Terrell Owens can give mixed signals to the media more often than a 15-year-old high school cheerleader can to her classmate after she winks at him in class then ignores him in the hallway later that day.

Exhibit A. Exhibit B.

After the ESPY awards were filmed on Thursday night, sportswriter Sam Alipour was hit by a car, screwing up the windshield and everything. Pretty Hollywood, actually. The writer took advantage of the situation and got an ESPN.com column out of it, enlightening the public about the fact that, once again, T.O. was a mystery to the media.

First the receiver helped the writer and stuck around until he could get medical attention. But when Alipour went to thank his “hero,” T.O. had bounced, most likely to Justin Timberlake’s late-night party. And can you really question him after knowing what he’s been like to the media in the past?

 T.O. wasn’t your hero, dude. He was just as curious as the bum that asked you for change. He may have been a very nice person, but “hero” is too strong of a word.

T.O.’s the pretty cheerleader who winked at you and got your hopes up. Everyone saw it, too. Then he ignored you in the hallway, leaving you high and dry. You should probably get a new hero.