Follow me for a second...Everyone in the free world hates Terrell Owens, probably more than Osama Bin Laden, as recently as yesterday. Then a report surfaces that he tried and failed to commit suicide. So everyone who hated him then felt sorry for him. Then his PR rep basically accused the police of fabricating their report. And now, Owens may play on Sunday. Only one thing is clear: Owens will be like raw meat for starved wolves when the Cowboys visit Philly on October 8.
For ESPN, an Owens suicide threat is like Christmas, the Super Bowl, and O.J.'s Bronco rolled into one. A perceived "must-watch" story from the TV Gods involving a mercurial football star and his alleged off-the-field suicide attempt/overdose is a script no writer could dare dream of. Throw in some controversy with the police, a cranky Bill Parcells, and a game coming up on Sunday, and the script keeps writing itself.
With today's Owens news, a Seattle-based website brings up the story of Ken Griffey, Jr., swallowing 277 aspirin in January of 1988 in an attempt to kill himself. Somehow, I have never heard this story until now.
If you're like me, you enjoy reading ESPN.com's Bill Simmons...on most occasions when he's not in Patriots/Celtics/Red Sox/Curious Guy overload. Today, Simmons chats for around 4 hours with The SportsNation on a variety of topics, including Owens, Ed Hochuli, Matt Damon, and Tony Kornheiser (who seems to be losing the Monday Night Football-watching public more and more with each passing week).
There was recently a little dustup at a Tacoma, Washington-area Hooters centering on a Steelers banner on display. No word on whether any Hooters Rooters were involved.
