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Terrell Owens (official thread of nonsense)

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Terrell Owens denies suicide attempt
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer 15 minutes ago


DALLAS - Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens said "there was no suicide attempt," explaining that he mixed painkillers with supplements and became groggy.
He said Wednesday in a news conference at team headquarters that the confusion over his condition likely stemmed from an empty bottle found by his publicist, who was with him at the time. He said the rest of the pills were in a drawer.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_cowboys_owens_hospitalized_26
 
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BuckTwenty;619586; said:
Heard on the radio up here in Toledo that after having a long talk with former Cowboy WR Michael Irvin, he's going to have a presser at some point today to discuss what all happend
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Will the helicopters be covering him shooting hoops in his driveway first?:roll1:
I wish this assbag would just go away. Isn't it convenient that when he finally starts to slip from the front pages this happens?
 
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OSUsushichic;619604; said:
I cannot friggin' believe that this made CNN Breaking News:

Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens denies suicide attempt.
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I don't buy the line he is feeding the Press, nor the revised report of his friend and publicist, Etheridge.

Owens would have us believe that an interaction between the "supplements" and the pain medication made him groggy. (What, was he mixing Jimson Weed and Peyote with his Oxycontin??) Earlier this afternoon his publicist had called it thusly, that there was an allergic reaction to the pain medication - which of course reversed her on the scene and frantic early morning testimony to the police and 911 line. In other words neither she, nor Owens are credible in their later versions. They cannot get their respective stories straight, and the only unbiased record is that in the original Police report. Which document has Owen's answering that yes he was trying to harm himself, and yes he had taken a lot of those pills (by head count 30+), and has Etheridge desperately trying to get the last two pills Owens put in his mouth from being swallowed.

In other words, the Police report and 911 call is completely and internally consistent.

Nothing since is remotely close to believable, it is all spin. Parcells' doesn't want to lose his star receiver, so he will play dumb; Etheridge doesn't want to lose her cash-cow client, so she changes her story, and; Owens does not wish to lose the chance to play for pay - so he spins the incident with an absurd concoction (literally).
 
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Buckeye513;619663; said:
So...the only ounce of truth that's come out of T.O.'s mouth in the past 24 hours came when he was hopped up on pain pills?
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A little chemical help freed his tongue from lying and self-promotion.

Besides which, it's the Police report to which I give credence.
 
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ABJ

Owens says he didn't attempt suicide

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens has done a lot of things to draw attention to himself the last six years. His latest turn in the spotlight is one he'd rather forget. Swallowing a bottle full of pain killers? Attempted suicide? Depression? No, no, no, T.O. said, calling the saga that swirled around him Wednesday a big misunderstanding.
"I want to apologize to the organization for this being a distraction," Owens said at the end of a confusing half day capped by his explanation of what happened. "This is definitely an unfortunate situation."
Owens said he expected to practice Thursday for the first time since breaking his right hand a week ago Sunday. If all goes well, he thinks he can play for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in Tennessee.
Owens is listed as questionable, same as he was Tuesday afternoon, hours before an ambulance took him to an emergency room and he spent the night in a hospital.
"It was just an allergic reaction," Owens said. "It's very unfortunate for the reports to go from an allergic reaction to a definite suicide attempt."
According to Owens, he made the mistake of mixing prescription pain pills with the all-natural supplements he ordinarily takes. The combination left him woozy and his publicist, who was with him at his Dallas condo, became worried when he couldn't respond to her questions. Having also discovered an empty bottle of pills, she called 911 around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
But around 8 a.m. Wednesday, the story took a radical turn. WFAA-TV in Dallas got hold of an unreleased police report and reported that it stated a suicide attempt was called in, that Owens was described as being depressed, that 35 pills were missing and that Owens said he was trying to harm himself.
The police and fire department followed by holding news conferences that provided few answers. Questions lingered, even as Owens left the hospital flashing a thumb's up sign to reporters.
Cowboys coach Bill Parcells held his daily news briefing before Owens spoke. He professed not to know any details, then cut the session off early once he was getting hardly anything but questions about Owens.
"When I find out what the hell is going on, you will know," Parcells said, getting up to leave. "Until then, I'm not getting interrogated for no reason."
Owens made it to team headquarters in time to catch some passes from quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo. He then showed up to a packed news conference wearing workout gear and his usual wide smile.
T.O. seemed more amused than peeved. He apologized for being a distraction, thanked his friends for worrying about him and said he is "not depressed by any means."
"I am very happy to be here," said Owens, who received a $25 million, three-year deal from the Cowboys in March, four days after the Eagles released him. "My thing is I have come here to help this team get on a roll, get on the track of getting into the playoffs and winning some ballgames."
He's especially eager to play a week from Sunday, when Dallas plays at Philadelphia, offering him his first chance to beat the team that gave up on him midway through last season.
Etheredge also spoke at the news conference, telling her side of the story and criticizing the police report that found its way to reporters before sections were blacked out. About half the information was obscured once it was officially released.
"I am just upset that I just feel they take advantage of Terrell," she said. "Had this been someone else, this may not have happened."
Dallas police officials declined to comment on Etheredge's denials, citing privacy laws.
There is one more domino to fall in this story: the 911 tape. The Associated Press filed a request under the Texas Public Information Act to get a recording of the call. Fire department spokesman Joel Lavender said it may not be available until Friday.
It's safe to say this turned into a media extravaganza because it involved the NFL's premier showman.
Owens has been stirring things up for years, from edgy touchdown celebrations to mean-spirited comments about his quarterbacks and cries of being underpaid. Yet the drama was always about football, never matters of life or death.
That's what made this story so puzzling to those who know him.
"Too proud of a guy to do that," said Vikings receiver Billy McMullen, who played with Owens the last 1 1/2 seasons in Philadelphia. "Too much going on. Too much faith in him. Too much God in him to do that."
Said Dolphins receiver Chris Chambers: "For a guy who loves himself as much as he does, I don't think he would do something like that. ... It just doesn't make sense."
The report said rescue workers were called because Owens attempted "suicide by prescription pain medication." There was mention of 35 pills that weren't accounted for.
"The rumor of me taking 35 pills, I think is absurd," Owens said. "I don't think I would be here if I had taken 35 pills."
He explained that the bottle of hydrocodone, a generic form of Vicodin, was indeed empty, but the extra pills were in a drawer. He had taken two or three, along with some all-natural supplements, and he believes the combination made him groggy.
Etheredge saw how he was acting, noticed the empty bottle and called for help.
"This is a very strong human being," Etheredge said. "When I ask him a question and he is not responding and I know he is not feeling well, I used my judgment to call 911."
The police report, which WFAA shared with the AP, said Etheredge saw Owens pop two more pills, then "attempted to put her fingers in (Owens') mouth to retrieve the pills."
"I did not take anything out of his mouth," said Etheredge, equally adamant in denying that she told anyone Owens was depressed.
The report also lists Owens as saying, "Yes," when asked whether he'd emptied the pill bottle and whether he was trying to harm himself. He said he doesn't know what he told emergency responders.
"I was kind of out of it," Owens said.
Owens has played two games for the Cowboys, catching nine passes for 99 yards and a touchdown. He broke the bone leading to his right ring finger against Washington. The next day, doctors screwed in a plate so the bone could heal without fear of further damage, leaving a 2-inch scar on top of his hand.
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Dispatch

COMMENTARY
Owens deserves blame if people think the worst

Thursday, September 28, 2006


JIM LITKE




A career spent courting the cameras doesn?t guarantee control of the script.
As reasonable as Terrell Owens? explanation for a 911 call and emergency-room visit Tuesday night sounded, it?s already competing with a much more sinister, connect-the-dots version for which he bears most of the responsibility. Tough. Anybody who has watched a reality show run off the rails knows how that works.
Owens called a news conference yesterday to say what was described as "a drug overdose" in a Dallas police department report was an adverse reaction to some painkillers and natural supplements he?d taken together. It made plenty of sense.
"It?s very unfortunate for it to go from an allergic reaction," he said, "to a suicide attempt."
He?s right. If this were almost any other athlete, he would be off the hook by now.
But Owens has worked hard to transform himself into the poster child for cynicism. Before yesterday, even he didn?t believe half the things that came out of his mouth. That made plenty of sense, too.
At both his previous NFL stops before Dallas, T.O. would mock opponents and call it exuberance, or hold out for more money and call it a case of persecution. He?d pull the rug out from under a teammate, coach or owner, or all three, question their manhood and then call a news conference and deny everything.
"Who are you going to believe?" Owens? defense always went. "Me or your lying eyes? "
The real shame is that this once, at least, most of us would like to believe him. There?s nothing remotely funny about suicide and depression. Yet Owens wore a faint smile throughout a brief public appearance yesterday, suggesting that even he was amused by what people were willing to believe about him.
T.O., after all, had just walked in off the practice field a picture of health. He?s tough enough so that whatever ailed him was cured. And he?s barely six months into a three-year, $25 million contract with the Cowboys that was supposed to buy his loyalty, a point his publicist, Kim Etheredge, made when she waved off reports of a suicide attempt by wisecracking, "Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive."
But that?s part of the problem. The only athletes who need publicists are the ones who make a point of saying and doing outrageous things. Every once in a while, they?re bound to reap the whirlwind.
Considering the tragic twists this episode could have taken, watching Owens undermine a third team finishes far down the list. But soon enough, Owens is going to talk himself out of another job. Considering he?s already an old 32, there will be fewer owners willing to take the same risk.
Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press
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