In the here’s something I never thought I’d see category, Terrell Owens turned up at the Australian Open to support his boy Andy Roddick.
Owens and A-Rod met in Miami and became friends.“I’ve been following him since we became friends. And I was sitting at home last week in Atlanta on a Sunday, obviously late night watching him play in the championship game against [Radek] Stepanek [in Brisbane]. And I just said to myself, ‘I’m just going to go to Australia so I just took a random, spur of the moment trip,'” Owens told ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi. One tennis player T.O. won’t be seeing Down Under is A-Rod’s former, ahem, “friend,” Maria Sharapova. She was bounced in three sets in the first round by Maria Kirilenko. Apparently Sharpova hadn’t played a tour match since October, choosing to play exhibitions instead. Nice preparation, Maria. As for T.O., he was asked who he likes of the four teams left in the NFL playoffs. “It’s anybody’s game and I think Brett Favre is playing his best football right now,” he said. And would T.O. ever play Australian Rules Football, that crazy sport with no pads? “That’s a rugged, physical sport. Our football is violent as it is. But to do what they do without any pads, those guys are nuts,” he said. T.O. seemed amazed that the Rod Laver Stadium had a retractable roof that closed when it rained. Asked if he could play tennis, he said: “I think I would do OK…I’m athletic enough to make it happen but I do respect what they do. This is a very challenging game.” Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter.
