Strrrrrrrreeetttch.....
Posted on 11/20/2004 6:53:47 PM PST by CHARLITE
Rather than star quarterback Donovan McNabb or any other members of the Eagles, it seemed natural that the often-tacky Terrell Owens was the player who once again managed to find the gutter.
Out here on the Left Coast, we observed the Owens act for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He openly feuded with coaches, teammates, and opponents. Owens' end zone antics such as the Sharpie incident became legendary. And embarrassing to anybody who believes athletes should be held to a higher standard! After the 2003 season, the self-centered and disruptive Owens had to go.
With his talent, the 49ers figured they would have no trouble getting rid of Owens but ''T.O.'' did not make a trade easily. A deal with Baltimore was cancelled because the selfish Owens decided he only wanted to play with Philadelphia. Even though the Eagles are presently 8-1 and cruising toward the playoffs, Owens engaged in a heated argument with McNabb on the sidelines during the only Philadelphia loss. T.O. has continued a San Francisco feud with a former teammate, broaching Jeff Garcia's alleged homosexuality in a national magazine. Although he didn't land to Baltimore, Owens still traded remarks with Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis concerning the latter's 2000 arrest on murder charges. Lewis was subsequently acquitted!
Please don't misinterpret the following because I am not encouraging any violence or harm to Owens or anybody else. But as a NFL fan who is disgusted that this once great sport is slouching toward Gomorrah: I muse over the following scenario:
Terrell Owens scores a touchdown. Upon starting some new demeaning dance or prance in the end zone, a gunshot is suddenly heard. A bullet lands at his feet. The frightened Owens runs straight to his locker (the same spot where he was propositioned by Nicollette Sheridan)! From that day forward, offensive "in your face" antics in the NFL are stopped cold. Beginning with "T.O," the players are forced to show a little dignity and sportsmanship not unlike the classy athletes we admired before the tawdry "gangsta" era began to grip nearly all of American culture, especially music and sports.
NASCAR and Jimmie Johnson
On the opposite side of the coin, we have NASCAR Nextel Cup racing where five drivers remain alive for the season long championship that will be decided Sunday in Homestead, Florida. Going into the finale, Kurt Busch has a slim lead over Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and veteran Mark Martin are also in the hunt but will need plenty of help and luck.
I'll admit to being a long time Jeff Gordon fan and winning his fifth championship would put him ever closer to the all-time records of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Petty. But over the past few weeks, I have become a huge admirer of Johnson, Gordon's Hendrick Motorsports teammate. Seemingly out of the championship hunt a few weeks ago, Johnson has crafted a clutch performance for the ages, winning four of the last five races. After the tragic plane crash that killed 10 members of the Hendrick Motorsports family, Johnson was most eloquent at the post-funeral press conference and everybody who saw the next race will not soon forget Johnson's humility following his emotional win in Atlanta.
Win or lose Sunday, Jimmie Johnson has demonstrated that he truly is a classy athlete, someone who you might want to see your kids emulate. "T.O." would be wise to take notice.
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Agreed CC, nothing wrong with using a pharmaceutical company as a sponsor.
These days you gotta get who you can.
Even Bob Dole did a commercial for them.
Not as though it's porn or anything.
BTW, using a prescription drug sponsor is a good thing.
Taking illegal drugs as do some NFL/NBA players is NOT.
All those bitching about this skit better be calling for the ban of all soap operas, otherwise you are hypocrites.
T.O. is a real punk. The sport needs to get rid of him and his ilk.
Bobby Labonte drives the Levitra car now. Theres also a wellbutren car and horror of horrors my favorite Busch series driver drives the CNN car.
And, yes, OMG next year liquor sponsors!!
Did you hear that Jr's spotter was suspended for swearing over his own radio to his own driver/son about the officials in the truck race and will not be able to spot for Jr in the biggest and last race of the year tomorrow? (And, I might add he is going for the championship so it's not just any race)
One swear word in Nascar and you're toast.
Hey, where is Eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's one thing to swear on national TV and another when someone has to buy a special scanner to hear it.
Strrrrrrrreeetttch.....
Wow! Has Terry Hatcher had cheek implants? She used to be pretty...
Janet Jackson. Terrell Owens. Ron Artest.
What these three have in common?
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
They were America's team, and when they became South America's team, I lost interest.
NASCAR is the last hope for clean sports,along with,of course, the Chicago Cubs.
Cannot repeat my usual comment about pro basketball and football, but you will get my drift.
This is part of the reason the sport has taken off in the past several years. Even though tempers will always flare, there is good sportsmanship and great fans. Bunch of redneck cracker Nascar fans? I consider it damn good company.
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They're all huge head cases?
Naaah, that's too obvious...
I think the cheeks may be due to age. Women just hate that aspect of life...
Ira has just written to say that for some unexplained reason, the editor at ChronWatch omitted the first sentence of this article. Therefore, it should be added. It reads as follows"
"One thing that is not surprising about the "Desperate Housewives" steamy intro to the ABC Monday night Dallas-Philadelphia game is that it was Terrell Owens who played the role of the "dedicated" football player attempting to resist the sexual advances of towel-clad actress Nicollette Sheridan. Rather than star quarterback Donovan McNabb or any other members of the Eagles, it seemed natural that the often-tacky Terrell Owens was the player who once again managed to find the gutter."
She`s wearing a Cross around her neck, I wonder if she is a Christian? She was also wearing that when she did that silly NFL commercial.
Something odd about that if you ask me....
Entire "Christian churches" (Epispcipal, for one) wear crosses around their necks then appoint currently active adulterer men who have left their wives to have sex with other men, then call the other men their "spouses." I would say that this woman is the pretty far down on the list of Christian church's concerns...
""Entire "Christian churches" (Epispcipal, for one) wear crosses around their necks then appoint currently active adulterer men who have left their wives to have sex with other men, then call the other men their "spouses." I would say that this woman is the pretty far down on the list of Christian church's concerns...""
I wouldn`t call a church with an openly practicing , homosexual man ( or equivalent ) as a leader of their church a Christian Church. Some may call it that, but I won`t and don`t.
The woman obviously is acting like a hypocrite. I didn`t know if she was doing it on purpose , maybe a little jab at the Christain community, who knows. I have no idea of who she is. I was hoping someone could tell me.
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