On The Air by Laura Nachman Bucks County Courier Times August 22, 2003 "It's NFL Players Gone Wild," on ESPN's new dramatic series "Playmakers," as players shoot up painkillers, take illegal drugs, and engage in three-way sex all before kickoff.   The weekly series is reminiscent of the Oliver Stone movie "Any Given Sunday."  The main characters are the win-at-all-cost head coach, a Brian Urlacher-type linebacker, who seeing a therapist a la Tony Soprano after paralyzing another player, the cocky young running back with a drug problem, played by Omar Gooding (the brother of Cuba Gooding Jr., who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an NFL player in "Jerry Maguire,") the aging running back, who is desperate to stay on the team, and the Troy Aikman-esque quarterback who is desperate (there's lots of desperation on this show) to stay healthy to keep his job on the field. The show does a good job exposing the other side of the NFL, including the eternal conflict of interest of team doctors' obligations to the owners happy and to keep their patients, the players happy.   It also shows the extremes that players go through to make sure they pass their random drug tests. While watching games in the comfort of our homes eating chips and dip, it is easy to forget the pain these players go through.  "Playmakers" drives home the point that football hurts and spends a great deal of time tackling the issues of staying healthy and winning.  There is a line in the show that says, "The average life expectancy of an American is 76 years old.  For an NFL player, it's 58-years-old."  Ouch! "Playmakers" debuts Tuesday at 9 p.m. on ESPN.  It has an 11-week season.  This is a dramatic series that is more realistic than the tons of reality series out there.  Hold the Anchovies ESPN2 debuts "Cold Pizza," a two-hour weekday morning show airing live from New York City from 7-9 a.m. on October 1, the day of the network's 10th anniversary.  "Cold Pizza." will feature lots of non-traditional sports show segments such as "Rumor Central," lifestyle features, gossip, and pop culture.  How about a "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" segment, where a professional player gets a makeover from the "Fab Five?" This is the show that Rich Eisen was scheduled to host, but after not being able to come to terms, Eisen left the ESPN networks for CBS and the NFL Network. A host has not been named yet. Ironically, it sounds like something that would be perfect for Jay Mohr, who was discarded by the network last year.  Mohr rebounded with this summer's mild hit "Last Comic Standing" on NBC.  Mohr has been getting lots of exposure lately since TNT has been playing "Jerry Maguire" round the clock.  Sharp-eyed viewers would notice that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has a cameo in the film.