As we all know, singer/actress Jessica Simpson has been dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo since last fall, and he hasn’t been playing well since.  I absolutely love the nickname the Cowboy's fans have given her – “Yoko Romo” in comparison to Yoko Ono who many Beatles fans blame for ruining John Lennon.  I thought of a few other nicknames they could use:

• “Booby Brown” in comparison to Bobby Brown, who many blame for the downfall of his wife Whitney Houston. 

• “J-Simp” in comparison to K-Fed, the ex-husband who many blame for Britney Spears’ spiral downward.

• “Complete Duh-erty” in comparison to Pete Doherty, model Kate Moss’ boyfriend who receives blame for Kate’s recent drug use.

• “Oh, J. Simpson” in comparison to O.J. Simpson, who obviously contributed to Nicole Brown’s downfall.

I dated a CFL football player once. His break up excuse was because "a girlfriend is too much of a distraction - I need to focus on football".

Lame. But anyways, it sounds like country singer Carrie Underwood heard the same words from Dallas Cowboy QB Tony Romo. In this week's Entertainment Weekly with Carrie on the cover, she says about Romo, "...point blank, he is all about football. I don't know if it's that I'm not quite his type or whatever, but I don't think he's at the point in his life where he would be willing to sacrifice football. He hated so much that people thought that he was paying more attention to me and that was causing him to not do well."

What is with that? Carrie could manage to juggle a fast-paced, pressured career in music, but Tony can't handle a relationship and his job at the same time? Maybe it's that multi-tasking thing - aren't women supposed to be better
at juggling more than one thing at once? According to this Wall Street Journal article, a 2003 survey by political scientists at Rutgers University found three-quarters of women think women are better at multitasking than men and one-third of men agreed.

Cowboys opponents should take that cue. If they want to find Romo's weakness, they should figure out how to distract him with something off the field. Find some girl to come forward and claim her child is Romo's or something...that would do it!

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An MSNBC article this week said that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo might be dating actress and singer Jessica Simpson.  Romo said his ex-girlfriend broke up with him just hours before he took over the reins of the team from Drew Bledsoe and he later revealed having a crush on actress and singer Jessica Simpson.  Simpson's representatives supposedly heard the rumor and got in touch with Romo's people and set up a date. The couple are now rumored to be an item.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens was asked about the couple on his radio show and Owens joked that maybe he and Romo can double-date with Jessica and Ashlee.

And the rumours that Romo gave Jessica's dad tickets to the game in Arizona?

“No comment,” he said, smiling again and turning away from cameras, claiming he had to hurry off to a meeting.

You can even bet on it.  The odds of the pair becoming an item by the end of the year is said to be 3:2.

How fitting that the leader of the Dallas Cowboys may be dating someone who could easily be mistaken for one of the infamous Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.   I do love Jess, but she's got the stereotypical cheerleader perky yet somewhat ditzy personality, bleached blond hair, endowment in the chest area, and orange-tanned skin, doesn't she?

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I think at the very least, the two should pair up for Tony Roma's advertisements.  Heck, Jess is already doing fast-food ads and Tony just needs an 'a' on the end of his name to share a namesake with the brand.

The Dallas Cowboys were down 14-0 in Sunday's game against the Panthers when QB Tony Romo and the crew dropped 35 straight points and put the beat down on the Panthers. T.O. even had his first 100 yard game as a Cowboy. And the usually bristly coach Bill Parcells started kissing his players left and right.

He kissed Keith Davis on the sidelines.

He kissed Keyshawn Johnson after the game.

He appeared to have even given Terrell Owens (who he has had very little prior interaction) a kiss.

When we think of football, we think of dirty, grunting, testosterone-filled, chest-thumping men.  But this season, we've gotten a glimpse into the softer side of the NFL - men kissing one another.  The smooching that happened on the sidelines on Sunday isn't the only player-coach action noted this year.  In the Steelers' season opener win over the Dolphins, linebacker Joey Porter kissed coach Bill Cowher on the cheek (see photo above).

What's with the 'man love'?  Let's face it, most heterosexual men are afraid they'll be perceived as homosexual if they show their pals a little affection.  So why are men more comfortable kissing one another on the field rather than every day life?  Professor Mark Morman at Baylor University in Waco Texas has dedicated part of his career to studying the male hug.  In a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article, he says the more 'emotionally charged' the environment, the more freedom men feel to show affection for one another.  He says that in the office there is not a lot of emotion so hugging remains taboo.  But at a wedding or a funeral, or on a battlefield or basketball court, men have hugged without hesitation for many years. 

Grand Rapids psychologist Randy Flood, who specializes in men's issues says in this article that athletes can get away with showing affection because nobody will question their masculinity.  They have power and are seen as tough guys, the pinnacle of masculinity.

Those sound like good theories for the reasons behind the sideline affection.  It's either that or somebody's been spikin' their gatorade - we've all witnessed the touchy-feely effects of booze on guys.  Although... if they were on the piss, I imagine it would have looked more like this: Parcells stumbling around the sidelines, hugging all his players, and telling them in slurring words, "I love you, man" while all the sloshy players responded, "No, man, I love YOU."

Before you read this, check out this Terrell Owens timeline since joining the Dallas Cowboys.

Here's what Fox Sports said about the T.O. news:

Dallas Cowboys receiver Terell Owens overdosed on pain medication Tuesday night, according to a police report.

The report says Owens even put two more pills into his mouth after fire rescue personnel arrived.

The Dallas police report released Wednesday morning said Owens told rescue workers "that he was depressed." The report was first released by WFAA-TV.

The rescue worker "noticed that (his) prescription pain medication was empty and observed (Owens) putting two pills in his mouth," the police report said. Local FOX affiliate KDFW confirmed from the police report that paramedics found an empty pain medication bottle in Owens' home.

The worker attempted to pry them out with her fingers, then was told by Owens that before this incident he'd taken only five of the 40 pain pills in the bottle he'd emptied. The worker then asked Owens "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time (he) stated, 'Yes."'

This morning, Owens' publicist has vehemently denied that he intentionally tried to harm himself Tuesday night.  And T.O. himself is supposed to speak to the press later today.  What ridiculous comment or excuse is he going to make this time?  We have a few ideas:

• "I thought I was eating Pez.  I love my Dallas Cowboys Pez dispenser."
  
• "I didn't write my own autobiography and I didn't commit my own suicide either.  It was somebody else."
• "Something happened during the surgery on my finger and now it has a mind of its own.  It forced those pills down my throat."
• "It's my hamstring again."
• "Ya, well, at least I'm not a homosexual like Jeff Garcia." (If you didn't know, he insinuated Garcia was gay in a 2003 Playboy interview.)

Terrell Owens says he just overslept, and that was why he was late for work and got fined last week by the Dallas Cowboys.  Wonder if his dog ate his playbook too? 

Terrell Owens has finally pushed the Dallas Cowboys too far, drawing a $9,500 fine for missing a team meeting and a rehabilitation session and being late to an offensive meeting.  Ah-ha!  Maybe that is Coach Bill Parcells' plan - make signing TO less of a mistake by getting some of that $25 million they spent on him back.