T.O. Covers His Ass



From today's NY Times :

On Tuesday, Eagles officials opened The Philadelphia Inquirer to a headline that said: "Owens Dances Around Questions About Sex." The headline referred to a question-and-answer article in the September issue of Playboy magazine. The interviewer stated that Jeff Garcia, the former San Francisco quarterback with whom Terrell Owens had a contentious relationship, has "denied media rumors he's gay." Owens was then asked, "What do you think?"

Owens replied: "Like my boy tells me: 'If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.' "

Speaking with reporters after Tuesday morning's practice, Owens repeated those words, but he said that the interview was only a "loose conversation" and that "everybody is going to make a big deal out of it, but it wasn't like I came out and said Jeff was gay." He said that Garcia had a girlfriend when the two played together in San Francisco.

In the Playboy article, Owens was then asked what he would do if an NFL player admitted he was gay.

"I probably wouldn't say anything right off the bat," Owens said in the interview. "I'd just see what everyone else has to say. I'd probably keep my distance, and hopefully, he would keep his. If it was a guy who was helping us win ball games, hey, I'd have no problem with it. He can do what he wants to do outside of my everyday life."

Much like our close friend John Smoltz, Owens --- surely aware that he's already played alongside homosexuals in college and the pros? --- feels compelled to stress that he'd keep his distance. Because after all, the only reason a gay man would make his way through the football ranks and endure all the hate & ignorance through said journey.. .would be for a shot at fucking Terrell Owens.

I have no idea whether or not Jeff Garcia is gay. I do wonder, however, why Owens, Playboy and the rest of the media haven't noticed that Garcia and Lance Armstrong are the same person.




(former 49'ers QB Garcia, shown in the company of women)




(6 time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong, shown touching a man while removing his belt).

Posted: Wed - August 11, 2004 at 02:56 AM      

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