IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Terrell Owens' days in Dallas are done, according to ESPN. ESPN cited anonymous sources Wednesday night in saying that the Cowboys have decided to cut the receiver, ridding them of a big locker-room distraction but also absorbing a big hit on their salary cap.
The team did not immediately have a comment. A spokesman for Owens said he hadn't heard the news, and that Owens was traveling and could not immediately be reached. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, also did not immediately return a call.
Just a few weeks ago, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones indicated that T.O. was staying when he said, "You and I both know that the one that you're asking about all the time, if I gave you the answer that you want to hear, then you would've already had it. So the fact you don't have it ought to tell you something. It really should."
Jones seemed to enjoy the publicity Owens stirred up as much as the touchdowns he scored. However, there were several in-house issues involving Owens that may have ultimately prompted Jones to decide the receiver wasn't worth the trouble he caused.
Owens will count about $9 million against the cap. His absence means one less high-profile player to open the Cowboys' new, $1.1 billion stadium, and fewer No. 81 jerseys to sell.
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Terrell Owens vividly recalls the fans chanting his name and the cheers he used to hear in Philadelphia — the ones he feels drove a wedge between himself and Donovan McNabb.
Owens once thought he was going to have the kind of relationship with McNabb in Philadelphia that he has since developed with Tony Romo in Dallas. The pair are good friends and the NFL's top-scoring quarterback-receiver tandem with 26 touchdowns since 2006.
"The fans and just the excitement of me coming there and being there, it became too overwhelming for Donovan," Owens said Thursday. "I think at one point in time, I will say that we had a good relationship. I think I got too big for Philly, too big for him. I just feel like in a sense that he felt like I was just probably getting too much attention."
The Eagles kicked Owens off their team during the 2005 season — a year after they went to the Super Bowl — after a series of infractions, including repeated criticism of McNabb and the organization.
"I feel strong about my position and what happened in Philly, and I really don't feel like it was my fault," Owens said.
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Terrell Owens, hero. Thanks to reader Craig Sullivan, here's a story of Owens' heroics after a car accident left ESPN's Sam Alipour injured following the ESPY's last week.
Here's an interesting quote:
"So, T.O. was nice, huh?" says the medic who took my blood pressure inside the ambulance. "Boy, you think you know somebody, but the media doesn't tell you the whole story. You never know how they really are."
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Irving, TX (Sports Network) - The Dallas Cowboys started their three-day mandatory mini-camp on Tuesday without star wideout Terrell Owens, who missed practice with what team officials termed as a personal matter.
Owens signed a three-year, $27 million contract extension earlier this month before news broke that he was placed in the NFL's "reasonable cause" testing program after missing a drug test. The veteran wide receiver attributed the missed test, and subsequent missed calls by the league office to Owens, to a mix-up of phone numbers. Nevertheless, Owens will be subject to as many as 24 random tests in the next calendar year.
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BY JON WIENER and DAVID BLAUSTEIN
Terrell Owens has an idea for keeping his new teammate Adam "Pacman" Jones out of trouble.
Owens, who is being recognized this summer as an Alzheimer's Association Champion for his work for the foundation, says Jones who was suspended from the NFL after a series of arrests, including one stemming from a shootout at a Las Vegas strip club should join him in his charity work.
"I hope we can get him affected by [Alzheimer's] just a little bit so he can forget about those strip clubs," Owens joked in an interview with ABC News Radio.
Owens, who has experienced his own share of controversy in his career before coming to Dallas in a 2006 trade, believes "Pacman" will succeed in Dallas once NFL commissioner Roger Goodell lifts his nearly two-year suspension.
Jones has been granted permission by the league to join the Cowboys' training camps and pre-season games. A decision on whether he will be reinstated for the 2008 season will be made by September 1, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement on Monday, Reuters reports.
"Pacman's a great kid, and obviously he's a great athlete. If we can get him on the field and Roger Goodell can reinstate him, I think that's really just going to put his mind in a better place. The year he's had has really helped him get his life in perspective, and I think he's ready to do the right thing," Owens said.
Owens Gives Back, Looks Forward
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Associated Press
IRVING, Texas -- As much as Jerry Jones wanted to add a receiver to help Terrell Owens and Tony Romo, he's struck out so far this offseason.
No free agents. No draft picks. No trades.
Instead, the Dallas Cowboys are counting on a comeback from Terry Glenn, who missed nearly all of last season because of two knee operations and wasn't on the field for the start of voluntary organized team activities this week.
Problem? Just proceeding with caution, said Jones, adding that he had "a good long personal visit" with Glenn on Monday.
"There is no medical reason right now that he couldn't come out," Jones said. "But ... we weren't going to ask him to win the Super Bowl out there. So that is a key. We don't want him to do that in training camp, but we do want him to get as much timing and as much work with Romo as he can. He's doing some receiving. And we want him to spend as much time with the young receivers as he can."
Glenn turns 34 the day before players report to training camp. Owens is 35, giving the Cowboys perhaps the oldest starting tandem in the league.
Dallas' justification is that Owens is in tremendous shape and that Glenn is still among the fastest players, even if he's lost a step because of age and injuries.
Glenn has played all 16 games only twice in his 12-year career. He's also had two seasons pretty much wiped out by injuries.
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