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Yep, listening to The Ticket in Dallas right now...
The online stream is slammed, but you can try it at theticket.com
According to a Dallas Police report obtained by news 8, Dallas Cowboys star receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide Tuesday night. The report also says that Owens was depressed and reportedly took prescription pain pills. A woman companion observed him putting two pills in his mouth. The woman says the prescription of 40 pills was filled on September 18th and until yesterday he'd taken only five pills. According to the police report, Owens was asked if he'd taken the rest of the prescription. Owens said yes. According to the report, police also asked if he was trying to harm himself. Owens answered yes. Terrell Owens was treated at Baylor University Medical Center.
Yep, listening to The Ticket in Dallas right now...
The online stream is slammed, but you can try it at theticket.com
I can't get theticket online. Any word on how he is doing?
Still in the hospital...no word on his condition (I'm sure he's fine)...
I don't know if THAT Ticket is reporting it or not...I'm referring THE Ticket in Dallas...
THAT Ticket is reporting it as well. They have John Rhadigan on now talking about it.
Hate to break it to ya but Dallas is not THE Ticket. There are "tickets" all over the country.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....1e22584a.html
Report: T.O. attempted suicide
08:41 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 27, 2006
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Cowboys star receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide Tuesday night by swallowing prescription pain medication, according to a source who spoke to WFAA-TV.
A Dallas police report, which does not name Owens, says the victim acknowledged to police that he had taken the pills and was trying to harm himself, WFAA-TV reported Wednesday. The source identified the unnamed victim as Owens.
Owens was treated at Baylor University Medical Center for an undisclosed reason.
According to KTVT-TV, doctors were attempting to induce vomiting.
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said late Tuesday he was unaware of Owens’ trip to the hospital, and Owens’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and publicist, Kim Etheridge, could not be reached for comment.
Last week, according to Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, Owens had a reaction to the pain medicine he was given following surgery in which a plate was inserted into his right hand to stabilize a fractured fourth metacarpal. Parcells said Owens became ill and could not work out, but he was improved the next day.
On Tuesday, Owens did not speak with the media, but he appeared to be in good spirits.
He continued conditioning work on the side with associate trainer Britt Brown and caught passes. He was wearing gloves and had his ring and middle fingers on his right hand taped together.
Earlier Tuesday, Parcells said Owens would practice some today and he had not ruled Owens out from playing Sunday at Tennessee. Owens was wearing a bone growth simulator Tuesday to help the healing process. According to Parcells, the swelling in Owens’ hand had gone down, and the biggest challenge for Owens would be handling the pain of catching passes.
“I have to see him out there being a confident player,” Parcells said. “I don’t want him out there thinking about something. If it’s going act as a deterrent, I don’t want that because that would eventually hurt us. But if he can get to the point where it looks like he can function and he feels pretty good about it (then Parcells would play him).
“I’m talking to him every day, seeing how he’s doing. We’re moving forward. We have a lot of time between now and the game.”
Of course there are...mockery is the highest form of flattery...
Nothing on ESPN yet...they still have it as a reaction to the medicine.
Police report: Owens hospitalized after suicide attempt
DALLAS -- Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide by overdosing on pain medication, even putting two more pills into his mouth after fire rescue personnel arrived.
A Dallas police report released Wednesday morning said Owens told rescue workers "that he was depressed." The report was first released by WFAA-TV.
The rescue worker "noticed that [his] prescription pain medication was empty and observed [Owens] putting two pills in his mouth,'' the police report said.
The worker attempted to pry them out with her fingers, then was told by Owens that before this incident he'd taken only five of the 40 pain pills in the bottle he'd emptied. The worker then asked Owens "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time [he] stated, 'Yes.'"
Owens was taken to the emergency room Tuesday night. A source close to Owens told ESPN's Ed Werder early Wednesday morning that Owens was suffering an adverse reaction to painkillers taken for treatment of his fractured hand.
"This is not serious," Owens' publicist Kim Etheridge said in Wednesday's online edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
A report earlier Tuesday stated that Owens would practice with the team Wednesday and possibly play Sunday at Tennessee, but his availability this week and beyond is now uncertain.
Doctors treating the Dallas Cowboys receiver were trying to induce vomiting when he arrived at Baylor Medical Center, according to a television report.
Owens was brought by a fire rescue crew to the hospital, 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; 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 fractured the fourth metacarpal bone in the Cowboys' victory over the Washington Redskins and underwent surgery on Sept. 18. The next day, a plate was screwed in, protecting the bone so it can heal without further damage.
Cowboys coach Bill Parcells mentioned in a press conference shortly thereafter that pain medication had made Owens ill, apparently making this the second time he has had an adverse reaction. The incident that sent him to the hospital Tuesday night apparently occurred sometime after Owens took medication after catching passes at the Cowboys' facility on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Cowboys also practiced without tight end Jason Witten, whose wife was having a baby. Wide receiver Terry Glenn practiced, albeit with several s ches in his thumb.
"He was trying to cut some tape off his uniform," Parcells said. "He had his hand down in his pants and he missed. Fortunately he cut his hand."
With the Cowboys having had a bye last weekend, Owens could return without having missed a game. Before Tuesday's late developments, Owens said he would play Oct. 8, when he gets to face his former team, the Eagles, in Philadelphia.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2604395
that is espn le not mine
SI.com reporting AP suicide story.
Police: T.O. Hospital Visit Result of Attempted Suicide
Terrell Owens was hospitalized after the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver attempted to kill himself, police told FOX 4's Lynn Kawano Wednesday morning.
FOX 4's Lynn Kawano said a police report stated Owens ingested a large amount of prescription pain medication at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Owens publicist called 911 at 7:47 p.m. and asked for emergency crews to respond to Owens' home near Deep Ellum.
According to authorities and sources close to the athlete, when authorities asked if he was trying to harm himself, Owens said, "Yes."
Owens was transported to Baylor Medical Center's emergency room. He was released late Tuesday night.
FOX 4 tried contacting Owens' publicist by cell phone, but she did not answer or return the call.
A news conference is scheduled for later Wednesday morning.
Owens appeared on Good Day Tuesday morning to talk about the National Alliance to End Abuse organization's efforts to stop dating and family violence. He also spoke to students at two Dallas-area high schools later Tuesday.
The wide receiver also attended practice Tuesday afternoon despite being sidelined following surgery for a broken finger injury he suffered during the Sept. 17 game against the Washington Redskins.
Owens had a plate surgically placed in his hand and sources close to Owens said that he had become sick before from taking the pain medication prescribed to him after the surgery.
Stay tuned to myFOXdfw.com and FOX 4 News for updates.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/...Y&pageId=1.1.1
Can't say I'm surprised. Even before this happened it was clear that he had some kind of bipolar disorder (or something similar)...
I'm not a fan of his but I am sad for him. Hopefully he recovers physically and otherwise.
suicide is for pussies
Dallas police officials said they were planning a news conference later Wednesday, did not immediately release a time. A hospital spokeswoman said early Wednesday there was no patient registered as Terrell Owens, although federal privacy laws allow people to block their name from being released.
Even I was shocked by this. I hated his ass as a player (I'm a Eagles fan). But I do hope he's ok. Looks like he does have mental problems after all (and I don't say that lightly).
I hope he gets well soon and gets some treatment for his depression or other problems.
How terrible!
I pray he has a speedy all around- mental & physical- recovery. Poor man!
police report
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0927061owens1.html
One thing I don't understand is the articles all say he was released on Tuesday night. If he tried to kill himself Tuesday evening, a hospital isn't going to release him a couple hours later, right? Don't you automatically get sent to 24/48 hour mental observation or whatever?
I knew a guy who tried to do the same thing to himself. Pills and booze. He stayed for three days because of both fear that he would try again and that the pills just destroy your liver and can cause a lot of other problems that they have to make sure don't occur.
Man, as much as I dislike the guy, you sort of have to feel for him. Obviously he has a lot of issues that haven't been brought to the media's attention.
Or could it be that playing for the Cowboys is just that bad?
He could have been readmitted under a different name... Or anonymously.
I imagine there's a lot of damage control happening right now.
Yeah, the latest stories say he was released this morning (initial stories said he was released last night). I'm guessing he could have been released into a private doctors care or re-admitted anonymously or whatever.
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