Terrell Owens, One Hell of a Model American, Kicks it While ESPN Reporter Does Not Die

Asking the average American "What would Terrell Owens do if he saw a person get hit by a car?" might, I suppose, elicit some sort of response similar to "run", "leave", "end zone dance". Which seems odd, because we have no specific information that TO is a horrible person. Just a little crazy.

Sot it's reassuring that after watching ESPN reporter Sam Alipour faceplant in the windshield of a moving vehicle, the Cowboys wide receiver was polite enough to hang out and make sure he was alright.

Terrell Owens was standing over me. I'm told he was the first do-gooder on the scene of the accident. That he helped me to my feet and off the street to safe ground. That he didn't leave my side. It seems the mercurial Dallas Cowboys receiver is my hero. But my hero looks scared, and this scares me.

"Wow, you all right, man?" Owens kept asking me, but in a manner that would suggest there is no possible way that I, in fact, could be all right. "Don't move. Just sit there. Breathe. Don't move."

It's now that I noticed the car's jacked windshield, which sports a hole the size of, well, my upper torso.

[...]"That was crazy. Crazy," Owens confirmed. "You all right, man?"

Alpiour also says that after dealing with the medics, he looked around and TO had melted into the sweet, dark night, a hero borne out of a more honorable time, clearly unconcerned with the self-celebration that comes with doing something positive for society.

Now, mid-street-pushup jokes aside (I just refuse to make them, I'm too noble), whether or not I actually buy that Owens is going to behave this way for the duration of an NFL season or in any given social situation is a whole different ballgame.

Still, it's pretty fascinating to hear a story that actually paints TO in a positive light. Maybe Pacman Adam Jones really is a calming and maturing influence.