A week ago, when I noticed that Terrell Owens was going to play in Pittsburgh on Sunday, I thought about the juxtaposition between a self-serving, attention-getting bad comedian and a franchise once owned by the ultra-respected Dan Rooney, currently coached by old-school Bill Cowher and featuring a future Hall of Famer, Jerome Bettis, who, despite being third all-time in rushing attempts, had given it his all in a limited role this season.
And Terrell Owens did not disappoint! Not by scoring and doing some dance he rehearsed all week — and you know he rehearsed something — but by yapping at Donovan McNabb up and down the sideline when things went sour, just as so many people had predicted. McNabb, to his credit, tried to walk away, putting up with much more than any MVP candidate deserves to put up with.
Owens: 7 receptions, 53 yards
Bettis: 33 rushes, 149 yards
Allow me to remind you why you should not have to defend Owens. Because you can bring down the house without bringing down your standards of sportsmanship.
And here's why: Wayne Gretzky, Randy Johnson, Bobby Orr, David Robinson, Derek Jeter, Sandy Koufax, Julius Erving, Brooks Robinson, Ray Bourque, Willie Stargell, Bill Walton, Steve Yzerman, Roberto Clemente, Cal Ripken.
All champions. Why settle for anything less?
Today's Sports Links:
• Was Owens Really the Voice of Reason When yelling at McNabb? — San Francisco writers are having a field day over this one. Kinda like one, big, "I told ya so."
• Gammons: GMs Gather to Chatter — Yankees to go hard after Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek? Mets in a three-way involving Preston Wilson? Sounds kinky! (And totally gay.)
• Jake Roberts Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty — Roberts is found guilty of starving his snake, and it has nothing to do with his sex life. (Found on SportsByBrooks.com)
• How Soccer Is Eating America — The Guardian says, "The rest of the world has been worried for some time that America will try and change soccer. The truth is that soccer is changing America." Yeah, if you consider "changing America" as "trying to get attention, without success, from people over 12 for 30 years."
• 2001 World Series Player Game Percentages Summary — An awesome statistical summary of the true value of each hit that decided the games of the World Series that left me speechless. What a downer.
• NFL's All-Time QB-Receiver Combos — ESPN.com's Page 2 ranks the 10 best. Daunte Culpepper to Randy Moss is No. 2? Whaaaaaaat? Trent Dilfer to Randy Moss could be in the top 5. Me to Randy Moss could be in the top 10. You get the idea. Peyton Manning to Marvin Harrison not even in ESPN's the top 10? Can't believe that one, considering Culpepper-Moss has been responsible for exactly the same number of Super Bowl appearances.
• Praising the Other '33' — Bill Simmons on the merits of Scottie Pippen. And not a single Dawson's Creek reference among it.
And Some Web Finds For the Hell of It:
• Serena Williams' Intentional Nipple Slip — When in France, do as the French do: wave the white flag and show your boobs. (Update: Eddie reports this photos were taken in London.)
• Tara Reid's 'Unintentional' Nipple Slip — Oops! Now everyone's gonna know I'm suing my surgeon.
• 2003 Key West Fantasy Fest Pictures — I don't have the energy to find the latest photos, but let this be a reminder that another Halloween kink party in South Florida has passed. Now hit those search engines!
• Virtual Bartender — Direct some chick with big boobs to do whatever you want. Like I do every day. (Thanks, Shumpy)
• Ice-T's Coco Gets Popped — View some pics of the Copkiller's chickie. True story: I was hanging at the Hard Rock Las Vegas pool a few months ago and some stripper-lookalike walks by in a g-string. I go all J.R. Ross, saying, "Good god almighty." Turns out T was with her, and I didn't notice, not unlike the times when I saw Howard Stern with his babe Beth Ostrosky down the street or Dee Snider's wife at Yankee Stadium. I didn't even notice the dudes.
The Eagles as a team played like shit yesterday. 4 sacks...no time to throw the ball...that is far from TO's or Donovans fault. As far as the exchange went, why can't everyone accept the explanation that was given by Donovan and move on? Why does the media have to blow everything out of proportion? No mic down there, so I guess we have to go by the old adage: Believe none of what you overhear and half of what you see. Besides, TO is breathing life into a team that was near death. They would not be 7-1 without him.
Ice T's wife his hot. But Beth O? Yikes! I saw her shopping in Sephora and she is a straight up buttaface.
Posted by Cass P at November 8, 2004 7:07 AM