Blue Magic said "Let the Sideshow Begin", well, this show has been rolling for almost a decade. He's a little snippet of the Terrell Owens sideshow in this weeks version of "In the Dawg Pound". Don't look now, it could be coming to a town near you very soon:


The Terrell Owens sideshow, which began years ago in San Francisco, has picked up shop and settled in Dallas. Of course the sideshow can’t really start until the crowd is warmed up, which is exactly what Owens did when he basically vetoed a trade to Baltimore before the 2004 season. How would he follow that act? How else? By forcing a trade to football heaven with his good buddy Donovan McNabb. Then came the intermission, a season where everything was perfect and blissful. But the second half of the show started with a roar in the 2004 off-season when Owens demanded a pay raise after completing just one year of a 4-year contract with the Eagles. Of course what would a sideshow be without clowns? Bring in Owens’ agent Drew Rosenhaus with his infamous tell-all press conference (that didn’t really tell us anything) in front of Owens’ estate. Rosenhaus exalts “Next Question” as he exits stage left.

After the Eagles overtures to other owners around the league, no one wanted to open their venue to the traveling sideshow, so Philly decided to just toss the sideshow out the door. Just days later Owens was contacted by one Mr. Jerry Jones about bringing his traveling sideshow to Dallas, Owens gladly agreed. The sideshow produced its greatest performance a couple of weeks ago with an alleged suicide attempt by the ringmaster of the show, Terrell Owens. What’s next?

I can see it now on Sportscenter: “Today on the show, Terrell Owens defecated. Bill Parcells told reporters that it smelled funny. Fact or Fiction: The unearthly smell of Terrell Owens’ fecal matter is cause for concern for the Cowboys this weekend in Philadelphia.”

When does this disgraceful traveling sideshow stop? The answer is simple. It doesn’t. Terrell Owens is like that guy who keeps cheating on his girlfriend. He keeps apologizing but continues to do it. But she keeps taking him back because he’s young, rich and good-looking. Regardless of how great a player Owens is, his continued off-field antics have turned him into the scourge of the NFL. So, Terrell Owens is officially the first player to get his own wing in the Dawg Pound. How else would he be able fit his entire traveling freak-show in there?