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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY WEDNESDAY:
MLB: Red Sox at Blue Jays, 7:07 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
MLS: Revolution at Union, 8 p.m. (CSNNE)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Terrell Owens has some advice for Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson: Sit out Week 1. Jackson, making $600,000 in the final year of his rookie deal, was late in reporting to Eagles camp because he wants a new deal, but he has been with the team since early August. Said Owens: “I guarantee you, if he goes out and gets hurt, God forbid, he’s not going to get the contract that he probably would have gotten if he held out.”

That said, Owens acknowledged that he might have been too aggressive in seeking more money when he played in Philadelphia. “I probably would have handled it in a more professional way,” Owens said.  “I still stand by the fact that I never tried to do anything out of the norm to tarnish my relationship with the Eagles.  My agent tried to do the necessary things to try and do things behind closed doors to ensure I got a good contract at that time.”

Both players are represented by Drew Rosenhaus. The 36-year-old Owens, who played for the Bengals last season, is unsigned. He said he would welcome a return to the Eagles.

♦ Jaguars linebacker Mike Lockley was fined $20,000 for his hit on Patriots receiver Taylor Price in the teams’ first preseason game. Lockley later was cut, cleared waivers and was signed to the team’s practice squad. He now makes only $5,700 per week, so the league is deducting $2,500 from each paycheck until the penalty is paid. Lockley is appealing the fine.

♦ With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 four days away, former Jets players are recalling with pride how they refused to play the weekend after the tragedy, despite then-commissioner Paul Tagliabue‘s request that they continue the season without interruption. Native New Yorker Vinny Testaverde told teammates at a team meeting that there was no way he was flying to Oakland for a game against the Raiders, and the team backed him up with a unanimous vote against playing.

♦ Alan Moore hopes to become the oldest player in college football history. The 61-year-old who left junior college in 1968 to go to Vietnam is a kicker at NAIA Faulkner University in Alabama. Sporting News columnist David Whitley has Moore’s story.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: Sept. 7, 1950, marked the major league debut of which outfielder who would go on to have a movie made about him?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I love [Randy Moss]. He’s a great friend of mine. If he ever did have the opportunity to come back, I’d certainly welcome him with open arms.” — Tom Brady, on Tuesday’s Dennis & Callahan show

STAT OF THE DAY: 4-0 — Jon Lester‘s record in his last six starts against the Blue Jays, including Tuesday night’s 14-0 victory

‘NET RESULTS: Harvard product Jeremy Lin, now preparing for his second NBA season with the Warriors, teaches a friend some basketball basics.

From the Ludacris Celebrity All-Star Game, Kevin Durant converts an alley-oop from Brandon Jennings.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Jimmy Piersall

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Buddy Holly, who died in 1959, was born on this day in 1936.

One Comments for “Wednesday’s Morning Mashup: Terrell Owens encourages Eagles WR DeSean Jackson to hold out”

1. Idalia Says:
   September 14th, 2011 at 3:48 am

   Infmoraotin is power and now I’m a !@#$ing dictator.

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