Report: T.O. attempts suicide

[Flying Headbutt]

Re: Local TV reports TO taken to Dallas Hospital...

Looking for some Bayer? With bufferin?!

 

[D-3 Fan]

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I saw this too. They're speculating he OD'd on the pain medication he's taking for his broken finger.

Pain meds for a broken finger? Like extra-strength Advil?

For TO, wouldn't Mydol be more in line?

Nah, Summer's Eve would have been more appropriate.

 

[Kritter47]

Re: Local TV reports TO taken to Dallas Hospital...

To answer the question about Baylor, I believe it's the "official" hospital for all the Dallas sports teams. I know the Stars, Mavs and Cowboys all use it as their preferred provider.

It's probably the "nicest" of the hospitals in Dallas in my experience, definitely the most pricey. Parkland's got the best trauma unit but can be a zoo, and Medical City is good for bread and butter stuff, but doesn't have the reputation of Baylor.

My guess is he called the trainer and the trainer helped arrange an ambulance to take him there. It doesn't sound like he was in immediate danger of dying from driving the extra 10 minutes to Baylor, especially if they have a private ambulance company on call like a lot of the big companies do.

I know the Stars have directed urgent cases to Baylor when it wasn't the closest hospital. When Guerin had the compartment syndrome scare and was in danger of losing his leg without some quick surgery, they took him to Baylor rather than Presbyterian, which is much closer to HP where he lived.

 

[dooley_womack1]

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I love this from the ESPN story:

On Tuesday, the Cowboys also practiced without tight end Jason Witten, whose wife was having a baby. Wide receiver Terry Glenn practiced, albeit with several stitches in his thumb.

"He was trying to cut some tape off his uniform," Parcells said. "He had his hand down in his pants and he missed. Fortunately he cut his hand."

 

[Kritter47]

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I am enjoying that ESPN's bottom line reads "ESPN's Ed Werder reports...."

Yes, because he broke this story. Idiots.

 

[BigDog]

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So TO isn't starting at quarterback for Arizona on Sunday?

Oh, what a hero he's set himself up to be this time. Broken finger. Adverse reaction to medication. Pronounced dead in a Dallas hospital. Claws way out of casket, gets to Philly, catches 2 TD passes, holds out for $4 billion, one-year deal.

 

[Jackie Treehorn]

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This is second-hand, at best:

"WFAA channel 8 and KTCK 1310 here in Dallas just broke the news that T.O. took 35 pain pills last night in an attempt to commit suicide. The source is the Dallas Police Report of the incident, obtained this morning by the media. According to the police report, Dallas fire/rescue responded to a suicide attempt call late last night. When interviewed later in the hospital and asked if he was trying to harm himself, T.O. responded "yes." He evidently took the rest of the bottle of a 40-pill prescription...he had only taken five of them before last night."

 

[BigDog]

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http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa060927_wz_owens.1fd220c5.html

Holy ****, Gleason isn't pulling a COCKDIAN on us.

Holy ****,

 

[wickedwritah]

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Doesn't surprise me. Usually cocky, swash-buckling types like TO have a lot going on under the surface that no one ever hears about.

Hope the dude gets the help he needs, finally.

From the Star-Telegram: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/15620551.htm

 

[Columbo]

Re: Local TV reports TO taken to Dallas Hospital...

Wow.

Just heard him on Le Batard's show a few days ago.... and he was very ... different.

Can't specify, but he was much more gregarious than I have ever heard him on the show.

 

[markvid]

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WFAA is notorious for running with stuff about the Cowboys that's not true (see Marty Griffin costing them millions after he blew the Erik Williams/Michael Irvin story). I'll wait for someone else to confirm.

 

[Pringle]

T.O. suicide attempt

Thought the new news deserved its own thread.

This is a really sad story. It's so easy to jump to snap judgment about guys like T.O. They can be as troubled as any of us. :'(

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/09/27/owens.report/index.html

 

[tommyp]

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Oh my, if this is true, imagine the media coverage...

 

[BigDog]

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Philly fan is drooling right now.

 

[Columbo]

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Philly fan is drooling right now.

Perhaps they should worry about the Phillies choking against the Nats.

 

[Starman]

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[Chuck~Taylor]

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Next on Cold Pizza: Why Skip Bayless is glad that TO attempted suicide.

 

[cougargirl]

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Jesus H., 35 pain pills. That's hard-core. Part of me is wondering why a guy like T.O. would try to commit suicide (as has been speculated) but another part of me is also wondering if - apart from the alleged suicide attempt - he's had any kind of addiction problem with pain medicine.

 

[21]

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I'm wondering if the attempted suicide story completely hinges on TO's 'yes' response when he was asked if he was trying to hurt himself.

Is it possible that he really was having a reaction to the drug, and his response was clouded by his condition?

 

[Pringle]

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Jesus H., 35 pain pills. That's hard-core. Part of me is wondering why a guy like T.O. would try to commit suicide (as has been speculated) but another part of me is also wondering if - apart from the alleged suicide attempt - he's had any kind of addiction problem with pain medicine.

In the "Get your ass on the field" culture of the NFL? Naaaaah.