Author: John Blake (Page 2 of 6)

St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk will have season-ending and possible career-ending knee surgery. Faulk will undergo reconstructive surgery and it looks like the end may be in sight for the back in ninth place on the NFL’s all-time rushing list.

“We were hoping for the best, but we’ve been planning for both scenarios,” said Linehan (Rams coach). “I think reality is setting in for sure that potentially his career is winding down.”

Steven Jackson will return as starter and Tony Fisher will most likely fill in as a third down back, but the team has inquired about Michael Bennett from New Orleans.

At 33, Faulk has had a terrific NFL career and although his career isn’t over yet, it’s getting close. He has endured numerous knee surgeries throughout his career and may not be able to come back from this one. His role has been diminished because of his age and with the emergence of the young Steven Jackson so it might be best for him to just hang up the cleats.

In an interview soon to be aired by HBO, Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens puts the blame on the media for pegging him as a selfish individual.

Owens said he doesn’t think reporters are necessarily conspiring against him as much as using him “to gain viewers’ attention.” As a result, he believes that he is “misunderstood.” He said other players have been, too, “but I feel like I have been one of the main guys who’ve been vilified.”

Why?

“That’s the million-dollar question,” he said. “Why me? … At some point it does get to me. And I can’t say it enough. Dude, I’m human and that’s what I’m trying to get people to understand.”

Hmm, let’s see. T.O spent an entire spring whining about his contract and felt like he was being underpaid. He called out his star quarterback and his antics arguably ruined the Eagles’ 2005 season. I don’t know who the bigger baby is: T.O or Barry Bonds?

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger conducted his first interview since his motorcycle accident nearly a month ago and is more than lucky to be alive. According to onlookers at the scene of the accident, Big Ben was very close to dying.

“They told me that I was literally seconds, maybe a minute away from dying because I slit a vein or artery in my mouth or my throat and it was draining blood right into my stomach and luckily the paramedic noticed it and stopped it or else I would have had too much blood in my stomach,” he told ESPN’s Jim Rome in Los Angeles, where he was for the taping of the ESPYS.

Roethlisberger went on to say that he forgot his helmet in the basement that day. Even though he isn’t thinking about riding anytime soon, Big Ben didn’t completely rule out the possibility of riding a motorcycle again. If I were him and were involved in a near deadly motorcycle accident, there’s absolutely no way I would ever sit on a motorcyle again. Kellen Winslow, Jr. has already gone on record stating he would never ride again after his mishap. If Roethlisberger values his career and, more importantly, his life, he should rid himself of any thoughts of motorcycle riding for the rest of his life. Note to Ben: Just say no!