Giants LB Antonio Pierce (above) used an air horn Thursday to interrupt the questions of Fox News’ Reischea Canidate, a stunt that earned him the scorn of noted sports journalists Tiki Barber and Shannon Sharpe. From the Newark Star-Ledger’s Mike Garafolo :

“Now that things are struggling, first of all he runs away from it early in the week and now he’s refusing to answer questions by being completely disrespectful to a group of people who are just trying to do their job,” Barber said. “That’s the job of media: (to) ask the question. And you don’t have to answer it but don’t be rude.”

Former Broncos and Ravens tight end Shannon Sharpe said the following on his Sirius Radio show:

“That is so ridiculous. It irks me when I see guys act like that. That’s ridiculous. Are you 14 [years old] or are you 28, 29 making millions of dollars to play a kid’s game? And you act like this?”

During Sharpe’s show with Bob Papa today, the folks in the booth occassionally sounded air horns for no reason in particular while callers were talking. They even did it during an interview with injured Giants receiver Michael Jennings, who knew nothing about the air horn incident at all.

Pierce was asked if he wanted to respond to either Barber or Sharpe.

“Do they play for the New York Giants?” he said. When told one of them did, he said, “Do they play for the Giants?”

Pierce said the comments by Barber and Sharpe don’t register with him because they came from outside the locker room.“If it was one of 53 guys in this room that said something or my 10 coaches or someone in the front office…” he said. “But my teammates know what I was doing so that’s all that matters.”

Strangely, no one has suggested that Pierce has assumed a leadership role of sorts. By becoming a pariah with the tri-state media, he’s deflecting attention that might otherwise be foisted on floundering Col. Coughlin.

Titans QB Vince Young was fined $7500 by the NFL for throwing a ball at Colts DB Kelvin Hayden last week. This is just another example of the double standard Donovan McNabb spoke of ; Drew Brees has thrown balls at as many as 3 opposing defenders this season (the sort they could easily catch), and he’s not been disciplined.