American Football: Cowboys let Owens go

Wide receiver Terrell Owens was released by the Dallas Cowboys this morning, ending a three-year run that produced as many big headlines as big plays.

Owens caught more touchdown passes than any NFL receiver over the last three years and was a big part of Tony Romo's emergence from an unknown backup to a starlet-dating Pro Bowl quarterback with a US$67 million contract.

Yet the Cowboys never won a playoff game with Owens, and didn't even make the playoffs last season. Months after Dallas' late-season collapse, owner Jerry Jones decided a new attitude was needed.

Owens was never far from the headlines. His first season with Dallas included an accidental overdose that police initially called a possible "suicide attempt".

- AP