the more i read that headline the more my head hurts

7/15/2006 2:13:51 AM

ROFL

7/15/2006 2:37:46 AM

...and now, the story


Updated: July 14, 2006, 1:18 PM ET
Owens says he was misquoted in autobiography
Associated Press


IRVING, Texas -- Terrell Owens says plenty in his new book. Except for one word he now claims he didn't say.

But making a big deal of an apparent misquotation -- despite the sentence being written in the first-person -- is the kind of media nitpicking Owens would lament in his 242-page book that mostly offers his side of two tumultuous seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.

In "T.O.", which debuted last week, Owens likens former teammate Donovan McNabb to a bully who spat in his mouth as a teenager while he innocently slept on a school bus.

The new Dallas Cowboys receiver also devotes pages to his perceived vilification in the press and described his quick comeback from a leg fracture in 2004 as, "If you'll forgive me for saying so ... nothing short of heroic."

But forgive him or not, Owens said Thursday during a book signing near the Cowboys' headquarters that it was "T.O." co-author Jason Rosenhaus who invented that particular phrasing.

Rosenhaus is the younger brother of Owens' agent, Drew, who Owens credits in "T.O." for the three-year, $25 million contract he got from the Cowboys in March. Jason often works with his brother on contracts.

"[Heroic] was one of the words that Jason used," said Owens, after signing his book for about 400 fans and collectors at a Wal-Mart near the Cowboys' headquarters. "... I can't say that I called it 'heroic."'

The discrepancy seems to contradict Owens' assertion of "These are my words, straight from me to you" on the book's second page.

But that bothered Cowboys fans at the Wal-Mart about as much as when Dallas signed the controversial receiver, who once grandstanded on the Cowboys' star logo at Texas Stadium when he was with San Francisco in 2000.

"[The book] really makes him across more personable," said Christopher Taylor, 29, who read the first three chapters while waiting in line for two hours.

But it's the fourth chapter, titled "Philly's New Favorite Son," where Owens begins rehashing his soured relationship with McNabb. He traces the root of the friction to when McNabb didn't throw him the ball on a play against Cleveland during his first season with the Eagles.

From there, Owens goes on to write that an unnamed Eagles offensive coach "asked me to be very positive and supportive of Donovan" because McNabb "can get nervous and tight in big games." He later accuses McNabb of cursing at him in a huddle and, by page 56, writes "we were never close again and probably never will be."

Owens also writes at length about his suspension from the Eagles ["I thought it was horrible they were going to deprive me of my livelihood"] and closes the book taking comfort in Cowboys owner Jerry Jones allegedly telling him that he also "knew what it was like to be treated like Darth Vader."

First in line for Thursday's book signing was Jason Hicks, 16, a defensive tackle at Duncanville High School who recently finished a book about former Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach.

"I'll read anything," said Hicks, holding a copy of "T.O.", "that has to do with football leadership."

[Edited on July 15, 2006 at 2:39 AM. Reason : sounds like a lil biiiiiiiiiiiiiitch]

7/15/2006 2:38:37 AM

Because football leadership is different than all other sorts of leadership.

7/15/2006 2:55:10 AM

from KFFL

Cowboys | Publicist says T.O. not misquoted
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:12:22 -0700

Jean-Jacques Taylor, of the Dallas Morning News, reports stories that suggest Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens was misquoted in his recently released book are disappointing and absurd, his publicist said Friday evening, July 14. "It's most unfortunate that a person would want to take his words and make it sound like he isn't telling the truth and writing his own book," Kim Etheredge said. "There's no discrepancy. It's absurd that a person would try to do that." In the book, Owens' described his return from a broken leg during the 2004 season in time to play in the Super Bowl as "nothing short of heroic." When a reporter asked Owens Thursday, July 13, why he chose the word heroic, the receiver said co-author Jason Rosenhaus picked it, "As I wrote that, that was one of the words that Jason used. Not only myself, but a number of commentators have said the same thing. I can't really say that I called it heroic." Owens called it a blessing to come back.

7/15/2006 6:30:44 PM

TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Owens says he was misquoted when he said he was misquoted in autobiography

AP writer's brain explodes

7/15/2006 6:43:40 PM

terrell owens must be half retarded

7/15/2006 6:47:28 PM

so what did he say/not say was heroic? the contract negotiations?

7/15/2006 7:02:09 PM

You guys can be such homos sometimes...

first of all, no one writes their own autobiography.

Get that? No one... why would a publishing company ever risk millions of dollars on someone writing their own autobiography when they could get someone more qualified to write it?

Are you familiar with the editing process? That book could be completely different in print form than the original when T.O. last saw it...

Also, if T.O. doesn't want to say it then I'll say it. What he did to return for that game was nothing short of heroic. 99.9% of pro athletes would have mailed it in. He not only returned, but put up a brilliant performance. Willis Reid is considered a LEGEND for scoring FOUR GODDAM POINTS and T.O. gives possibly the greatest comeback performance of all time and people act like it was nothing.

MJ is still getting his dick sucked for playing with the flu (even though they have these things called IV's) and Pete Sampras is a "warrior" for playing after he threw up. He fucking threw up. Do you know how many times ive thrown up and then continued drinking? Puke and rally is nothing, TO caught passes on a broken leg.

It's amazing how everyone is STILL on his jock after he's dominated the NFL for almost a decade.

7/16/2006 2:29:42 AM

Quote :

"The discrepancy seems to contradict Owens' assertion of "These are my words, straight from me to you" on the book's second page."

7/16/2006 2:36:10 AM

thanks for clearing that up rally

i was totally confused

7/16/2006 2:42:36 AM

jsut so you know Laguna Beach isnt a reality show either...

its staged.


I know its crazy and completely misleading.


Just like autobiographies.

7/16/2006 2:44:15 AM

your insight is undeniable

7/16/2006 2:55:52 AM

Quote :

"first of all, no one writes their own autobiography. Get that? No one... why would a publishing company ever risk millions of dollars on someone writing their own autobiography when they could get someone more qualified to write it?"

That's not entirely true. Chuck Berry wrote his own, which is why it's disjointed and mostly about how many women he's slept with.

Quote :

"Puke and rally is nothing, TO caught passes on a broken leg."

Playing on a broken leg is nothing new or unique. It's highly admirable, but not heroic.

7/16/2006 4:53:04 AM

^If you look at the word heroic in the context of the general human experience, no, his playing was not heroic.

But if you look at the word in the context of sports and see how it's been used to describe certain athletes over the years, yes, his playing was heroic.

[Edited on July 16, 2006 at 5:04 AM. Reason : sss]

7/16/2006 5:03:58 AM

if I ever publish an autobiography, I'm pretty sure that I will write it. But that's just how I roll.

7/16/2006 2:21:08 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZzEMfQQ5k

next question

9/3/2006 6:42:50 PM

<3 TO

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 9:47 PM. Reason : V Ditto]

9/3/2006 9:19:40 PM

he better do well for my fantasy team

9/3/2006 9:37:59 PM

Quote :

"Cowboys fans at the Wal-Mart "

9/5/2006 12:10:57 PM