Most remember Ms. Etheredge from her famous "There are 25 million reasons for Terrell to be alive" comment from her press conference after Owens' supposed suicide attempt last September. The comment somehow made Owens look worse, and man, that's tough to do. We remember Etheredge mostly for the ethical dilemma she faced when she found Owens "overdosing" on pain pills; it reminded us that being a publicist is sometimes the exact opposite of being a human being.

Either way, Owens canned her yesterday, and all told ... it would pretty tough to debate that decision. As we said the day of Owens' "suicide attempt:" "If [the overdose] really was just an allergic reaction, and the only reason anybody is saying 'depression' and 'suicide' is because she told the police that ... heavens, there has never, ever been a worse publicist than Kim Etheredge." We still think Owens tried to commit suicide — it's the most logical conclusion from the facts — but we still think there might have never been a worse publicist than Kim Etheredge.

Though we did find this quote from Pegasus News amusingly offensive: "I bet you could find 5.15 reasons to hire Kim Etheredge."

Kim Etheredge Fired [WBRS Sports Blog]
The Human Being Vs. The Publicist [Deadspin]

Strangely, insanely, yeah, it kind of is. Owens is back to "questionable" for the game against Tennessee on Tuesday, he's talking mostly about his hand and everyone seems to have moved onto the Cardinals' collapse as the big story in sports. This, only two days after every news outlet in the country was running breaking news based off a perfectly valid police report.

It's worth noting that the police's downgrading of the incident was not an admission of any kind of mistake by the police; far from it, in fact. But it's clear that Winston Wolf and the cleanup crew is in full force, so quickly after an incident that's always going to be shrouded in mystery and doubt.

Remember that trainer who went off message yesterday and expressed his sincere concern for Owens' well being? Well, Owens fired him yesterday. And all is clean, and it's time to focus on the field boys, and jeez, what was all the fuss about anyway?

Etheredge 9-1-1 Call [Fort Worth Star Telegram]
Owens Fires Trainer [Cowboys Plus]

And we don't understand it, because there's still every reason to be skeptical of the statements from both Owens and his publicist Kim Etheredge yesterday. Whether or not it was a misunderstanding or an actual suicide attempt, the evidence continues to mount that the "allergic reaction" theory is specious, at best.

In addition to the public report that plainly states that Etheredge was hollering about depression and suicide, there's now word that Owens had been actively distraught in recent days. Why? Well, his fiancee broke up with him this week. No, seriously: She really did.

"That's been coming on forever," [the trainer] said of the breakup. "She's not a bad girl. She's cool, she's fine. He said, 'Can I take a break from the engagement?' And she said, 'No, let's just put a stop to it.' And that was a complete surprise to Terrell."

To be fair, the trainer says he doesn't believe Owens tried to kill himself. But, uh ... why is no one talking about this? That certainly seems like something worth bringing up, right?

That said, if Owens did actually try to kill himself, we hope his suicide note looked like this.

Trainer: Owens Had Issues With Son, Fiancee [The Fanhouse]
Terrell Owens Suicide Note [College Humor]
The Human Being Vs. The Publicist [Deadspin]

(UPDATE: How amused are we by the Dallas Police Association's response to Etheredge? Here it is:

"The officers reacted because they were called to this location to do this job. Now they're being put under a microscope by some fancy little football person. Give me a break. Those officers are 10 times better than this man."

Fancy little football person! Ah, Texas.)