Terrell Owens now claims he did not attempt suicide, blaming his blackout last night on a combination of pain medication and supplements, plus a misunderstanding between his female companion/publicist and police.
This followed a crazy incident earlier in the afternoon in whcih Bill Parcells called a press conference, told reporters absolutely nothing, threatened multiple times to leave the room if they kept asking questions, and then finally left.
First of all, great job, publicist. And you thought TO was poorly served by Rosenhaus, as his agent? Even Tom Cruise had better PR representation.
Luckily, this whole thing broke out in the middle of Bill Simmons' four-hour-long ESPN.com chat, and his readers came up with some dynamite material. My favorite parts:
- " T.O.: Totally Overdosed"
- "Please tell me Chad Johnson's newest TD celebration will be to act like he's taking pills and having a siezure."
- "Over/Under: The amount of pill bottles throw on field by Philly fans: 30,000."
And finally, anyone who's been to a Philly sporting event in the last year has seen those guys selling T-shirts that are variations on "TO Sucks, Rosenhaus swallows," and/or "Dallas Sucks, TO Swallows." How long before someone comes up with a version that uses the latter, plus the word "pills"?
UPDATE: Best line of the day, from LilB: "Was TO's suicide attempt 'black on black crime'?"
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 27, 2006 04:03 PM