JC

Any possibility Kimmy PR was covering up the fact the SHE was the one who downed all the pain pills just prior to the press conference and was too blitzed to make any sense during it?

Adam

See Jason it's not just marketing people who are all about the $$$$ - oh wait I guess a publicist is just another name for marketer....I guess by her reasoning all poor people should call it quits cause if T.O. has 25 million reason to stay alive what's someone like me with 20K in school debt to do?

Ah, now that we no longer have to worry about the state of TO's health let me be the first to say that I hope this was a big distraction.

Did Kimmy PR and J. Gibbs go to the same PR school?

Does this mean Darren Prince will be sending a new fax that says something like:

"Hi Jason, Terrell Owens, the Dallas Cowgirls' star wide receiver and drama magnet du jour is in the news again -- and not for a suicide attempt. This time it's to display his poor choice in PR representation and we would like to discuss the impact of said representation on his career and future marketability. To be succinct (but not trite) if he maintains such represenation his career downfall will be very similar to that of the final minutes of the Hindenburg.

"I don't think there was that much flammable gas in the Hindenburg at all" says Darren Prince, marketing guru and sometime dirigible expert. "If anything, one should consider this turn of events as a rebirth of TO's career, a phoenix rising from the ashes if you will."

With more than 10 years of experience in the sports industry, Darren Prince is the expert to speak with on the topic of poor representation. With a stable of "talent" highlighted by names like Corbin Bernsen, Jenny McCarthy, and Dennis Rodman, the Prince Marketing Group is expertly positioned to replace TOs current subpar representation with exceptionally mediocre representation."

So we can start calling the phone number now?

Breaking News: T.O. spotted buying spinach in a Dallas-area Albertson's.

Breaking News: T.O. spotted harassing stingrays near Great Barrier Reef.

Breaking News: T.O. spotted visiting Anna Nicole Smith's hospital room.

Breaking news: TO to have alligator arm extraction.

I'm going with the police report on this one. Who has more credibility -- the paid flack or the hardworking folks of the Dallas Rescue Squad. Remember, if he goes away for "a little rest" as they used to call it, she is out of work.

A very strange publicist, altogether fitting for a very strange man.

barrowed is spelled borrowed, you fool

and publicist... deadskins fans crack me up

As for St. Joe's press conferences...they've been like that since 1981. He's always "proud of his guys" for the way they handled whatever "adversity" came their way, he wishes they were "more consistent", is confident his "veteran guys" will pull it out in the end, and he's got a "gut feeling" things will work out in the end.

If I had to cover a St. Joe press conference every week of the season, I'd go insane. I don't know how Jason does it. At least Parcells goes loco every now and then. And Buddy Ryan back in the day...those were classics.

St. Joe? Predictable and dull, befitting a man who celebrated his last Super Bowl with ice cream sundaes in his hotel room.

I blame the media entirely for this story. Why? Because they are the most irresponsible business on the face of the earth. Not everyone was hurt by Katrina, 9/11, the Tsunami. One business did quite well as a result of those tragedies: Big Media. Why does no one talk about this? Because Big Media has more power than anyone of us can possibly imagine. They control your thoughts (What did you think about today...T.O??????)

Wasn't that Big Media firing from the Grassy Knoll?

Hah! just read Howard Bryant's article from today. I'm going to start a new daily post called the Howard Botch Award. Today's botch: "They can a good play and make it spectacular."

Say what?

Barno, I just read the same article, and, word for word, the statement is:

They can take a good play and make it a spectacular one.

Copied and pasted.

Barno, I don't see it that way at all. In fact, I think the media have been grossly irresponsible in their coverage of important events because of their underreporting of important, social issues. They may provide us with a national discourse on certain topics, but they don't control our minds because they don't tell us what to think, just what to think about. Now, if one hangs on Bill O'Reilly's or Sean Hannity's every word, thought and ideal, than that says more about that individual's self-exposure to news events (as well as the person's capacity to think freely) than it does about the media's ability to control him.

Also, barno was right when he saw the typo. It was there last night, so someone must have caught it and changed it in the web version. Still, barno, what's with the Howard Bryant hating?

Please, can we get back to TO here? I must hear more about TO! Has he taken a sh*t recently??? Someone please fill me in!!

He probably can't take a dump. He would be constipated from all of those painkillers....

aaahhhhh... thank you, Ali...

Need more! More!! MORE!!!

Any truth to the just-started rumor that all this confusion resulted from T.O.'s incoherent mumbling about "the Reaper, Grim Reaper comin' to get me..."?

Much like Charlie Murphy's forehead encounter with Rick James' "UNITY" ring, can't help but wonder if Sean Taylor's #21 didn't leave a lasting mental and physical impression on T.O.'s person.

I just watched TO sit down in a chair, stand up briefly, as if he were about to grab something from across the locker room, then sit back down again. It was a riveting 15 seconds, and you can catch it on a loop on ESPN T.O. Call your cable provider now to sign up for this exclusive new channel. You'll get to see T.O. riding stationary bikes at practice. You'll get to witness T.O. as he takes his aforementioned -- and now famous -- trips to the lavatory. You'll thrill at watching T.O. watch T.O. on ESPN T.O., not surprisingly, his favorite network. You'll plotz when T.O. sits down for his daily lunch, consisting of Manishevitz food products and Goya beverages. (He's international.) Call now!

Would that channel also be known as the "T Ocho"?

Charlie Murphy! Darkness everyone...darkness is spreadin!! I'm Rick James, b****!

Ahh, Ali. I like that. I'll pass that along to the good folks at the Worldwide Leader in Terrell Eldorado Owens.

Where's BOOFER when we need him?

Once they understood the possibilities, the truth had to go. But how will he get any help? Later on, they may wish they had fixed the problem.

Thanks Colin for pointing out that the botch was there last night (and in today's print edition). My beef with Howard Botch is that it seems as though he takes very little time to write his articles and continuously botches quotes, facts, and grammar on a daily basis. Seriously, just take a look at any article he's written on the Skins this year, I doubt you can find one that does NOT have at least one botch.

Barno, my man, calm down. You keep giving Howard a hard time and I'm letting Cooley keep Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

TO is an alien from another planet. He told me so last night. I got freaked out and poured pain killers into his mouth. My bad.

Howard Bryant totally mailed in that Live chat last week: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/09/14/DI2006091401352.html

Whats with those seriously limp answers. And I don't think he ever delivered on the story about the 700 page play book he hinted at. I thought that was an decent question.

Galloway's article sums it all up pretty well: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/football/15628387.htm

Everyone knows TO is screwy in the head, but nobody cares so long as he's on the field come Sunday afternoon.

I figured out what really happened with TO. One word: TOMKAT.
T(errell)
O(wens')
M(edia)
K(eeps)
A(musing)
T(errell)

If you want a good article go to that *cough* other paper and look up the article "making the offensive leap". I'm not going to link a competitor but it's a good read.

My take on the TO situation. He probably was having a good time eating his pain pills and fell asleep during his treatment. Publicist comes in, sees the empty bottle and calls 911. He wakes up/is awakened and is groggy and out of it, which would explain the answers he gave. It was probably an OD, by hospital definition, but he would have slept it off just fine if she had left him alone. This would explain why the hospital released him so quickly, and how he was able to practice yesterday. If anyone has ever eaten 4 or 5 vics with a night of drinking, you know your head feels like it was scooped out with an ice cream scoop the next day--and TO seemed pretty together, not like he had eaten 35 of them.

But, again, I'm glad dallass picked him up and turned their season into a 3-ring circus.

Quick Poll.

What would one consider the official "Hard Stuff" drink of the Washington Redskins?

Thanks

Go SKINS

That would be the 3-ring circus whose clowns came through and kicked the $%@* out of your team using its big floppy shoes.

WrongDog is right, there's is no way he would be up and around, coherent and able to speak with the media if he had taken 35 pills--even if he had had his stomach pumped. Four or five of those is definitely enough to knock you seriously loopy for hours.

I wanted to drop a quick note about Howard Bryant. He has, strangely, received a lot of grief from some of the readers.

In my opinion, he is one of the most talented young sports writers out there. He writes stories from angles other people aren't talking about, yet are very important. He also cuts through the spin very effectively and is clearly courageous when it comes to the types of stories he writes--he's not afraid to go against the Skins organization.

The Post is lucky to have picked that guy up. And we're lucky to be able to read him.

Now Bram Weinstein and Larry Michael are another subject. My face is getting red just thinking about it.

booyaka...

Watch the skins lose on tv or go watch the nats lose in person in their last home game (and possibly frank's last game)?

I'm leaning towards taping the skins game and going to give frank a standing o in person.

I love having this choice to struggle with!

I am so happy everyone is talking about me again. This past week with my finger keeping out of the spotlight, I was starting to feel lonely. I'm glad to see everyone loves me yet again. At least they're not saying anything about The Grim Reaper knocking me around like a D-1 AA wide reciever. I love you loving me.

T.O. on T.V.
Eyes glaze; mouth mimics Rosenhaus:
"Next question," I plead.

Slurring "Rosenhaus"
Makes previous haiku work.
Cop out? Yes, I know.

"Came through," friend? I don't think so. Last time the 'girls came through they REALLY got the crap kicked out of them. They did win this year in a close game at home, but who cares? We beat y'all during your really cute little Ring of Losers ceremony last year. Remember that look on Jerry Jones' face? Me too.

Signs that TO will see at his next football game:

"Better luck next time"

Also, what did Parcells say to TO before he left practice the other day? Take 35 of these and call me in the morning.