hooknladder Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 T.O. THE HERO Posted by Michael David Smith on July 21, 2008, 2:09 p.m. EDT The ESPY awards usually aren’t interesting enough to bother mentioning, but ESPN.com writer Sam Alipour has an interesting story about something that happened to him after the ESPYs. Alipour writes that he was hit by a car as he left an ESPYs after-party, and the first person to rush to his aid afterward was a certain brash Cowboys wideout. “Terrell Owens was standing over me,” Alipour writes. “I’m told he was the first do-gooder on the scene of the accident. That he helped me to my feet and off the street to safe ground. That he didn’t leave my side. It seems the mercurial Dallas Cowboys receiver is my hero.” Alipour writes that Owens made sure he was OK and then took off, not attempting to attract any attention for his good deed. And he says the medic who treated him in the ambulance summed up his new opinion of Owens: “So, T.O. was nice, huh? Boy, you think you know somebody, but the media doesn’t tell you the whole story. You never know how they really are.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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peepinmofo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Michael Smith is a Doousche! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdickens Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Somewhere Randy Moss and Marshawn Lynch received phone calls today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Who was driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Even a blind squirrel. well you know the rest. TO probably hung around because the ambulance was blocking him in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesownninjas Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Somewhere Randy Moss and Marshawn Lynch received phone calls today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Did he check his wallet afterwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I do have a similar story that nobody probably wants to hear, but I'll tell it anyhow... When I was a baseball coach in Scottsdale, ESPN had a baseball show for kids hosted by Reggie Jackson, who would have a couple of big leaguers show up and they would teach kids fundamentals of baseball. Everyone knows Reggie's rep - big time horse's patoot. Well, I got there real early, lined the field, got the equipment out, etc. and Jackson is the first guy to show up out of the production team. The kids start showing up & Reggie spent every spare minute with those kids working with them, joshing them, the whole works, and he did the same thing for about an hour after the whole thing was over. You should have seen the kids' faces the whole time, with Reggie just being one of the guys - and they all walked away with a bunch of stuff on Jackson's dime (I know, tax write-off, but still). Changed my opinion 100% about him, and I let him know that in their trailer afterwards. On the other hand, Jose Canseco was supposed to be one of the guest ballplayers, and of course he never shows up. In another great guy story, Walt Weiss's kid played basketball at the Boys' Club where I volunteered, so I gave the Club a call, and they called Weiss - he shows up 20 minutes later, ready to fill Canseco's spot at the snap of a finger on a Saturday morning when I'm sure he had a lot better things planned. I expected what we got out of Weiss & Canseco - they lived up to their established reputations. But Reggie? He made the kids feel like kings the whole time and then some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I do have a similar story that nobody probably wants to hear, but I'll tell it anyhow... When I was a baseball coach in Scottsdale, ESPN had a baseball show for kids hosted by Reggie Jackson, who would have a couple of big leaguers show up and they would teach kids fundamentals of baseball. Everyone knows Reggie's rep - big time horse's patoot. Well, I got there real early, lined the field, got the equipment out, etc. and Jackson is the first guy to show up out of the production team. The kids start showing up & Reggie spent every spare minute with those kids working with them, joshing them, the whole works, and he did the same thing for about an hour after the whole thing was over. You should have seen the kids' faces the whole time, with Reggie just being one of the guys - and they all walked away with a bunch of stuff on Jackson's dime (I know, tax write-off, but still). Changed my opinion 100% about him, and I let him know that in their trailer afterwards. On the other hand, Jose Canseco was supposed to be one of the guest ballplayers, and of course he never shows up. In another great guy story, Walt Weiss's kid played basketball at the Boys' Club where I volunteered, so I gave the Club a call, and they called Weiss - he shows up 20 minutes later, ready to fill Canseco's spot at the snap of a finger on a Saturday morning when I'm sure he had a lot better things planned. I expected what we got out of Weiss & Canseco - they lived up to their established reputations. But Reggie? He made the kids feel like kings the whole time and then some. I lived in Oakland when Reggie played there. There were times when he would do the kindest things when no one was around to even notice, but then there were times when he would yell at a reporter what seemed like nothing. T.O. could very well be similar. Both can be insecure and very emotional and who knows what triggers their negatve reactions. Or even their giving when no reporter or big wig even notices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROYALWITCHEESE Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Hero? Hardly. Good samaritan. Yes. You're not a hero for doing something you are supposed to do. A hero goes above and beyond... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I do have a similar story that nobody probably wants to hear, but I'll tell it anyhow... When I was a baseball coach in Scottsdale, ESPN had a baseball show for kids hosted by Reggie Jackson, who would have a couple of big leaguers show up and they would teach kids fundamentals of baseball. Everyone knows Reggie's rep - big time horse's patoot. Well, I got there real early, lined the field, got the equipment out, etc. and Jackson is the first guy to show up out of the production team. The kids start showing up & Reggie spent every spare minute with those kids working with them, joshing them, the whole works, and he did the same thing for about an hour after the whole thing was over. You should have seen the kids' faces the whole time, with Reggie just being one of the guys - and they all walked away with a bunch of stuff on Jackson's dime (I know, tax write-off, but still). Changed my opinion 100% about him, and I let him know that in their trailer afterwards. On the other hand, Jose Canseco was supposed to be one of the guest ballplayers, and of course he never shows up. In another great guy story, Walt Weiss's kid played basketball at the Boys' Club where I volunteered, so I gave the Club a call, and they called Weiss - he shows up 20 minutes later, ready to fill Canseco's spot at the snap of a finger on a Saturday morning when I'm sure he had a lot better things planned. I expected what we got out of Weiss & Canseco - they lived up to their established reputations. But Reggie? He made the kids feel like kings the whole time and then some. Great story BB. Thanks for sharing. I really like hearing about the guys who do...go above and beyond...and don't self-promote it. As for TO, can't we all agree that he did a really nice thing? Not everyone went to help this man and because of that, he deserves a kudos. Time was when many people would have stepped in to help. That time is passed and it makes his actions, although they are what "we are supposed to do," worthy of applause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Bill Romanowski once shaved my back. It needed it, and he was there... a true service to the community. Yet, you don't hear about stuff like that in the media. Also, one time when my arm was tired, Patrick Roy beat my wife for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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