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Report: T.O. attempted suicidehttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 2584a.html
08:41 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 27, 2006
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Cowboys star receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide Tuesday night by swallowing prescription pain medication, according to a source who spoke to WFAA-TV.
A Dallas police report, which does not name Owens, says the victim acknowledged to police that he had taken the pills and was trying to harm himself, WFAA-TV reported Wednesday. The source identified the unnamed victim as Owens.
Owens was treated at Baylor University Medical Center for an undisclosed reason.
According to KTVT-TV, doctors were attempting to induce vomiting.
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said late Tuesday he was unaware of Owens’ trip to the hospital, and Owens’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and publicist, Kim Etheridge, could not be reached for comment.
Last week, according to Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, Owens had a reaction to the pain medicine he was given following surgery in which a plate was inserted into his right hand to stabilize a fractured fourth metacarpal. Parcells said Owens became ill and could not work out, but he was improved the next day.
On Tuesday, Owens did not speak with the media, but he appeared to be in good spirits.
He continued conditioning work on the side with associate trainer Britt Brown and caught passes. He was wearing gloves and had his ring and middle fingers on his right hand taped together.
Earlier Tuesday, Parcells said Owens would practice some today and he had not ruled Owens out from playing Sunday at Tennessee. Owens was wearing a bone growth simulator Tuesday to help the healing process. According to Parcells, the swelling in Owens’ hand had gone down, and the biggest challenge for Owens would be handling the pain of catching passes.
“I have to see him out there being a confident player,” Parcells said. “I don’t want him out there thinking about something. If it’s going act as a deterrent, I don’t want that because that would eventually hurt us. But if he can get to the point where it looks like he can function and he feels pretty good about it (then Parcells would play him).
“I’m talking to him every day, seeing how he’s doing. We’re moving forward. We have a lot of time between now and the game.”
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jcmanson wrote:Wow! Hopefully he will get all the help he needs. As stated above, it is a must that the media gets off his back. I cant imagine how hard it would be for someone under the public's eye as much as he is.pfff whatever....this guy asks for it....thats all he wants is for the media to be on him...
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RubberMallet wrote:wow TO has a wonderful publicist....you guys are eating it up.....of course they are going to deny it...actually he has a terrible publicist, did you see her at the press conference?? terrible....
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RubberMallet wrote:i dont' think he took 35 pills but i think the guy has issues and i am fairly certain he was trying to harm himself.....anyone can put a spin on it...you had to figure they would....whatever the case, the police report can not be trusted because it did state that he downed a whole bottle of pills, so its really hard to get a whole story on this one...he does have issues we all know that, but that press conference that was held yesterday was not your normal TO, he seemed to be very truthful....other times he just seems to be trying to make himself look better
i love TO i think he is a phenominal wideout...hes just full of himself and begs to be in the limelight....
thepostman wrote:actually have dealt with it numerous times...RubberMallet wrote:i dont' think he took 35 pills but i think the guy has issues and i am fairly certain he was trying to harm himself.....anyone can put a spin on it...you had to figure they would....whatever the case, the police report can not be trusted because it did state that he downed a whole bottle of pills, so its really hard to get a whole story on this one...he does have issues we all know that, but that press conference that was held yesterday was not your normal TO, he seemed to be very truthful....other times he just seems to be trying to make himself look better
i love TO i think he is a phenominal wideout...hes just full of himself and begs to be in the limelight....
believe what you ve ever had to deal with it or you would have known to keep your mouth shut about itwant, you still lose a lot of points by just how disrespectful you were about the whole suicide thing when the story first broke....and to be honest no matter what you say i am going to disagree, like it or not, because suicide is not something to joke around about....you must not ha
i am never one to take much of anything seriously, but this one thing that needs to be, like the person or not
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RubberMallet wrote:you're right, a lot of times it just a cry for help, but the fact you were completely insensitive to this because he is TO the cocky football player makes it appear you have no idea how serious these things are, regardless of the stories you have to tell....thepostman wrote:actually have dealt with it numerous times...RubberMallet wrote:i dont' think he took 35 pills but i think the guy has issues and i am fairly certain he was trying to harm himself.....anyone can put a spin on it...you had to figure they would....whatever the case, the police report can not be trusted because it did state that he downed a whole bottle of pills, so its really hard to get a whole story on this one...he does have issues we all know that, but that press conference that was held yesterday was not your normal TO, he seemed to be very truthful....other times he just seems to be trying to make himself look better
i love TO i think he is a phenominal wideout...hes just full of himself and begs to be in the limelight....
believe what you ve ever had to deal with it or you would have known to keep your mouth shut about itwant, you still lose a lot of points by just how disrespectful you were about the whole suicide thing when the story first broke....and to be honest no matter what you say i am going to disagree, like it or not, because suicide is not something to joke around about....you must not ha
i am never one to take much of anything seriously, but this one thing that needs to be, like the person or not
people that attemp to commit suicide but fail aren't really trying to kill themselves, they just want attention....people that want ot commit suicide succeed and truly get what they wanted....
ex-best friend allen offed himself...his mother...his mother found him inthe garage, hung wiht an extension cord...
and i've had plenty of friends "attempt" suicide....
if you are that selfish and have no care for your family and loved ones then be gone with you...
i could probably care less what you agree or disagree because i have no idea who you are and would probably never want to find out....go preach to someone else...
thepostman wrote:anyways, sorry if it upsets you so much that i have such a strong opinion about this, but i am not going to just sit here and say nothingyes very upsetting....your strong opinion may cause me to lose sleep tonight...
thepostman wrote:ok, i guess its time to take my preaching elsewhere...thank you
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thepostman wrote:dude you're truely an idiotwhat are you in 4th grade?
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RubberMallet wrote:ahhhh message board fighting i love it....once again, thanks for the laugh I needed itthepostman wrote:dude you're truely an idiotwhat are you in 4th grade?
good one....
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