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For you to say the above statement and that you don't think they could try and make a connection is contradictory.
5....4....3....2....I won't be happy until we have a Kim Etheredge troll.
For you to say the above statement and that you don't think they could try and make a connection is contradictory.
Ya know the whole story is something like youd see on CSI.
All you see is the end result, and theres some rough details about what went on.
Its very very strange, and something we will NEVER know what REALLY went on.
I'll be interested to see if there are any "sources close to" come out and say one way or the other wich was true.
Miami, NYC or Vegas?Ya know the whole story is something like youd see on CSI.
Deep Ellum.Miami, NYC or Vegas?
Vegas of course.
Can't stand MIami, and NYC is boring.
The shows of course, not the cities.
ESPN's editing of that Parcells conference made Bill look a lot worse than he did.
Oh, and everybody complaining (including me, and I will address a pointed note myself), should e-mail the ESPN Ombud.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?id=2097428
Owens denies he tried to kill himself
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
September 27, 2006
AP - Sep 27, 11:42 am EDT
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DALLAS (AP) -- Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens denied a police report he attempted suicide, saying he became groggy after mixing painkillers with supplements.
He said Wednesday the confusion likely stemmed from an empty bottle of pain medication found by his publicist, who was with him at the time and called 911. He said the rest of the pills were in a drawer.
"I was non-responsive when she made that call," Owens said. "She made the call out of her judgment for my well-being."
Appearing in a news conference at team headquarters a few hours after leaving a hospital for what a police report described as "a drug overdose," Owens wore workout gear and no bandage on his broken right hand. The star receiver smiled and seemed more amused than peeved at the latest ruckus surrounding him.
Owens blamed a combination of hydrocodone, a generic form of Vicodin, with all-natural supplements for making him ill.
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"It's very unfortunate for it to go from an allergic reaction to a suicide attempt," he said.
Owens was released from the hospital before noon. He flashed a thumbs-up to reporters as he left, went home, then made it to team headquarters in time to catch passes from quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
Rescue workers arrived at Owens' home around 8 p.m. Tuesday and took him to an emergency room. When word spread, publicist Kim Etheredge said it was an allergic reaction.
But the story shifted Wednesday morning when several media outlets received a police report -- that had yet to be released by the authorities -- saying Owens had attempted suicide by overdosing on the painkillers, even putting two more pills into his mouth after an unidentified friend, later identified as Etheredge, intervened.
The police do ent, first reported by WFAA-TV, said Owens was asked by rescue workers "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time (he) stated: 'Yes."'
When officially released by police, about half the do ent was blacked out, including the phrases "attempting suicide by prescription pain medication" and "a drug overdose," as well as the details of Owens having two pills pried from his mouth and Owens saying "Yes" when asked if he intended to harm himself.
"I wasn't coherent as they probably thought I was," Owens said. "A number of people were asking me questions. I don't remember the police officers that were in there or the doctors that were in there."
Owens said he feels capable of playing Sunday in Tennessee, despite this incident and his broken hand. He added that he's "not depressed about anything" and that he expects to practice Thursday.
Etheredge also appeared at Owens' news conference, saying she "did not take anything out of his mouth."
"This is sad," she said. "Terrell had a reaction to different pills, and just to state he was trying to commit suicide it was unfair."
"Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive," she added, referring to the $25 million, three-year contract he signed in March with the Cowboys.
"I'm just upset," Etheredge added. "I feel they take advantage of Terrell. Had this been someone else, this may not have happened."
Dallas police officials declined to comment on Etheredge's denials. "We can't discuss the police report because of privacy laws," said a spokesman, Sgt. Gil Cerda.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns
Plus they left out the hilarious question about Terry Glenn.
I see what you are saying, but again I don't think that anybody will try and make the preformance enhancing drugs connection to this story, the suicide BS is plenty for them to write about. I think that they blow everything out of proportion when it comes to T.O. but I couldn't imagine them trying to turn this into one of those scandals, I think that is a figment of T-Park's imagination. There is nothing like a lab report, witness, or any source suggest any kind of truth to that story, which I think is a required starting point for these types of BS stories, just like today.
Yeah, I feel thats a little tasteless when it comes to people who DO deal with depression."Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive," she added, referring to the $25 million, three-year contract he signed in March with the Cowboys.
There are quite a few people who make great money, are depressed and contemplate suicide.
Terry Glenn cuts himself.
T.O. takes some painkillers.
If Jason Witten starts writing moody poetry, we might need some counselors at Valley Ranch High School.
I think that is a figment of T-Park's imagination. There is nothing like a lab report, witness, or any source suggest any kind of truth to that story, which I think is a required starting point for these types of BS stories, just like today.
There is reports of "suppliments" being used, the mixing with pain killers, and allergic reaction to the pills and suppliments.
I agree they overblow everything. All I said was, I'm sure, somewhere, some paper, someone will try and become a TV star, and try and connect this to steroids.
I wouldn't totally excuse ESPN from doing it either.
Shouldn't NFL Live say something like...
"Hey, Shaun Alexander wants to play Sunday."
"Hey, Thurman's out the rest of the season...might affect the Cincy defense in November and December."
Terry Glenn cuts himself.
T.O. takes some painkillers.
If Jason Witten starts writing moody poetry, we might need some counselors at Valley Ranch High School.
Hopefully Marion Barber doesn't get too down about not yet starting ahead of Julius Jones.
Whoa! Wait a minute!
NFL news on NFL Live!
Just did Johnny lol.
Rome is right on this.
"If TO tried to take his life, would Parcells have worried about Tennessee, if he tried to?"
This is all a plot by T.O. so he won't get booed in Philly.
They booed a possibly paralyzed man.
T.O. would have been booed if he had walked on the field with Ryan Howard joking with him.
I find it convenient that TO's publicist was there to make the 911 call, i have no doubt this is all a publicity stunt to get TO's name in the headlines. You have to be a pretty sick to fake your suicide just for attention.
Good point.
I mean, had he really wanted to commit suicide, why were his doctors there?
If he really wanted to get his name out there, he should have just pulled a Budd Dwyer at the press conference.
I mean, it's not like people were already talking about T.O. non-stop because of an injury to his finger and a chance he may play in a game less than two weeks after having a plate inserted into a hand with a broken finger.
Oh, wait...they were.
TO is re ed
Thank you for that eloquent commentary from a well-versed person such as yourself.
I don't think so.
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