Disdainful Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens responded Sunday to comments made by former New England Patriots star Rodney Harrison via Twitter after Owens failed to catch a pass for the first time in 185 games.
Earlier this season, Harrison, 36, a two-time Pro Bowl selection who earned two Super Bowl rings with the Patriots, expressed his contempt for Owens during an interview on WEEI’s The Dale and Holley Show.
Prior to Harrison’s interview on WEEI, Owens, 35, a five-time All-Pro selection, had again ridiculed the Patriots for the Spygate controversy in the days leading to the Bills season-opener in Foxboro.
“I’m so pumped about T.O. opening up his big mouth about the Patriots,” said Harrison, the only player in NFL history to record both 30 sacks and 30 interceptions. “I can actually put a bounty on T.O. if I wanted and not get in any trouble.”
Harrison, an admitted abuser of HGH who was consistently voted the “dirtiest player” in the NFL by his peers, continued to chastise Owens.
“He’s a clown,” Harrison said. “His clown-act antics and his tactics just take away…Year after year, the story we should be talking about is his playmaking ability, the big plays and the potential Hall of Fame career.”
This past weekend, Harrison reiterated his sentiments regarding Owens while he worked his newfound role as an analyst for NBC Sports Football Night in America.
When Owens was informed of the remarks Harrison made on national television, the perpetual malcontent bashed the retired safety online.
“I could care less about Rodney Harrison! Anybody tht using steroids, yes STEROIDS rodney, is a cheater & cheated the game,” tweeted Owens. “Is tht Y u used steroids b/c u were worried about ur stats or ws it b/c u were losing it? Lol! U’re a loser & a cheater? Got any steroid…”
Owens, a selfish talent who has absolutely destroyed every franchise he has been employed by, continued his nonsensical attack on Harrison.
“Hey Rodney! Send me sum steroids 2 the Bills facility next week!”
Upon being told by reporters what Owens tweeted, Harrison returned to the offensive.
“He’s so miserable…he seeks so much attention,” Harrison said. “Something happened a long, long time ago, before we even knew T.O., that just made him like this.”
Rodney Harrison was a warrior and a vital aspect of the Patriots championship runs in 2003 and 2004.
Terrell Owens amasses statistics and he epitomizes everything that is wrong with the world of sports today.
If Owens had even a granule of Harrison’s heart and character, he may have played for a champion.
Sadly, despite his bevy of skills, Owens is not designed to be a champion.
Owens will always be a comedic excuse for a player and a man.
Harrison was gentle when he called Owens a “clown.”
In actuality, Terrell Owens is the very definition of a clown pocket.
The New York Jets and their Head Coach Rex Ryan defeated the Tennessee Titans 24-17 Sunday in a rain-soaked contest at the Meadowlands in New Jersey.
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (17-30, 171 yards) became the first rookie signal-caller in NFL history to lead his team to a 3-0 start.
“When Sanchez is playing at the top of his game and the defense is playing like they are, and special teams doing what we do, we’re unstoppable,” said Wallace Wright, a key performer on the Jets special teams unit. “We definitely feel we are the team to beat.”
The Jets believe that they are “the team to beat” because Ryan, 46, has instilled a swagger and genuine confidence in his players that has translated into victories on the gridiron.
Additionally, Ryan, who served as the Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator from 2005-2008, has made playing the game of football enjoyable again for Jets players who were smothered by their former coach Eric Mangini’s tyrannical policies for three painstaking seasons.
One current Jets player was asked after Sunday’s game what their record would be if Mangini was still the head coach instead of the magnetic Ryan.
“We’d be 0-3, maybe 1-2,” said the player, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “I’m serious. No one likes to be over-coached. It’s no fun.”
In essence, Mangini is to fun what kryptonite is to Superman.
Ryan has emphatically encouraged his players to speak their minds and voice their opinions.
However, the Oklahoman demands that his players exhibit a team-first mentality and he will not accept selfishness on his squad.
Promising wide receiver David Clowney learned that lesson when he was benched versus the Titans after he complained on Twitter about a lack of playing time.
In the immediate aftermath of Gang Green’s statement victory against the New England Patriots in week 2, Clowney tweeted: “1 play in the 1st half, 4 plays in the 2nd half…A bit disappointed about my playing time but very happy and satisfied about the win.”
Clowney, 24, who was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Virginia Tech University, has performed brilliantly in his first two preseason’s with the Jets.
Unfortunately, in large part because of a severe collar bone injury he suffered last year, Clowney has not had an opportunity to exhibit his skills on the field during the regular season.
It is now apparent that Clowney, who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.37 seconds at the NFL Combine, will never be afforded a chance by Ryan in the future either if he continues to be preoccupied with himself.
“I was upset with him, yep,” admitted Ryan on Monday. “No individual is bigger than the team. If I feel a guy is not putting the team first, I’ll make that decision to put the guy down.”
After he posted the initial tweet that chapped Ryan’s ass, Clowney posted another message that read, “My team always comes first so I’ma just keep grinding.”
Ryan said that Clowney responded to being reprimanded in an ideal fashion.
In fact, Ryan stated he is considering Clowney for the team’s practice player of the week award.
“It could be a misunderstanding between David and I, but nobody’s a bigger fan of David Clowney than I am,” said Ryan. “It’s not head games or anything else.”
Despite the fact that he has only three games on his resume, Rex Ryan is simply everything you want in an NFL head coach.
He is a player’s coach who requires discipline.
He has an exceptional football mind.
But, he doesn’t pretend to be a genius who could successfully split the atom.
In all probability, Rex Ryan is the man who will ultimately lead the New York Jets to their first championship since the 1969 season.
Sixteen years after their first fight, Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins tentatively agreed last week to a rematch that is expected to occur sometime in early-2010.
“Sixteen years ago they fought each other and went on and made history in their own way,” said Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, Hopkins promoter. “Each one is considered today as ring royalty. That’s why I think when those two guys are going to fight it will determine who will be the king of the ring.”
In May of 1993, Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 knockouts) lost to Jones (54-5, 40 knockouts) by a unanimous decision for the vacant IBF middleweight belt.
Since their last encounter in the ring, Jones, 40, and Hopkins, 44, have become two of the most accomplished fighters in boxing history.
The public has long clamored for a rematch between the legendary pugilists.
Unfortunately, until last week, Hopkins and Jones were unable to agree to terms for a contract.
“We went back and forth for so long, but we finally pulled it off,” said Schaefer. “They both signed and they will fight. It will be a truly historic showdown. A lot of people didn’t believe it would ever happen. But, it’s going to happen.”
Of course, because boxing is boxing, the matchup is “going to happen” about ten years belatedly.
A location for the fight has not been determined to this point.
However, if the fight ultimately transpires at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, promoters should contemplate billing the showdown, “The Geezers Brawl at Caesars.”
In actuality, the long-overdue rematch is not yet a certainty.
In order for Hopkins to again meet Jones, “Junior” is required to defeat Danny Green (27-3) in his native land of Australia come early-December.
“It’s time to take care of business and then come back here and beat Bernard Hopkins,” said Jones, who was named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 1990’s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
“I beat him with one hand the first time,” Jones said of his first match with Hopkins, in which he fought with a damaged right hand. “What am I worried about?”
When Jones initially battled Hopkins, “B-Hop” was a green pugilist who had only recently discovered “The Sweet Science” while he served his time in Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania for nine felony convictions.
Over the course of the next 15 years, Hopkins became arguably the greatest middleweight champion in the annals of boxing.
Hopkins was able to successfully defend his middleweight world championship a record 20 times over a span of ten years.
Additionally, “B-Hop” is the oldest man to ever hold the middleweight championship.
Hopkins has aged gracefully.
Sadly, Jones has grayed like one of The Golden Girls.
“I can’t wait,” Jones proclaimed after his fight with Hopkins was announced.
Jones should be hesitant for what he wishes for.
1993 was a long while past.
In 2010, expect “The Executioner” to show “Junior” the ropes, and the canvas.
WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his title with a 10th round TKO of promising contender Cris “Nightmare” Arreola Saturday night at the Staples center in Los Angeles.
From the outset, Klitschko (38-2, 36 knockouts) controlled the tempo of the fight and quickly erased any hopes the crowd had that Arreola, 28, from nearby Riverside, Calif., could compete with “Dr. Iron Fist.”
Klitschko, 38, utterly dominated the action and the gory contest was mercifully halted before the start of the 11th round when Arreola’s trainer refused to allow him to continue.
“He was taking too much punishment,” trainer Henry Ramirez said of Arreola (27-1, 24 knockouts), who had his nose broken in the 9th round. “When I told him I was going to stop the fight he was irate.”
The judges at ringside all had Klitschko in complete command of the matchup and the Associated Press had the Ukrainian giant winning every round.
“I know I was hurting him a lot but he has a great, great chin,” said Klitschko, the owner of the highest knockout percentage (92.5%) of any heavyweight champion in history.
Klitschko, a 5-1 favorite, landed an astounding 301 of the 802 punches that he threw.
“I couldn’t get to him,” said Arreola, the winner of the 2001 National Golden Gloves as a light-heavyweight. “He was fighting the fight he was supposed to fight.”
One of the reasons that Arreola “couldn’t get to” Klitschko is because it was evident from the moment that he entered the ring that he was in hideous physical condition.
Granted, Arreola displayed tremendous heart and grit Saturday night and he does have a litany of potential as a prizefighter.
Nevertheless, it is unacceptable for a professional fighter to resemble Roseanne Barr.
Klitschko is a very solid pugilist and there is no dispute that he is a gifted physical specimen.
In order for Arreola to have had any legitimate chance to defeat Klitschko, he needed to come prepared in peak condition. Unfortunately for Arreola, he may have ultimately been his own worst “nightmare.”
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