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10-27-2004, 10:22 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/nfl/10/27/bc.fbn.eagles.owens.ap/index.html
Owens-Ravens drama continues
Eagles' Owens claims Baltimore GM made racially*** ****insensitive comment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Terrell Owens claimed he has turned the page on his brief stint with Baltimore. Still, it seems the end of the latest drawn-out chapter between the Eagles receiver and the Ravens has yet to be written.
Owens said Wednesday that it was an "offensive" racial comment by Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome -- along with not wanting to play with Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller and a desire to play with Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb -- that convinced him to spurn an offseason deal to Baltimore.
In his recent autobiography, Owens wrote Newsome told the wide receiver's agent that "he was a black man from Alabama just like TO" and "that sometimes a black man's gotta be slapped."
"Initially, I was kind of stunned by it," Owens said. "My agent was kind of reluctant to tell me about it at the time. What a lot of people don't know, and I guess I'll let it out now, is that was pretty much one of the main reasons I didn't want to go there."
Asked about the statement, Newsome told The Baltimore Sun for Tuesday's edition, "Please, why should I respond to that? I did tell TO that he should check with the veterans we brought in over the years. I told him to call Rod Woodson, Shannon Sharpe, Michael McCrary and Sam Adams, and they will let him know how we treat veterans here. I'm not talking any more about it."
Owens has blasted former teammate Jeff Garcia, danced on the Dallas Cowboys' star and now this, but he seemed perplexed as to why hot topics always arise as he is preparing to play those respective teams.
He blamed reporters Wednesday, saying it's "the media's way of trying to stir something" and that he knew, "they'd try and find something."
Owens-Ravens drama continues
Eagles' Owens claims Baltimore GM made racially*** ****insensitive comment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Terrell Owens claimed he has turned the page on his brief stint with Baltimore. Still, it seems the end of the latest drawn-out chapter between the Eagles receiver and the Ravens has yet to be written.
Owens said Wednesday that it was an "offensive" racial comment by Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome -- along with not wanting to play with Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller and a desire to play with Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb -- that convinced him to spurn an offseason deal to Baltimore.
In his recent autobiography, Owens wrote Newsome told the wide receiver's agent that "he was a black man from Alabama just like TO" and "that sometimes a black man's gotta be slapped."
"Initially, I was kind of stunned by it," Owens said. "My agent was kind of reluctant to tell me about it at the time. What a lot of people don't know, and I guess I'll let it out now, is that was pretty much one of the main reasons I didn't want to go there."
Asked about the statement, Newsome told The Baltimore Sun for Tuesday's edition, "Please, why should I respond to that? I did tell TO that he should check with the veterans we brought in over the years. I told him to call Rod Woodson, Shannon Sharpe, Michael McCrary and Sam Adams, and they will let him know how we treat veterans here. I'm not talking any more about it."
Owens has blasted former teammate Jeff Garcia, danced on the Dallas Cowboys' star and now this, but he seemed perplexed as to why hot topics always arise as he is preparing to play those respective teams.
He blamed reporters Wednesday, saying it's "the media's way of trying to stir something" and that he knew, "they'd try and find something."