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NFL Notebook: Eagles won't allow Owens to play basketball for Kings' team
Saturday, July 02, 2005
By The Associated Press
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens won't play for Sacramento's summer-league team next week because the NFL club will not give permission.
Owens, the talkative All-Pro who's embroiled in a contract dispute with the Eagles, had recent discussions with the Kings about another foray into basketball, his favorite sport.
But Kings spokesman Darrin May said yesterday the franchise wouldn't add Owens to its roster for the Las Vegas summer league unless the Eagles give their consent -- something they did not do, given Owens' value and contract status. The Kings' first game is July 10.
Eagles president Joe Banner said through a team spokesman last night that they had not received a request from the Kings, but if they were to receive one, they would not allow Owens to play.
Owens, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard with a quick first step, was a backup on his college basketball team at Tennessee-Chattanooga. He played briefly for the USBL's Adirondack Wildcats in the summer of 2002, while he was still with the San Francisco 49ers.
Owens caught 77 passes for 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns in his first season with the Eagles, earning a spot in the Pro Bowl for the fifth consecutive year. But after helping Philadelphia reach the Super Bowl last season, he stirred things up in his new home with his demand to renegotiate the seven-year, $49 million deal he signed in March 2004 -- and with his criticism of quarterback Donovan McNabb after the Eagles' loss to the New England Patriots. He held out of the Eagles' recent minicamps to underline his displeasure with his contract.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
By The Associated Press
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=230 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=210><CENTER>
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens won't play for Sacramento's summer-league team next week because the NFL club will not give permission.
Owens, the talkative All-Pro who's embroiled in a contract dispute with the Eagles, had recent discussions with the Kings about another foray into basketball, his favorite sport.
But Kings spokesman Darrin May said yesterday the franchise wouldn't add Owens to its roster for the Las Vegas summer league unless the Eagles give their consent -- something they did not do, given Owens' value and contract status. The Kings' first game is July 10.
Eagles president Joe Banner said through a team spokesman last night that they had not received a request from the Kings, but if they were to receive one, they would not allow Owens to play.
Owens, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard with a quick first step, was a backup on his college basketball team at Tennessee-Chattanooga. He played briefly for the USBL's Adirondack Wildcats in the summer of 2002, while he was still with the San Francisco 49ers.
Owens caught 77 passes for 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns in his first season with the Eagles, earning a spot in the Pro Bowl for the fifth consecutive year. But after helping Philadelphia reach the Super Bowl last season, he stirred things up in his new home with his demand to renegotiate the seven-year, $49 million deal he signed in March 2004 -- and with his criticism of quarterback Donovan McNabb after the Eagles' loss to the New England Patriots. He held out of the Eagles' recent minicamps to underline his displeasure with his contract.
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