Terrell Owens

TERRELL OWENS isn't playing football at the moment. But the former Eagles wide receiver may be keeping busy playing with himself.   On Tuesday we spoke with a woman who showed us several photos of Owens she says were taken via video chat service Skype while he apparently masturbated in front of her. The woman, who is 27 and asked not to be identified, spent Tuesday trying to sell the photos to TMZ and other celebrity media outlets....

Terrell Owens is in his second season playing for the Dallas Cowboys, a team that sports a 12-1 record, has clinched the NFC East title and is the favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. He is two years removed from playing for the Eagles, a team that lies far below the Cowboys in the division, saddled with a 5-8 record and not likely to get a whiff of the playoffs. But reporters who crowded around a speaker phone yesterday at the Eagles' NovaCare Complex expecting the loquacious wide receiver to boast or gloat about his own good fortune and the problems of the team that dumped him had to be a little disappointed.

The debate ends tonight and, hopefully, one terrific show will take its place. A year ago, the first meeting between Randy Moss and Terrell Owens did not live up to the hype. Instead, it turned into a lopsided victory for Moss' Minnesota Vikings over Owens' San Francisco 49ers. Had it been a prizefight, T.O. would have lost by TKO. Moss pulled in eight catches for 172 yards and three touchdowns while Owens painfully watched from the sideline and lost control of his emotions.

So now the Eagles wait to see whether Terrell Owens will be set free. That's the only part they can play in the unfolding drama between the world's angriest wide receiver and the National Football League. The Baltimore Ravens acquired Owens from the San Francisco 49ers for a second-round pick Thursday, shortly after the Eagles believed they had negotiated a contract with the four-time Pro Bowl receiver. "At this point, the league has approved the trade and Terrell is property of another team," Eagles president Joe Banner said last night.

Jeff Garcia is so over it. At least the Cleveland Browns quarterback said he has moved past the dysfunctional, controversial relationship with his former teammate - and outspoken critic - Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens. The players' disputes generated headlines during their five seasons together with the San Francisco 49ers. Garcia called Owens a cancer in the locker room. Owens insinuated that Garcia is homosexual and frequently has characterized him as an inept quarterback.

There was no call to bring your popcorn so you can get full enjoyment out of the show he plans to put on. No loud, boastful comments. No prediction for the outcome of Monday night's game against the Eagles at Texas Stadium. There was none of that. Instead, a subdued, reasonable Terrell Owens sounded all grown up. Almost. It's because, sometimes, T.O. just can't help himself. On the matter of his relationship with quarterback Donovan McNabb during his year-plus time as an Eagle, Owens made it clear that it has not warmed.

This morning, the 2004 Eagles will come into public view for the first time on the practice fields at Lehigh University. The metal bleachers will be crammed, and the standing-room areas figure to be at least six or seven fans deep. Excitement over the start of all Eagles seasons in recent memory has been intense, but this year, it's off the charts. Defensive end Jevon Kearse and wide receiver Terrell Owens have arrived and given both the fans and the players reason to believe that the Eagles' NFC championship barrier will be hurdled and a Super Bowl title finally secured.

Take a poll of Eagles fans these days and you'd likely find overwhelming support for the movement to sign soon-to-be free-agent wide receiver Terrell Owens. That's the predictable byproduct when you get almost nothing from your wide receivers in a third straight NFC championship game loss. Even quarterback Donovan McNabb jumped on that bandwagon this week when he stopped by the Brown Convention Center and first suggested that it might be time to add some veteran faces to the offense, then told ESPN he'd likely share some meals and ideas with Owens when the two are in Hawaii next week for the Pro Bowl.

Marilyn Heard's main job this week wasn't monitoring the progress of her famous son Terrell Owens as he pushed himself to return from a severe ankle injury in time for tomorrow's Super Bowl. "I think my mom's main concern is going out to California to get my son so he can come see me," Owens said. Five-year-old Terique Owens will be among the wide receiver's family members at Alltel Stadium. That is exciting for the father. "He's seen me play a few times, but he's only 5," Terrell said.

Brad Childress said he and Terrell Owens do not need to hug and make up. "I don't have any hard feelings," the Eagles' offensive coordinator said yesterday. "So, no. I don't need an apology. " During training camp in Lehigh University, Owens told Childress not to speak to him unless he spoke to Childress first. The wide receiver also said that Childress antagonized him by repeatedly saying, "Hey, Terrell. " Childress said he and Owens have not spoken to each other since the receiver returned to the team's training facility on Wednesday after a weeklong exile.

AS OF YESTERDAY, Terrell Owens wanted to return to the NFL, or become a professional bowler. But check back tomorrow, the week's still young. Owens, who played for the Eagles for 2 years, but has been out of the league for 3, told Blindside.com that he recently worked out with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and that he would like to sign with the Patriots. "I think that's a no-brainer. You look at what they've done over the years. Under the tutelage of Tom and coach [Bill] Belichick, I think the sky would be the limit in terms of what I'd be able to do. " If the Patriots don't call, however, the 39-year-old Owens apparently has a backup plan.

On March 16, 2004, the Birds were the talk of the NFL after signing free-agent superstar receiver Terrell Owens. With the team coming off of three straight NFC Championship Game losses, his addition seemed to be the move that would put the Eagles over the top. That proved to be the case during the 2004 season, as Owens provided quarterback Donovan McNabb the top-shelf wideout he'd been lacking. The pair took the team to Super Bowl XXXIX, which ended in a loss to the New England Patriots.

IT BEGAN with the acquisition of Terrell Owens. It continued with the drafting and re-signing of receiver DeSean Jackson, the signing of cornerback Asante Samuel, the disloyalty to safety Brian Dawkins, the hiring of Jim Washburn. After spending his first 5 years building a foundation of players and coaches of concrete character and solid talent, Eagles coach and football operations czar Andy Reid allowed himself to hire a handful of low-character, high-output prima donnas. Argue the involvement of former vice president Joe Banner, owner Jeffrey Lurie and current general manager Howie Roseman all you like: Nothing happens unless Reid signs off on it. Reid sought out a handful of narcissists of the worst possible sort: Smart enough to stay out of jail and out of the papers; but narcissists who ultimately could not resist the pull of their selfishness.

AND THUS it ends for Terrell Owens. For anyone who has even remotely followed T.O's career and had dealings with him, can anyone be surprised at its Greek-tragedy finish? Owens was cut on Sunday by the Seattle Seahawks - which presumably means his NFL career is effectively over. The former Eagle, who had a dramatic, if short, stint in Philadelphia, did not play last season following surgery on his left knee. He was trying to make a comeback with Seattle. "I'm no longer a Seahawk," he tweeted.

Terrell Owens has outrun a lot of opponents in his day - cornerbacks, safeties, court-mandated child-support payments - but it may be time for him to admit that age is one fast dude. (It probably would be wise for him to admit the same about those child-support bills.) Owens, 38, was cut on Sunday by the Seattle Seahawks, less than three weeks after signing a one-year contract. He hasn't played in a regular-season game since Week 15 in 2010, with Cincinnati, and didn't even make it to Seattle's final round of cuts, which have to come before 9 p.m. Friday.

Less than three weeks before the start of the regular season, the NFL and its referees union are no closer to an agreement to end the lockout of the officials. As replacement officials work preseason games - and generally get criticized for their performances - the league and officials Thursday disputed such issues as full-time employees and adding officiating crews. The Cowboys visit the Giants on Sept. 5 to open the season. Not since 2001 has the NFL played games that count in the standings with replacement officials, and that was just for one week.

AS HE BOLTED off the line of scrimmage, Terrell Owens tried to "shock release" stout cornerback Brandon Browner by crashing into the defender, then disengaging and breaking into the open. Browner, who was a Pro Bowler last year for Seattle, wasn't having any of it. He refused to let Owens free and rode the pass catcher with the second-most receiving touchdowns in NFL history hard into the turf. Welcome back to the NFL, T.O. "I was just extra excited to be going up against him," Browner said.

Changes to the NFL's kickoff rules appeared to account for a slight decline in the number of concussions reported across the league last season. That's according to a new study of injury data provided by the NFL Players Association. Jesse David, senior vice president at Edgeworth Economics, said the number of concussions reported on kickoffs decreased by about 43 percent from 2010 to 2011. The resulting slight drop-off in the overall number of reported concussions reverses a trend toward more head injuries in recent years.

TERRELL OWENS isn't playing football at the moment. But the former Eagles wide receiver may be keeping busy playing with himself.   On Tuesday we spoke with a woman who showed us several photos of Owens she says were taken via video chat service Skype while he apparently masturbated in front of her. The woman, who is 27 and asked not to be identified, spent Tuesday trying to sell the photos to TMZ and other celebrity media outlets....

Terrell Owens faces off with three of his four baby-mamas on Tuesday's episode of "Dr. Phil" (4 p.m., CBS3). Women named Kimber, Monique and Melanie claim the former Eagles wide receiver is delinquent on child-support payments and has little to no relationship with their kids that he fathered. Owens tells Dr. Phil he squandered most of the $80 million he had been paid in the NFL and blamed his travel schedule and living in different cities from the kids as to why he can't see them.