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Terrell Owens to release children's book

Associated Press

DALLAS - Terrell Owens has learned the importance of playing nice - at least in print. The outspoken Dallas receiver is set to release his first children's book in mid-November. But the book, titled "Little T Learns to Share," will be a far cry from the tell-all book T.O. released in July.
Little T, the main character, refuses to share his football but eventually learns he can't enjoy his new ball without friends.
"I tried to play outside alone and throw it by myself, but football isn't football unless you play with someone else," Little T says in the book.
"It's a life lesson for discipline," co-author Courtney Parker said Friday on The Dallas Morning News' Web site. "It's ironic because he's considered one of the more undisciplined players in the NFL."
The book is the first in T.O.'s Timeout Series. The second book, "Little T Learns What Not to Say," is due in spring 2007, and the third, "Little T Learns To Say I'm Sorry," is scheduled for release the following fall.
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T.O. No Show: Owens as quiet as hostile fans in Philly

DAN GELSTON

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA - Terrell Owens expected more harassment, more vicious scorn, out of the Philadelphia fans. The Eagles diehards were waiting for that one big catch, one outlandish celebration to hurl insults and maybe a few objects at the formerly beloved receiver.
Neither got what they expected Sunday.
The boos toward T.O. weren't really necessary, anyway. The Dallas wide receiver was having a bad enough day all by himself.
For all the bluster surrounding Owens' return to Philadelphia, it was another stellar outing by Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia's 38-24 win over the Cowboys that really fired up the Philly faithful.
It also turned their attention away from No. 81.
"Actually, I thought it was going to be worse," Owens said. "I remember when I was here, they would love me. It was the opposite. I don't know, for whatever reason, I just felt like it should have been worse."
Maybe it was because the fans had little reason to boo him. Owens finished with very un-T.O. like numbers: three catches, 45 yards.
No impact. No chance to stomp on the painted Eagle at midfield. He was the first one running down the visitor's tunnel once the game ended.
"He only had one or two receptions and it wasn't for anything anyway, so what was there to go after," Eagles fan John Manion said after the game.
Owens was even cheered by Eagles fans once, only it had nothing to do with an amusing TD dance. All he did was drop a routine pass.
When he failed to grab a light toss from Drew Bledsoe late in the third quarter, the Eagles crowd erupted - like they did when he caught passes in a green and white uniform. Owens jogged to the sideline where he was consoled by some Dallas teammates and took a seat on the bench.
Owens' first catch didn't come until the third quarter - Dallas' 41st offensive play. He turned a short pass into a 9-yard gain, looked toward the Eagles' sideline and spun the ball on the ground in their direction, then gestured on his way back to the huddle.
Thousands of fans were at the concession stands and some subdued boos lasted less than 10 seconds.
When the Eagles offense - specifically McNabb - was introduced to raucous cheers before the game, Owens tossed the ball around near midfield and showed no emotion. During the game, Owens was used mostly as a decoy, and the fans started only a brief derogatory chant on the second series that quickly died out.
"It had an element of hostility more than in a normal away game, but, to the credit of Philadelphia fans, they kept it in check," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.
Owens was also kept in check.
The first pass Bledsoe threw for him was a deep ball down the visitor's sideline that was intercepted by Brian Dawkins late in the first quarter. When Bledsoe's underthrown pass late in the fourth was picked off by Lito Sheppard, Owens slapped his helmet, then stewed and paced on the sideline.
"The opportunities were there and we didn't make them, and that's what's really frustrating," Owens said.
It would have been easier to find fans grilling veggie burgers and drinking non-alcoholic beer than an Owens supporter in the packed parking lots. Finally, one brave fan was spotted wearing a clean Eagles' Owens jersey that hadn't been altered in a disparaging way.
Was he concerned about wearing that jersey in this ferocious lot?
"It's getting burned!" the fan said, pulling it up to reveal a Brian Westbrook jersey underneath.
Some fans did light fire to their Owens jerseys. Another hot item? Shirts that read both "Got Pills?" and "T.O. O.D. O.D. O.D. O.D."
The "O.D.!" chants were both a reference to his accidental overdose, and a play off the old "T.O!" chant he used to hear after every clutch play as an Eagle, all sung to the tune of the popular soccer song, "Ole! Ole! Ole!"
But only briefly did fans sing "O.D." once the win was secured. No one tossed any objects on the field and the crowd was well behaved.
"I kind of figured we'd step up today and not be as violent as other fans and cities think we are," fan Jim Bischoff said after the game. "We have a lot more class than that."
Of course, Philly fans are relentless in their jeering, once throwing batteries in anger at St. Louis outfielder J.D. Drew because he didn't sign with the Phillies after they drafted him in 1997. In the most infamous case, Santa Claus was booed and pelted with snowballs during a game between the Eagles and Minnesota in 1968.
A beautiful, sunny 70 degree kickoff took away one Philly fan weapon: There was no chance of Owens being pelted by snowballs.
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Owens frustrated with role on Cowboys

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens screamed it on the sideline against Philadelphia, in the locker room after a loss and repeated it again Wednesday: "Why am I here?"
The volatile receiver admits he's frustrated with his role on the Dallas Cowboys, but not simply because he's off to his worst start in years. According to T.O., he'd be fine if Dallas was winning and he had mediocre statistics.
It's the Cowboys' being 2-2 combined with the reduced numbers that he can't tolerate.
"I do have a problem when I don't feel like I'm involved enough," he said. "I know I can make a difference. That's not me being arrogant. I just know what I bring to the table. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here. ... I want to win. I came here to help this team win."
Owens spoke the entire 45 minutes the locker room was open to reporters, passionately describing his feelings on many subjects. He even revealed that the ongoing issues he's faced the last few months, from a hamstring injury in training camp to an accidental overdose, have driven him to "sit in my house in the dark" instead of having much of a social life.
He never directly criticized quarterback Drew Bledsoe or coach Bill Parcells, the playbook or the play calling.
In fact, T.O. had few specific complaints - just the general one about not getting the ball enough.
"I haven't really gotten started yet," he said.
Owens has 17 catches for 232 yards and one touchdown. It's his fewest catches after four games since 1999 and his fewest yards at this point since 2002. His three-game streak without reaching the end zone is his longest drought since 2000.
In a loss Sunday against the Eagles, his former team, Owens caught only three passes for 45 yards. However, there were 13 passes thrown his way - five more than to any other Dallas receiver, Parcells noted Wednesday. Owens dropped one and two were intercepted, including one that likely would've been a touchdown.
"The opportunities are there," he said. "We're just not connecting."
Owens knew when he signed with Dallas in March he was joining an offense that wasn't designed to showcase a specific receiver. However, he acknowledged for the first time Wednesday he expected that to change for him - like it did in Philadelphia.
"Dude, I am playmaker," he said. "These guys know that. It's simple. ... Get the ball in the playmaker's hands."
Owens was mostly supportive of Bledsoe, especially compared to how he's talked about his previous quarterbacks. He even added he is working on his route-running "to give the quarterback better looks, things of that nature."
"I think we all need to play better," Owens said. "That was one of the things he came up to me and said. Even after the game, he sent me a text that said, `Stay with me,' he'll play better for me. You can only respect that. He's trying his best to get the ball to me in certain situations. It's hard when he has a lot of pressure on him."
Bledsoe reiterated Wednesday that T.O. is a quality receiver who wants the ball and the quarterback is happy to try getting it to him.
"I've never had a receiver, at least not one who is worth anything, that was happy with the number of times they touch the ball," Bledsoe said. "I told him when he got here, `Listen, I don't expect you to be happy all the time. If you don't get to touch the ball enough, I don't expect you to like that. At the same time, you have to keep playing hard for me and give me good information when you come back.' And he's been very good about that."
Owens thinks he's been good about it, too, adding he's not trying "to come in and stir things up ... to create more controversy and distraction around here."
"I wouldn't say I'm unhappy," said Owens, who is making $10 million this season as part of a $25 million, three-year deal. "I'm not happy about the losing. I just feel like there's really an opportunity for something really special to happen here in Dallas with the team that we have. Once we get the nucleus of guys in the right positions to play and play as a unit, then we're going to be OK."
But is T.O. going to be OK?
"I don't go nowhere," he said. "I don't do nothing. It's frustrating. It's frustrating just to go (through) what I have been going through since training camp. I've had the hamstring. Then I break my hand. Then I go to the hospital. Then personal stuff.
"My way of venting is going out there on Sunday, trying to win ballgames. Now it's added frustration, especially when I know we have a good team. And the team we lost to, they know they should have lost. We made too many mistakes to win. We are stopping ourselves."
Owens watched the game film of the Eagles game with teammates Monday ("It was sickening," he said), then saw a replay of the Fox broadcast Tuesday night on the NFL Network.
He was still peeved Wednesday about some of the things discussed about him, especially the repeated shots of him barking at his teammates.
"The guys in the booth are saying, `There he goes again, he's up to his old stuff again,'" he said. "It's very unfair. ... It makes me hesitant to try to do what I need to do."
Besides, if he wanted to really do something shocking and get across his message, he could always borrow from the repertoire of his Dallas predecessor, Keyshawn Johnson.
"I need to get a shirt - `Give me the damn ball!'" Owens said, smiling wide and laughing. "I am just kidding. I am just kidding."
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T.O., position coach 'merely co-workers'

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

Terrell Owens is done talking to his position coach.
T.O. said on his radio show Friday that his relationship with Dallas Cowboys receivers coach Todd Haley was ruined by a blowup this week. It began when Owens missed the start of Wednesday's practice because of an upset stomach, and Haley berated him for being late. Owens held his tongue then, but they later argued during a meeting.
The story getting out seems to bother Owens the most because Haley vowed since training camp that all internal matters would stay behind closed doors. Owens spoke with reporters for 45 minutes Wednesday without ever mentioning any problems with Haley. But the incident was reported by several media outlets Friday before Owens gave his side of the story later on his weekly show.
From now on, T.O. said, "there will be nothing else, no other dialogue" between him and Haley.
"There will be no more friendly nothing because I don't trust anybody like that," Owens said. "I will go out and practice hard. I will respect him as a coach, and he should respect me as a player. Anything outside of that I am not going to be able to deal with.
"Right now, we are merely co-workers, and that's it," he added.
Owens caught only three passes for 45 yards in a loss to Philadelphia on Sunday. It was a key division game for the Cowboys and a personal revenge game for Owens after the Eagles dumped him midway through last season.
TV cameras showed Owens screaming at Haley - who also carries the title "passing game coordinator" - on the sideline during the game. Although teammates said some of his rants were encouragement, Owens admitted saying, "Why am I here?" about his limited action. Coach Bill Parcells later noted that 13 balls were thrown to Owens, five more than anyone else; two were intercepted and one was dropped.
The confrontation between receiver and coach occurred Wednesday, the first time the Cowboys were back on the practice field. A strength coach was sent to get Owens when he was absent.
"By the time I step on the field, Todd starts cursing at me, this and that, and I'm like, 'Dude, I was in the restroom,'" Owens said. "He said, 'I don't (care) what you were doing. Everybody else is out here.'"
Owens said he didn't respond, although he later apologized to Parcells and was told, "All right, just try to get out here a little earlier."
Then Owens and Haley butted heads during a meeting.
"I was venting, he was venting," Owens said. "I felt it stayed behind closed doors.
"It's all about frustration. Everybody is still frustrated from the loss on Sunday. At some point, we had our time to vent on Monday, Tuesday and have that bad taste that sick feeling out of your mouth. On Wednesday, it's a new day. It's a new game plan, a new team that we're getting prepared for. That's where our focus and direction should be. But obviously Todd, he's been frustrated, and he's taking it out on other people."
Parcells does not allow assistant coaches to talk to reporters. Team officials did not immediately return calls. Parcells said Thursday and Friday he wasn't talking about Owens. Asked why, he said Thursday: "I'm tired of it."
Dallas plays Houston at home Sunday.
Owens has a history of not getting along with coaches, from his position coach to the offensive coordinator to the head coach. It led to his dismissal from San Francisco and Philadelphia.
Although Owens has missed most of the preseason with a hamstring and had a highly publicized accidental overdose, he insists that he's been on his best behavior in his first season in Dallas.
"I know in the back of people's minds they are waiting for something to happen," said Owens, in the first year of a three-year, $25 million contract with the Cowboys. "I have made a conscious effort not to go down those roads again."
Owens made it clear that he'll still listen to Haley, but their discussions must be limited to Xs and Os.
"In business, you have people that work together and don't necessarily get along together," he said. Owens said "anything is fixable," but he feels his trust in Haley "is being violated."
"I will have a hard time (trusting him) here on out," Owens said.
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T.O. wants to get involved earlier

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas - Now that T.O. has loaded up on TDs, he has a new gripe: not enough catches before halftime. Terrell Owens said Wednesday his three touchdown catches this past Sunday let him know he's an important part of the Dallas Cowboys' offense, but he also noted that all three came in the second half.
He had only one catch for 19 yards over the first two quarters against Houston. And he was shut out over the first two quarters of the previous game, against Philadelphia.
A trend is developing and Owens doesn't like it.
"For me, the game is getting boring, you know?" he said, giggling. "In the first half of the last two ballgames, I'm not in the ballgame. That's not to say I'm not working hard. I'm not sure what the case may be."
Statistics and reality differ a bit. For instance, Owens dismisses the passes thrown his way that didn't end up in the box score: an interception and an incompletion against the Eagles; a well-thrown ball he missed after slipping and falling; and a catch wiped out by a penalty against the Texans.
Still, he's right about more balls going his way in the second halves of the last two games.
"It's not really anybody's fault," he said. "I just feel like it's something that needs to be (addressed). ... I feel like I need to be in the offense, involved a little bit earlier in the ballgame."
Actually, Owens has been perfectly balanced through five games. He's caught 11 passes in the first half, 11 in the second half. He's also had more yards before halftime (156) than after (121), while all his touchdowns have come in the final two quarters.
While the three-TD game was a nice boost, Owens has yet to crack 100 yards or really be the focus of a game plan.
Part of it could be the slow-growing relationship between Owens and quarterback Drew Bledsoe. They missed a lot of practice time because of a hamstring injury that knocked Owens out of most of the preseason, then a broken hand took him off the field for another week.
Owens doesn't think that should matter, nor should the fact he's still learning Dallas' offense after playing his entire career in two West Coast systems.
"I feel like any time I step on the field I can make plays," Owens said. "As I've said all along, it's all about the opportunities that I am given."
More opportunities will come once Cowboys coach Bill Parcells gets a better grasp on Owens.
"We still have a lot to learn about some of the things he can do and how best to use him," Parcells said. "We are trying to spend a lot of time figuring that out."
Owens' performance against the Texans should help. His first two TD catches came on plays he and Bledsoe discussed earlier in the week. Owens also made a nice adjustment on the second one, slipping between two defenders to make the catch.
"Going into this game, I felt like I had to make some plays to let them know that's what I do - I make plays," Owens said. "I think it's been an adjustment. The coaches, obviously, they're working hard, trying to find ways to implement me into the game plan. I've just got to go accordingly."
One seemingly easy way to get him the ball would be quick slant passes, the kind that have been so successful most of his career.
Bledsoe said they could be coming.
"As he becomes more comfortable in this offense and has more practice time, you'll see some more of those type of quick throws, where we get the ball in his hands and just let him run," Bledsoe said. "He's got such explosive down-the-field speed that it's a different challenge. But at the same time, he's a guy that should and will be a huge weapon for us going forward."
Also Wednesday, Owens also laughed off barbs thrown at him by Charles Barkley during the Monday Night Football broadcast.
Among Barkley's comments: "If I was a teammate, I would have hit him in the head with something," and that "T.O.'s got such an overbearing personality, he'd be tough to play with."
Owens said he heard Barkley say it and sent him a text message soon after. Barkley wrote back and they later spoke by phone. Owens also mentioned that earlier this summer he and Barkley argued about something Barkley said on the air about Kobe Bryant.
"Charles and I, we're good friends," Owens said. "I didn't take it personal. It's just Charles being Charles."
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T.O. admits tuning out Parcells' speech

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas - When Bill Parcells told the Dallas Cowboys what it takes to win a championship, Terrell Owens wasn't listening.
"The championship speech? I must have went to sleep on that one," T.O. said, laughing.
Parcells gave his speech Monday, a day after a pivotal win in New York and hours before Owens flew to Los Angeles for an ostentatious 33rd birthday party he threw himself. All sorts of Hollywood types showed up and the Maloof family, owners of the Sacramento Kings, gave him a diamond-crammed watch worth nearly $50,000.
Back in the locker room Wednesday, Owens insisted he didn't recall Parcells' words of wisdom about the things the Cowboys (8-4) need to do down the stretch as they try to win their division for the first time since 1998.
"I can't remember. I had my mind on the party," he said when asked a second time about Monday's speech. "I have no earthly idea of what you are possibly talking about. I don't remember. I was already in L.A. ... He'll have to redo it."
Things have been pretty quiet on the T.O. front since Parcells changed quarterbacks, dumping Drew Bledsoe for Tony Romo. The Cowboys are 5-1 since, with four straight wins, and Owens' numbers have shot up, too.
Yet Owens always seems to be a story waiting to happen.
Last week, it was criticizing the team's decision to cut kicker Mike Vanderjagt. Now, even if he's only pretending to have tuned out Parcells, Owens comes across as ignoring what could be his coach's most important advice of the season.
At least T.O. shares his coach's sentiment that the Cowboys are a Super Bowl contender.
"I think he has every reason to really kind of speak positively because there are some positive things that have been happening here the last few weeks," he said. "Early in the year, we knew we had a good team, we just weren't playing four quarters. Obviously there were some inconsistencies with our play. Now we're jelling. ...
"We've put ourselves in a position to really make a push for this thing, get home-field advantage and maybe a first-round bye. We know we have a good team here. We're just looking forward to finishing the season strong, then starting a new season in the playoffs."
Owens flew to Los Angeles on a private jet Monday afternoon, accompanied by three teammates, all defensive players: linebackers Akin Ayodele and Kevin Burnett, and safety Abram Elam. Fellow receiver Sam Hurd was supposed to join them, but made a rookie mistake by being unreachable.
"Just from some of the feedback from my friends and some of the guys who went to the party, they definitely told me they enjoyed themselves," said Owens, whose actual birthday is Thursday. "Overall, it was a good time."
Owens rated this his best party yet. He also called the watch from the Maloofs "definitely, by far, the best gift I've ever received."
"I think it's about 6 1/2 carats. It's definitely an eye-catcher," he said. "I started to wear it today in practice, but, you know, I didn't want to blind anyone."
Parcells, by the way, said he wasn't invited to the bash.
"I didn't think he was going to make it," Owens explained. "I gave the invites to the guys I thought maybe might make the trip."
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Exactly. Did everyone see he had a "candid" interview Sunday morning? They mentioned it a couple times on E!spn the last few days.:roll1:

Isn't it convenient that the moment Romo starts to get all the media attention out of Dallas, he starts making comments about tuning the Tuna out because its his birthday week and does a "controversial" interview to get the spotlight back on him? I'm sure we'll get another "overdose" if this doesn't draw all the attention back to him.What a fucking piece of shit.
 
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