Philadelphia eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, stepped in front of a battery of cameras last week, intent on repairing the player's shattered relationship with his team. "I'm a fighter. I've always been, and I'll always be," said Owens. "I fight for what I think is right. In doing so, I alienated a lot of my fans and my teammates." Owens, arguably the best receiver in football, had spent much of the season attacking the play of the Eagles' star quarterback, Donovan McNabb, and dissing management for refusing to redo the seven-year, $49 million contract that Owens signed last year. The fed-up Eagles effec-tively fired him, so Owens was speaking to the media, trying to apologize his way back.
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