Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 1490 of 1503)

Let the McNabb-Owens’ fireworks start again, folks.

Around training camp time last year, Terrell Owens was doing calisthenics in his driveway for members of the media while serving a suspension from Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid.

It appears that this season, at least as training camp is reopened for the Eagles, the memory of T.O., who is now a Dallas Cowboy, is still fresh on everybody’s mind. And every question fired by the media about Owens is directed right at quarterback Donovan McNabb.

When McNabb was asked what he thought about Owens’ latest autobiography, T.O., McNabb referred to it as a ‘children’s book’ and that he hadn’t read it yet.

In T.O. , which came out earlier this month, Owens mostly offers his side of his tumultuous second season in Philadelphia. McNabb joked that he should have been a co-author because Owens mentioned the five-time Pro Bowl quarterback at length in the book.

“It won’t sell unless he’s talking about me,” McNabb said, adding that he didn’t read the book and is waiting to play himself in the movie.

Owens likens McNabb to a bully who spat in his mouth as a teenager while he innocently slept on a school bus. He traces the root of the friction to when McNabb didn’t throw him the ball on a play in a game during his first season with the Eagles.

McNabb scoffed at Owens’ version of events.

I like the fact that McNabb is speaking his mind out about Owens this year, since he was criticized for not doing it more last year. But how much more fuel does Owens need to play well against the Eagles this year?

The guy is a drama queen and a baby, but he always plays hard on the field and I’d assume that McNabb and the Eagles would rather just leave the T.O. mess behind them.

We all know that Owens will fire something back within the next few days…who isn’t ready for these two teams to meet twice in the regular season?

ESPN.com is reporting that Dallas Cowboys’ safety Keith Davis is in stable condition after the 27-year old was shot twice while driving on a Dallas highway Sunday.

Davis was reportedly struck in the back of the head and in the right thigh by an unknown driver at around 5 a.m. Sunday morning.

Apparently, this wasn’t the first time that Davis has been shot.

This is the second time in three years that Davis has been shot. He was an innocent bystander last time, and this time Stephens said the player was driving home from a family vacation.

In June 2003, Davis was shot in the hip and elbow while picking up a friend at a topless club. Coach Bill Parcells released Davis about a month later, on the first day of the coach’s first training camp with the Cowboys. Davis did not play football that season, but rejoined the club in 2004 and became a full-time starter last season.

How in God’s green earth can a guy be shot two times in three years and not be involved in any trouble to warrant the bullets? That has got to be as hard to do as getting struck by lightening doesn’t it?

One of the other amazing things from this story is that Davis’ agent said that if the Cowboys’ training camp started tomorrow, his client would be there. I don’t know how you rebound from being shot in the back of the head, but hey, I guess Davis is experienced in this sort of injury.

Hopefully Davis recovers without any serious damage.

It has been a long offseason for the Denver Broncos and their disgruntled wide receiver Ashley Lelie. Lelie has been unhappy about his playing time and production in Denver and has been demanding a trade since the Broncos were eliminated from the playoffs last January.

Now the wide receiver is not even showing up to work.

ESPN.com is reporting that Lelie has decided to skip the Broncos mandatory minicamp session on Thursday and is expected to miss the entire three-day camp as well.

On top of his role in Denver’s offense, Lelie has also been irked by the team’s trading for former Packers wide receiver Javon Walker. But with Lelie’s trade demands and his production last year, the Broncos had no choice but to trade for Walker on draft day.

A longstrider and deep threat, Lelie has 53 catches for 20 yards or more and 18 receptions of 40-plus yards in his career, but is prone to lapses in concentration and to bouts of inconsistency. Although the Broncos have attempted to deal him during the offseason, they have found no one willing to meet their asking price.

It is rumored that Lelie wants to be a number one wide receiver for a team, but who would want to make this kid their No. 1? Honestly, he has nice speed and can create separation, but what team would want to take someone who is ‘prone to lapses in concentration and to bouts of inconsistency’? And to only have one touchdown being the second WR on a team that went to the AFC Championship is behind unthinkable.

Don’t get me wrong, some team is going to trade for him if Denver’s asking price comes down, but not going to minicamp on top of an offseason of griping is just making matters worse for Lelie.

Shut your mouth, play out the rest of your contract and hope some team decides to pay you even half of what you think your worth.