Archives for May 20, 2009

‘”It’s a case of mistaken identity,” Brett J. Tessler told The Buffalo News. “I don’t know who it was, but it sure as hell wasn’t Corey McIntyre.”‘

‘Whitner said Monday that a videotape of the incident was uncovered recently that helped his case.’

‘While an estimated 200 people made it to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport around midnight to greet Owens, that isn’t exactly a huge throng. About the same size crowd attended an outdoor VH1 news conference Monday that lasted all of seven minutes, seemed more like a photo op than news and played like a bad joke. Why did TV news go overboard in covering the events?’

‘”I thought people know who T. O. is, but they don’t really get a chance to look inside Terrell Owens,” said Williams, who with Jackson runs a marketing and public relations firm called Team Image. “And if you get a chance to see who he is, he’s likable, he’s lovable. Unfortunately, with all the background media and the archive of sound bites, it’s kind of hard to assume that this person has more to him than what you see on ESPN.”‘

‘”I have to,” he said. “Like you just said, I better. There’s no secondary draft, and I don’t know how many left tackles are out there in free agency, but I highly doubt that we’ll pick somebody else up. So I’m what you’ve got.”‘

‘"I feel like I’ve been productive," said Kelsay, who in the past two years has played in 30 of Buffalo’s 32 games and made 156 tackles (16 for losses of yardage), one interception and batted down eight passes.’

‘Next up was a tour of New Era downtown, which was enjoyed by the players. Why? Well, because they each got 12 free hats of their alma maters.’

‘On returning kicks and its effect on his body: It’s a long season. Our bodies feel about the same at the end of the season. Each game, your body is taking a pounding. By the time you get to game 16, it just feels like you’ve been in a car wreck. But I wish I could go back there and do one or two. Hopefully (Leodis McKelvin) will sprain his pinkie toe or something so I can get out there and get one for him. But he’s done a tremendous job. I had my time doing it and it was great while it lasted, but it’s time for somebody else to do it.’

‘After taking part in the Bills’ voluntary minicamp practice earlier in the day, Owens pulled up at a new complex overlooking the city’s inner harbor, where a real estate agent waited at the front door. Also on hand were a few contractors and landscapers, who recognized the receiver and immediately began snapping pictures with their cell phones and chanting “T.O.!”‘