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Cincy

8/28/06

Cowboys fine T.O. $9,500

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
<!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT-->IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens has finally pushed the Dallas Cowboys too far, drawing a $9,500 fine for missing a team meeting and a rehabilitation session and being late to an offensive meeting, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday.
"That's our club business. That's going to be accounted for," team owner Jerry Jones told the newspaper.
The incidents occurred Friday, the team's final day preparing for a preseason game against San Francisco. The Cowboys beat the 49ers 17-7, making them 3-0 this preseason without Owens playing any of the games because of a hamstring injury that's also kept him out of 19 of 31 practices since the start of training camp.
Neither team officials nor Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, immediately returned calls to The Associated Press seeking comment Sunday.
During a postgame television interview, Jones did not mention the fine but answered several other questions about Owens. Jones said his only concern with the receiver is "injury, not all this other stuff you hear about."
Owens' past is filled with run-ins with quarterbacks, coaches and others in his own organization. San Francisco and Philadelphia got rid of him, but the Cowboys welcomed him with open arms and a lucrative contract in March, four days after the Eagles released him.
Owens vowed to be a better man and a better teammate in Dallas. While the fine is the most drastic, he already has done plenty to stand out.
He missed much of the offseason training program - with permission - and turned his hamstring injury into an attention-getter by flying in specialists to help him rehabilitate and wearing a cycling team outfit one day while pedaling a stationary bicycle.
After returning to practice for several days, coach Bill Parcells ruled him out of a Monday night game and Owens hasn't practiced since. He said he aggravated the injury because the club pushed him too hard. When Parcells said this week that he needs to see Owens on the field, T.O. responded that there's 10 years of tape to show what he can do.
Jones seemed to downplay the drama surrounding Owens' injury by noting that Carolina's Steve Smith and Pittsburgh's Hines Ward also have been slowed by hamstring injuries without drawing the same scrutiny as Owens. He also recalled Deion Sanders' ability to play well after flying in from baseball games and missing long stretches of practice.
"I know this - when he's healthy, he's going to help us win these ballgames," Jones said.
The Cowboys play their final preseason game Thursday night at home against Minnesota. The opener is Sept. 10 at Jacksonville.
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ABJ

8/29/06

T.O. on being tardy, fined: 'I overslept'

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

<!-- begin body-content -->IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens overslept. That's it.
He insists he wasn't late for work Friday to send a messages to his bosses, test his boundaries or anything else his critics might think.
And, get this: He says it'll probably happen again, even if he was fined $9,500.
"I think everybody has overslept, you know, once or twice in their life," Owens said Monday, more amused than angry that a fuss is being made over something that's happened to him before, though not since he's joined the Cowboys.
"It's not a big deal," he said. "It was not something I purposely tried to do. It's something that I will try to make more of an effort, a better effort, to get here on time. Other than that, it's really not a big issue."
Jerry Jones agrees, pointing out that some of the most upstanding citizens in team history were fined for similar transgressions.
He also insisted it's a mistake to read more into Owens' tardiness, the fine and his lingering hamstring issue simply because of T.O.'s past.
"From my standpoint, it's all good," Jones said. "Apart from him not being on the field and getting repetitions, has it in any way affected relationships on this team, teammates on this team, relationships between me and Bill, me and the coaching staff, Terrell and Bill, Terrell and the coaching staff? Zero impact there."
Owens called his tardiness "very unfortunate" and apologized to his teammates. But, he added, "I've got to move on. I can't let this get me down."
His tender hamstring is taking care of that.
Owens missed his 20th workout of the preseason Monday and is unlikely to play Thursday night at home against Minnesota. The bigger question is whether he'll play the season opener in Jacksonville.
"I feel like I'm doing above and beyond things to get back on the field, whether a lot of people know that or not," he said. "I'm doing everything. Sometimes I come in here late at night just doing extra treatment, getting in the hot tub, cold tub. ... I think it's sometimes unfair that I'm getting all this criticism because I'm hurt."
Whether Owens plays in the opener will depend on when he starts practicing. If he never practices, he definitely won't play the opener - even if Jones has mentioned that Deion Sanders used to get away with it.
Parcells said he has to see what Owens can do. And he's not talking about watching highlights from the last 10 years, as Owens suggested last week.
"What if he got hurt or didn't perform, what would happen then?" Parcells said. "How would I know he is healthy if he didn't practice? How would I know?"
Jones said he lets Parcells decide who to play.
"That's an area I probably could influence, but, no, I have never influenced in my 17 years with the Cowboys as far as who goes in the game and who doesn't and what time they go into the game," Jones said.
Jones and Parcells declined to comment specifically about the fine, saying it's an internal matter. Jones went so far as to say he'd fire whoever leaked the news, "I don't care who it is."
Yet Parcells knew he'd be asked about it, especially when he walked in for his usual news conference and saw more reporters than normal. He sat down, smiled and said, "Is this the Cuban missile crisis today?"
"I know what you're all waiting for," Parcells said, "and it's going to be in vain."
Parcells said he's known since the day Owens signed that, as the coach, he'd have to deal with all sorts of additional headaches, legitimate or not. But he's not going to let "all those chatterboxes" change the way he runs his team.
"I'm going to do what I think is best for the Dallas Cowboys," he said. "Whatever opinion anyone else has is totally irrelevant to my line of thinking because they don't have all the facts, and I do. So I operate from a position of advantage. I consider the team itself, the coaching staff, what we're trying to do here. I consider things you people don't even think of."
Parcells also had a message to players who question what Owens may or may not be getting away with.
"Them players need to worry about themselves, their job and what they are doing, " he said. "There are some that have been with me that know. Then there are others, they are going to have to learn."
Just to clarify, Parcells said Owens "hasn't been a problem at all."
Still, it's clear that Parcells and Owens either have no relationship or a fragile one. Even T.O. admitted Monday, "I wouldn't say our relationship is where it needs to be."
"But I think it's a building process for the both of us," Owens said. "It's obviously a work in progress. At this point, there is no tension between us."
At this point.
Extra points: Although they didn't have to make any moves, the Cowboys released WR LaShaun Ward, CB Lenny Williams, S Justin Beriault, WR J.R. Tolver and K Tyler Fredrickson. Instead of being at the NFL-mandated 75, Dallas has 70 players. The roster must be at 53 on Sunday. ... K Mike Vanderjagt did some rehab work on his sore groin, but also kicked. Asked if he's going to need to keep Shaun Suisham for kickoffs, and perhaps as an emergency replacement to Vanderjagt, Parcells said: "I don't know that yet. I'm hoping I don't have to." ... Jones on Vanderjagt's injury: "When the kicker goes down it makes you wonder if you are snake bit."
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I know I'm in the minority.. but IMO .. when the whistle blows, TO will be there... and he'll be the best WR in the NFL...
kinda like Iverson - easy to hate him but ya gotta admit he can play
 
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ABJ

8/30/06

T.O. returns to practice

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

<!-- begin body-content -->IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens practiced Tuesday for the first time in 10 days, an indication he's getting over his hamstring injury and is heading toward his debut with the Dallas Cowboys.
Next question: Will it be in the preseason finale Thursday night at home against Minnesota? Or the season opener a week from Sunday at Jacksonville?
Considering the safe-not-sorry approach everyone involved has been preaching, Owens is almost certainly going to be held out until the opener.
However, he has so much catching up to do that there's a chance he could be used for a series or two in the preseason finale, especially if he decides he wants to try.
Neither Owens nor coach Bill Parcells were available for comment after a team spokesman announced that Owens participated in an afternoon workout that was closed to reporters. Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, also did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Owens said Monday that he was feeling better every day and expected to be ready for the opener.
"I think I can get myself in good enough shape to play in a game," he said. "I know what I need to do. Obviously, timing is an issue, trying to get in there with the offense, trying to get in the flow. Once I get back on the field and start to break a sweat and kind of get in a rhythm, then I'll be fine."
Owens hasn't played in an NFL game since Oct. 30. The Philadelphia Eagles banished him a few days later.
His high-profile beginning with the Cowboys was off to a smooth start until he hurt his left hamstring the first week of training camp. He missed 14 straight workouts, then practiced five times until aggravating the injury the morning of Aug. 19.
Owens later blamed the team for using him too much after he returned. Team owner Jerry Jones said Monday that mistake wouldn't be made again.
"Certainly if we had it to do over again and we were back at (training camp), we probably wouldn't go with as many reps," Jones said. "But that is hindsight. We will take that into account when he does get back out here."
Perhaps the best reason to expect that T.O. will be a no-go Thursday night were these comments from Jones: "The best thing that can happen for me over the next 10 days would be for him to get some work in and get comfortable with where he is with his hamstring. He obviously should go out there and run as though he didn't have any type of injury. If he will just go out and get some reps and do some work, all of that will take care of itself."
Two MRIs have shown no severe damage to Owens' hamstring, but trainers - both from the team and specialists on Owens' payroll - have worked to alleviate pain in the soft tissue.
"Like I said since I've come back from reaggravating it, I'm going to take it day to day," Owens said Monday. "I'll be closer to 100 percent before I get back on the field."
The Cowboys are 3-0 this preseason without Owens. Fellow receiver Terry Glenn has repeatedly making big plays, showing a connection with quarterback Drew Bledsoe forged over their years together in Dallas and New England. Bledsoe was hoping to build a similar relationship with Owens on the practice field and in preseason games.
Owens and Parcells also haven't built much of a relationship. The two have hardly talked, with Parcells saying Monday they had nothing to discuss until Owens returns to practice.
Among the things they could've talked about: Owens getting fined $9,500 for being late to work Friday; T.O. told reporters he overslept.
"I think once I'm able to practice, then everything will take care of itself," Owens said. "It's unfortunate that I'm hurt. I don't want to be hurt. ... I'm just taking this time to really just rehab every day and get as healthy as I can. That's about all I can do."
Owens also said he doesn't care if he starts the opener. He just wants to finish it.
"I don't get any bonuses or extra pats on the back for starting," he said. "My value is when I'm on the field and I can make plays."
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Owens fits right in during Dallas debut

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

<!-- begin body-content -->IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens is supposedly all about Terrell Owens. Yet in his debut with the Dallas Cowboys, he sure seemed like one of the guys.
He waited patiently on the sideline during the first two drives of a preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night, then trotted onto the field for the third drive, hardly noticing the standing ovation fans gave him.
When he returned to the sideline without a pass thrown his way, it didn't seem to be a problem. He smiled during a brief chat with quarterback Drew Bledsoe, even though Bledsoe had fumbled a snap, couldn't get off a deep ball to Owens because of an oncoming linebacker and threw an interception near the end zone during that drive.
He was OK with Tony Romo missing him in the end zone just before halftime and, after spending the third and fourth quarters hanging out on the sideline, T.O. popped up several times in overtime - joking with Mike Vanderjagt after he missed a potential winning field goal, then lobbying for a pass interference penalty on an incompletion to teammate Jamaica Rector.
Is this the "better teammate" he vowed to be when he signed with Dallas? Or was he just happy to be part of an NFL game for the first time in 10 months and a day?
Maybe a little of both.
"I know the reason I'm here is to help catapult this team into the playoffs and obviously the Super Bowl," Owens said. "Everyone wants to see 8-1 on the field. I want to be on the field. It's unfortunate I got hurt during training camp. Right now I am feeling good. I just have keep up with the rehab and I'll get better."
Owens missed the first three preseason games because of a strained hamstring. After practicing Tuesday and Wednesday, he played 19 snaps Thursday night, catching one pass for 6 yards. The Cowboys and Vikings ended up tying at 10 in the first NFL preseason game without a winner since Dallas and Detroit tied at 13 in 1993.
"I got some reps in, so I feel good," Owens said.
By finally playing, Owens can stop answering many of the questions about the tumultuous start to his Dallas career. The injury caused him to miss about 20 practices. He also was fined $9,500 for being late to work last Friday, a mistake he blamed on oversleeping.
"I've always said once I got close to 100 percent and I was feeling good then I would play," Owens said. "That's how I've always been since training camp. It's kind of hard to play when injured. The extra time I had to rehab and let it heal up. It allowed me to do some things in rehab to get back on the field."
Said coach Bill Parcells: "He got a few plays in. That's what we're trying to do."
Owens ran hard on several long routes during his two first-half series. He was supposed to get a deep pass from Bledsoe on a first down from the Minnesota 42 - he appeared open, too - but linebacker Napoleon Harris flushed Bledsoe out of the pocket. Tony Romo ended up having the honor of throwing the first ball to T.O.
"It's good to have him," Romo said.
Fans also seemed happy No. 81 was on their side, regardless of how he defamed their beloved star logo six years ago. Many of those who stood to greet him remained up throughout his first drive in anticipation of his first catch.
"I've got eight games here at home and I plan to bring the crowd to their feet every game," said Owens, whose last game was Oct. 30 for Philadelphia.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took the gamble of signing Owens to a $25 million, three-year deal that included a $5 million bonus and a $5 million salary this season. As eager as he was to finally see his big investment on the field, Jones was more interested in keeping Owens healthy.
"I have no questions about him as a player and the impact he can have on this team, but he's got to be able to play," Jones said before the game.
Now he's done that. Next up: the opener against Jacksonville a week from Sunday.
"We got some things to build on," Owens said. "We've still got room for improvement."
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T.O. breaks bone in right ring finger, will have surgery

IRVING, Texas -- Terrell Owens will miss two to four weeks after breaking a finger Sunday night in the Dallas Cowboys' 27-10 victory over Washington.

The controversial wide receiver broke his right ring finger and will need surgery; he said it'd be Monday, but the team said it also could be Tuesday. The Cowboys have a bye next week.

Owens said he was hurt on the first or second play of the game, but didn't tell anybody until the fourth quarter. He said it was a "fluke thing" and occurred when he was blocking.

"I think my hand got caught on a guy's jersey or something. I kind of felt something weird with it," Owens said. "I just kind of felt like I jammed it. I kept playing."

Owens, who missed much of training camp and the preseason because of a hamstring injury after signing a three-year, $25 million deal that includes a $5 million bonus and a $5 million salary in 2006, struggled against the Redskins. Owens flubbed a pass in the end zone on the opening drive -- the first of three drops. By game's end, he was getting his hand X-rayed, his stats sealed at three catches for 19 yards.

While Owens wasn't sure when he got hurt, he drew a personal foul penalty on the Cowboys' first offensive snap of the game for an illegal block.

On the dropped touchdown, Owens said he was trying to gather in the ball when cornerback Mike Rumph knocked the ball away.

"I didn't really have my full strength in my hand, so I think that probably may have contributed with him punching it out," Owens said.

The X-rays revealed the break. His right hand was partially wrapped after the game.

"I feel like I'm a quick healer," Owens said. "Once we have the surgery, the healing process will start. ... I'm going to try to get back as soon as I can."

The Cowboys resume their schedule Oct. 1 at Tennessee before heading to Philadelphia on Oct. 8 for Owens' much anticipated first game against his scorned former team, the Eagles.

After Owens felt a twinge in his hamstring the first week of training camp, he missed more than 20 workouts and the first three preseason games. Two MRIs were clear, but Owens still flew in several doctors and trainers to California, plus a hyperbaric chamber, because he still didn't feel right.

Last week, in a loss at Jacksonville, Owens played much better with six catches for 80 yards and a touchdown.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Terrell Owens has surgery on broken hand

JAIME ARON

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens has experience with this kind of thing: break bones, insert metal plate, heal enough to play in the big game.
He did it for the Eagles. Now he'll try to do it against the Eagles.
Owens, who broke his hand in Sunday night's game against Washington, had a plate screwed into the bone attached to his right ring finger during an operation Monday evening. His recovery time is estimated at two to four weeks, but he's likely to do all he can to rejoin the Dallas Cowboys in 20 days for his much-anticipated return to Philadelphia on Oct. 8.
Two seasons ago, when Owens was still welcome in the City of Brotherly Love, he played in a Super Bowl for the Eagles seven weeks after surgeons pieced together his broken ankle with a plate and several screws.
"Most of those injuries, when they put a plate in there, which I think they might do, that pretty much fixes it," coach Bill Parcells said Monday, before the surgery. "Once they put that in there, it's not going anywhere, you're not going to displace it again. It's a matter of if you can get it functional."
The Cowboys are off this Sunday, then play at Tennessee before the game against the Eagles.
If things go well, perhaps Owens plays against the Titans. If there are any setbacks, it's possible he doesn't return until the game after Philadelphia, Oct. 15 at home against Houston.
"I feel like I'm a quick healer," Owens said Sunday night. "I'm going to try to get back as fast as I can."
You have to figure Owens will do all he can to be on the field against the Eagles, hoping to get revenge against the team that banished him midway through last season only months after he helped them reach the Super Bowl.
And he does have a history of overcoming injuries faster than doctors expected, especially when motivated by a comeback game - as evidenced by that Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. Owens caught nine passes for 122 yards in a loss.
"I'll bounce back," said Owens, adding he'll use his healing-inducing oxygen chamber to speed his recovery. "I'll pretty much be in there throughout the clock."
Owens was slow to heal from a preseason hamstring injury, but the stakes were certainly different. As it turns out, his long layoff benefits the Cowboys because raw backups Jamaica Rector and Sam Hurd got extra work that could now pay off.
Parcells said that because of the off week he wouldn't decide who takes Owens' place, if needed, until next week. He added that he's not interested in signing a veteran fill-in, opting to go with his youngsters.
"I'll be more hopeful that these guys come along," Parcells said. "We put them on the team for a reason and, here you go, it's your opportunity."
Another side effect of the injury is another interruption in the budding relationship between Owens and quarterback Drew Bledsoe. Parcells said Owens "still has a little work to do" to fully grasp the offense.
"But this is not an injury that's going to prohibit him from running and doing a lot of things that could really set him back conditioning-wise," Parcells said. "So I think once he gets this thing in, he'll be pretty good to go physically, other than maybe the utilization of the hand for a while."
Owens said the injury was a "fluke thing" that happened while blocking during one of the first few plays of Dallas' 27-10 victory Sunday night. He caught three passes for 19 yards, all in the first quarter, but also had several drops, including one in the end zone, and two penalties.
Parcells said he doesn't believe Owens' drops can be pinned on the injury, although he knows from experience how uncomfortable the receiver felt - and perhaps why he didn't ask to have it examined until midway through the fourth quarter.
"I've had six bones broke in my own hand at one time, so I kind of have an idea what it is," Parcells said. "You don't really know, first of all, that something is broken. You just know it's something hurting. You think maybe it's something else. You just go."
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Bye-ing Time
Parcells Has Time To Decide On T.O.'s Availability

IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens might not be sidelined as long as he first anticipated.

Owens, who underwent successful surgery Monday to repair a fractured fourth metacarpal on his right hand, could return in time for the Cowboys' next game Oct. 1 at Tennessee, Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells said Wednesday.

"I certainly wouldn't rule it out now," Parcells said. "Maybe five days from now I might, but I wouldn't rule it out now."

Owens, who missed practice Wednesday, told reporters after last Sunday's win over Washington that he expected to miss anywhere from two to four weeks. But the star receiver earned a reputation as a quick healer by playing in the Super Bowl seven weeks after breaking his ankle in 2004.
Doctors inserted a plate to stabilize Owens' fractured bone, an injury he believes he suffered on the Cowboys' first offensive series against the Redskins. The plate is designed to accelerate the healing process, and Parcells assumes Owens will be able to maintain his conditioning until he can return to practice.

"I think once you do put the plate in there's no risk of (the bone) being displaced again," Parcells said, "so now it's a question of when you can withstand that trauma or the pain of catching the ball. Once he can do that he'll be good to go, so we'll just see how quickly that comes along.
"He was in a little pain today, which is natural. His hand is swollen quite a bit and a little of the pain medicine he was taking made him ill. Hopefully tomorrow we can go from there, and I know we're looking to try to get him moving around pretty good here in the next day or so. So we'll see where we are."

Owens has 12 days to recover before the Cowboys play at Tennessee. The Cowboys then travel to Philadelphia, Owens' old stomping ground, in 19 days.
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T.O. will play vs. Eagles despite hand

JAIME ARON

Associated Press


IRVING, Texas - Squeezing his broken right hand into a fist, Terrell Owens saw how far he could curl his fingers and smiled.
"When we get back next week," he told teammate Sam Hurd, "my goal is for it to touch."
Owens is so pleased with how his hand is healing, he said Friday that he will "definitely" play for the Dallas Cowboys in Philadelphia on Oct. 8, a game for him that's been marked on his calendar since the schedule was released.
"I'll be ready," said Owens, his injured hand wrapped in gauze.
With the Cowboys having a bye this weekend, there remains a chance Owens won't miss any games. They play at Tennessee a week from Sunday, and coach Bill Parcells believes Owens could be back then.
"The swelling is down and he's running," Parcells said, adding that Owens ran a lot Friday. "So it will just be a question of when he can catch. Soon as he can do that, we're good to go."
Owens lists himself as "day to day." Asked whether he expects to play against the Titans, he laughed and said, "I can catch with one hand."
Parcells said it "would be a little ambitious" to expect Owens to practice Monday. He could still work out Wednesday or Thursday to be eligible to play against the Titans, according to Parcells' rules.
Owens broke the bone attached to his right ring finger early in a game against Washington on Sunday night. Although it started to swell and he dropped several passes because he was having trouble squeezing the ball, he waited until the Cowboys were comfortably ahead before telling trainers about the problem.
A plate held down by three screws was implanted Monday. On Friday, Owens patted his left hand into the palm of his right one and proudly said that was something he couldn't do without pain the day before, another sign of progress.
"It's getting better," he said.
The Cowboys are off Saturday and Sunday, with many players headed out of town. Owens said he wasn't going anywhere, with Parcells adding that he expects T.O. to get some treatment. Owens took home a plastic bag filled with several rolls of tape and gauze.
Owens said he expects to wear protective padding on or under his glove once he returns. He's not sure whether he'll eventually have the plate removed. The plate used to help heal his broken ankle in 2005 was taken out because the screws were causing him pain.
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I'm sure ESPN will be there to give us the minute to minute updates on this worthless pile of crap.


Report: T.O. taken to emergency room, reason unknown

September 27, 2006

DALLAS (AP) -- Terrell Owens was taken to the emergency room for an undisclosed reason Tuesday night, and doctors treating the Dallas Cowboys receiver were trying to induce vomiting, according to a television report.

Owens was brought by a fire rescue crew to Baylor Medical Center, Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT reported, citing sources the television station did not identify. A reporter for the station later said she saw Owens being wheeled down the hall.

Calls from The Associated Press to Owens' agent, his publicist and the Cowboys were not immediately returned Tuesday night. The hospital told the AP that they do not have a patient registered by Owens' name.

KTVT said a Dallas police spokesperson was en route to the hospital to talk about a "high profile case."

Owens broke the bone leading to his right ring finger a week ago Sunday night. The next day, a plate was screwed in, protecting the bone so it can heal without further damage.

Earlier Tuesday, Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said he expects Owens to rejoin his teammates at practice Wednesday and would start Sunday in Tennessee if he proves he can play.

"It's just, can he withstand the pain of catching the ball?" Parcells said. "When he can stand it, he can play."

With the Cowboys having had a bye last weekend, Owens could return without having missed a game. He's already said he'll play Oct. 8, when he gets to face his former team, the Eagles, in Philadelphia.
 
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Report: T.O. taken to emergency room

Associated Press

DALLAS - Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens was hospitalized Tuesday night after suffering an allergic reaction to pain medication likely being taken for his broken right hand, according to newspaper and broadcast reports.
"This is not serious," Owens' publicist Kim Etheridge said in Wednesday's online edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Repeated calls from The Associated Press to Owens' agent, his publicist and the Cowboys were not returned. A hospital spokeswoman told the AP early Wednesday that there was not a patient registered by the name Terrell Owens; however, federal privacy laws allow people to block their name from being released.
No teammates or Cowboys officials were seen entering the hospital late Tuesday night.
Owens' status for Sunday's game against Tennessee was not immediately known. He was expected to practice Wednesday for the first time since breaking the bone leading to his right ring finger a week ago Sunday night. The next day, a plate was screwed in, protecting the bone so it can heal without further damage.
Cowboys coach Bill Parcells previously has said that Owens' pain medication had made him ill.
Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT, citing sources it did not identify, reported that Owens was taken to Baylor University Medical Center by a fire rescue crew, and that doctors were trying to induce vomiting. A reporter for the station later said she saw Owens being wheeled down the hall.
Earlier Tuesday, Parcells said he expected Owens to rejoin his teammates at practice Wednesday and would start Sunday in Tennessee if he proves he can play.
"It's just, can he withstand the pain of catching the ball?" Parcells said. "When he can stand it, he can play."
The Cowboys had a bye last weekend, so Owens has yet to miss a game because of this injury. He's repeatedly said he'll play Oct. 8, when he gets to face his former team, the Eagles, in Philadelphia.
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