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Phillips takes aim at NFL's crackdown on fun
Phillips takes aim at NFL's crackdown on fun
Icon SMI Terrell Owens' celebration on Sunday drew a 15-yard penalty. Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Wade Phillips didn't have a problem with Terrell Owens ' 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for impersonating Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt following a touchdown Sunday because the Cowboys head coach wasn't completely up to date on the league rules. He also agrees ...
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The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — ... • Say what you want about TO, but the man is always entertaining. My popcorn is indeed ready every time TO is in front of a camera. Wade Phillips defends TO's Usain Bolt tribute (which I liked) by taking a shot at the No Fun League. ...

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T.O. MAKES LIKE USAIN
profootballtalk.com 9/7/2008 — After catching a 35-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Browns, Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens lined up at the goal line as if he was preparing to run the 100-yard dash. Before the gun could sound, the yellow ...
Funny Hard Knocks Video, Terrell Owens is an Entrepreneur
neswsports.com 9/8/2008 — Once again, I have to thank the HBO show Hard Knocks for bringing this side of T.O. to my attention. Terrell Owens is an “Entrepreneur” . Step one make shirts and wear them. Step two give shirts to team mates. Step four make millions. The only thing he has to worry about is step three.
Terrell Owens: 'I Could Beat Usain Bolt If I Got a 20-Yard Head Start'
nfl.fanhouse.com 9/4/2008 — On tonight's episode of Hard Knocks , the HBO show that chronicles the Dallas Cowboys, the cameras followed wide receiver Terrell Owens and a few others when they went out to dinner, and Owens was telling his fellow diners about his speed. Owens ...
Hard Knocks Video, Roy Williams Messes with Terrell Owens
neswsports.com 9/8/2008 — On the HBO show Hard Knocks they followed the Cowboys around this season, and I thank them for it. With out this little documentary, I would never have known that Roy Williams is Terrell Owens Prankster Nemesis . This is funny stuff. T.O. can not catch a break from Roy .
Where is the love?
ballerblogger.com 9/11/2008 — LeBron James made headlines last Sunday when he attended the Cleveland Browns’ season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. James was outfitted in his trademark Yankees camp and sported a Cowboys blue t-shirt as he stood on Dallas’ sideline and exchanged pleasantries with Jerry Jones, Terrell Owens,
Morning Look: Caron Butler's a Fashion Model
voices.washingtonpost.com 9/11/2008 — I noted yesterday that DeShawn Stevenson bought his entire new '80s wardrobe at élevée, and a wise commenter then pointed out that Caron Butler seems to be one of the high-end California custom clothing company's lead models. Well, Caron and Terrell ...
T.O.: “I GOT TOO BIG FOR MCNABB”
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Surprise, Surprise: Terrell Owens is Once Again Acting Childish [NFL]
deadspin.com 9/14/2008 — The 2004 season in which Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens teamed up to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl since 1980 was one of the greatest seasons my maligned city has seen in decades. Terrell Owns was a huge part of that and ...
Terrell Owens: Still Crazy
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So the reason that Terrell Owens 's Usain Bolt tribute drew a penalty yesterday was that Terrell Owens ( at the 1:57 mark here ) used the ground as part of his celebration. That's actually a rule. So if that draws a penalty, fine. Rules are rules, and if the official NFL rulebook has this insane, arbitrary, senseless rule, then I guess the officials have to call it. From here on out, ...
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Terrell Owens Has Some Advice for NFL Officials: Worry About Making the Right CallFanHouse
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Terrell Owens was an intregal part of the 2004 Eagles that won 13 games and went to Super Bowl XXXIX, but in comparing that team to the 2008 Dallas Cowboys , T.O. didn't hesitate to say the 'Boys are "way more talented." "This is probably one of the best that I've been on. I ...
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Just when you thought you had heard from all the big players in Monday's game against the Cowboys, leave it to Terrell Owens to stir the pot just a bit more. "I think I got too big for Philly, too big for [Donovan]." As if Five didn't already have something to prove.
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Terrell Owens has an easy way for the Dallas Cowboys to hide their lack of proven receivers: Just throw it to him more.