Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday that getting rid of Terrell Owens was necessary to save his team. “In the aftermath of the season, we talked about change,” Jones said in a statement. “Some of what is changing involves the process and some of it involves people. This is a decision that was made based upon consideration for an entire team. We will move on now with a new team – a new attitude – and into a new stadium. The evaluation process and the prospect for change will continue at every level of the organization.” Even though there have been rumblings about waiving Owens for some time, the outspoken, controversial wideout told teammate and fellow wide receiver Sam Hurd that he was “more shocked than angry” when he heard of Jones’ decision. “He didn’t give me an explanation. He just said, ‘Wow,’” Hurd said Thursday. “I really didn’t believe that he seen that coming. … He said it’s tough, but it’s a business.” Few receivers have more catches, yards and touchdowns than Owens. His 38 touchdowns over the past three years are tops. But in the end, it was the dissention that he generated among his teammates at each of his three NFL squads that was his undoing.

Cowboys player returns to Dallas from rehab. Trouble-prone NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones is awaiting a ruling about his reinstatement after completing alcohol rehab. Jones, who was only allowed back into the league this year after a lengthy misconduct suspension, was sat down again after a recent alcohol-related confrontation with his bodyguard at a hotel. League commissioner Roger Goodell issued the discipline both times, allowing Jones to play again after a trade to Dallas from Tennessee. Goodell said he’d review Jones’ eligibility to re-join Dallas after four games, which concluded Sunday in the Cowboys contest versus Washington.

Cowboys star credited with attending to pedestrian
Terrell Owens is being called a hero as word spreads about his quick action at the scene of an accident last week. Owens had attended the ESPY awards and was reportedly walking with his bodyguard as the after-parties lit up Hollywood, when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. Witnesses say Owens helped the victim, who’d partially crashed through the car’s windshield, to his feet and out of the street. T.O. reportedly stayed with the man, a sports columnist, until emergency workers arrived. The pedestrian made a full recovery from is injuries.

N.Y. Giants trade an upset Shockey
The New York Giants trade disgruntled tight end Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of draft picks. Does the trade elevate New Orleans to the top of the NFC South? Playa Haters has the details.