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Terrell Owens

What do a sharpie marker and a football have in common? Until the 2002-2003 NFL season, nothing. That all changed when Terrell Owens scored a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks, pulled a sharpie out of his sock, signed the ball he had just caught, and proceeded to give it to a friend in the stands. Hello, my name is Joseph Lombardi and today I will talk to you about Terrell Owens. Terrell is an NFL player who came from a sheltered childhood, only to rise to stardom and become what many consider, one of the NFL’s most notorious players. Today I will speak to you about Terrell Owens’ childhood and his rise to the NFL, his attitude towards football, and the celebratory stunts that have made him famous.

Born Terrell Eldorado Owens on December 7th, 1973, Owens spent most of his childhood living with his grandmother in Alexander City, Alabama. His grandmother never allowed him to leave the front yard, play football or even ride a bicycle. He is not, however, upset that his grandmother enacted these rules on him. To him, it was his grandmother’s way of keeping him out of trouble. Terrell graduated from Benjamin Russell High School, after lettering twelve times in four sports, including four in each of Football and T

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