well as Adrian Peterson's recent "modern-day slavery" comment, but at least Peterson had a bit of context with which to defend himself. Barber's comment was thoughtless at best and asinine at worst. It's certainly the wrong step to take as Barber tries to rehab his image in the wake of professional and personal failures, and as he tried to convince people that he's got a legitimate future in the NFL as a comeback story.

Barber was never known as the most tactful sort; it's well-known that his way of doing things put off some of his old teammates, especially when he questioned the leadership of the Giants quarterback as a member of the media as opposed to a guy in the locker room who would have to answer for his words. And his concept of himself as a future media magnate hasn't gone as expected. But this is a larger bump in the road. Judging from initial reactions, Barber, who is an NFL analyst for Yahoo! Sports, will have quite a time living this down.

"Holocaust trivialization continues to spread and finds new ways and expressions that shock the conscience," Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League said. "Tiki Barber's personal behavior is his business. But our history and experiences are ours and deserve greater respect than being abused or perverted by Tiki Barber.

"The analogy to Anne Frank is not funny, it is outrageous and perverse. Anne Frank was not hiding voluntarily. Before she perished at age 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, she hid from the Nazis for more than two years, fearing every day for her life. The Frank family's experiences, as recorded in Anne's dairy, are a unique testimonial to the horrors of the Holocaust, and her life should never be debased or degraded by insensitive and offensive analogies."