As reported earlier, there was a story out of Dallas that Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens apparently tried to commit suicide by taking 35 pain pills Tuesday night.

When the story first broke, there was information that Owens’ publicist, Kim Etheredge, called a rescue service after physically taking pills out of Owens’ mouth. When the rescue team reached the scene, they assisted Owens and then called the Dallas Police Department.

At some point, Owens was asked if he took the pills with intent to harm himself and Owens responded, “yes.” From there, Owens was rushed to the hospital and the ingested pills were reportedly pumped out of him.

It was also reported that Etheredge told the police “that he was depressed.”

From there, Ethridge has told various media outlets in interviews that the Dallas media has gotten the story wrong and that T.O. never attempted to kill himself. ESPN.com’s Michael A. Smith told ESPN’s Trey Wingo on SportsCenter that he spoke with one of Owens’ friends (who wanted to remain anonymous) that T.O. just had a bad reaction to the pain pills. As publicly reported, Owens is a gym rat who takes various amounts of health supplements, so it isn’t out of the realm of possibility that T.O. did get sick when the pain pills were added to his normal dietary intake.

In a 3:35pm press conference on Wednesday afternoon, T.O. himself spoke out on the situation and denied repeatedly that he took pills to kill himself. Owens also stated that he wasn’t coherent when he was asked if he took the pills to harm himself and that he only took a few pain pills (he commented that the rest of the pills from the empty bottle was in a drawer). He also said that he never got his stomach pumped.

Etheredge then spoke and basically (in my opinion) sounded exactly like a publicist would sound. She stated that “he is a very strong human being” so that when he wasn’t responding like he normally does, she immediately called 911. Etheredge also responded to questions as if she was disappointed that the story broke the way it did and that she feels like “people are trying to take advantage of Terrell.” Etheredge went on to deny that she removed pills out of his mouth and that Owens told her that he was depressed. However, she also made it known that “it has been a really long day” and that “she doesn’t remember everything that happened.”

Her best statement of the day: “Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive.”

Now, I’m not a doctor, psychologist and I obviously wasn’t there when Owens digested these pills. It appeared to me that Owens was in fine health and he stated that he worked out with Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo, so I believe him at this point. It didn’t appear that Owens was lying, but that doesn’t mean that Etheredge’s story isn’t full of holes.

It just amazes me that the Dallas police and fire department would make written statements as detailed as they did and Etheredge comes out and states that they basically lied. What advantage does the police and, or fire department have in lying in that given situation?

The thing about all of this is that, there have been several reports in the past of him telling teammates that he is alone and that “nobody has his back”. It has been reported that he has abandonment issues and that both the 49ers and Eagles offered to get him psychological help, which he refused.

Maybe he’s telling the truth, but if he’s not and Etheredge is hiding something (maybe more will come out once the 911 call is revealed), that means that this guy is not getting the help he needs.

As far as a football standpoint is concerned, Owens may practice tomorrow and if he does, there is a good chance he will play in Tennessee this Sunday.

Dallas coach Bill Parcells held his weekly press conference about an hour and a half before Owens spoke, but he revealed nothing, stating that he “didn’t know enough at this point.”