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We find it amusing that people are trying to come up with alternate excuses why Terrell Owens was suspended by the Eagles — fight with Hugh Douglas, frustration over the Eagles not recognizing his 100th touchdown, so on — when it's pretty clear, to us anyway, that his comment that Brett Favre would be undefeated as Eagles quarterback — which was ridiculous, by the way; only T.O. could say something good about Saint Favre and get ripped for it in the media — permanently ruined him in Philadelphia. We were trying to explain this whole issue to a non-sports-fan friend of ours this weekend, and we said that ripping your quarterback like that was the worst sin a player could make, and there was no way he could return after that. Our friend said, "Wait, ripping on a teammate is worse than a sex boat orgy party?" And in a weird way, it kind of is.
Anyway, we think it's pretty amazing that T.O.'s Eagles career was effectively ended by no less than 18-year-old journalist Graham Bensinger, a St. Louis-based wannabe talking head who, as you can tell from a note on his Web site, is already a little freaked out that he caused so much trouble. Bensinger is most well-known for his O.J. Simpson interview, where his reportial stylings forced O.J. to admit that he had not killed his wife. And now, because of an apparently creatively cut video interview with Terrell Owens, Bensinger might have ended Terrell Owens' Eagles career ... and maybe the whole thing. It's enough to make us want to buy him a beer ... though, well, you know.
GrahamNotes [The GB Show]
T.O. Just Nukes 'Em All [Deadspin]
(Note: We actually like Bensinger and don't think he's some cute little puppy reporter playing dressup, at least not any more than, say, Jim Lampley. The kid seems pretty legit; this is why we mock him, of course. It means he's arrived!)
Comments
Does this really surpise anyone, it can't be the worst thing this guy has said. If I hear about stupid TO and this stupid suspension one more time... Ugh, it totally ruined Sports Center this weekend. Someone please get TO a publicist ASAP
He doesn't need a publicist. He needs Lithium. Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker was on last night and he says it perfectly with this..."What ever happened to crazy? Did crazy get taken out of the dictionary?"
Here's an idea: To reward the 18 year old Bensinger, let's book him a date with Panthers cheerleader, Renee Thomas. Her profile says she is a freshman in college. Seems like a good match to me.
The saddest thing is that the kid has apparently interviewed TO a bunch of times. Like, TO actually is happy to go on record with him. Though I guess since TO would be happy doing an interview with a potted plant, that's less meaningful than I originally thought. Never mind.
Hey, now I'm looking forward to the Bensinger version of "Almost Famous"... with Renee Thomas as Penny Lane?
Dude, let's get him a date with the Tampa Bay cheerleaders. Just saying, might be more fun.
Dammit. I stupid. You should really allow us to delete our comments where we mess up cheerleaders teams and stuff.
Is this kid available to interview some other sports morons who's careers I'd love to see ended as well??? Lets see..... OJ - check, TO - check, who's next? Michael Irvin (and yeah I'm a Cowboy fan but I hate him on TV)??? Bud Selig??? Latrell Sprewell??? I'd fund this!
We need this guy to interview John Rocker. Just imagine what he'd say!
It bothers me that this kid is freaked out about the results of the interview. He should rest easy. The interview didn't get T.O. suspended; T.O.'s idiocy took care of that all by itself. Bensinger just asked the right questions. Isn't that what journalism is all about? Asking the tough questions and getting controversial responses?
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