Is Bengals' Johnson returning? 'Of course I am'

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"I Just Don't Give a F*$% Anymore": Words Bungles Fans and Mgmt Must Love to Hear
Published 6/3/2008 by Cecilio's Scribe (noreply@blogger.com) at The Legend of Cecilio Guante
... ESPN.com today features a story on disgruntled/enigmatic/hilarious/divisive Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson. In teasing the piece, the front page title link reads: Is Bengals' Johnson returning? 'Of course I am.' The quote was pulled from the following exchange as cited in the piece. ...

Money talks loudest
Published 6/3/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Our colleagues at ESPN The Magazine recently caught up with the embattled receiver at his home in Davie, Fla. Among other things, Johnson said in the story that he plans to report to Cincinnati's mandatory minicamp on June 12 and that everyone will see "the reinvention of Ocho Cinco." ...

Good (?) News out of Cincinnati today
Published 6/3/2008 by TGC at A Pudge is a Sandwich
... to a report on the WWL.  Good news for Bengal fans? You decide.  Here’s the depiction straight from the horse(racer’s) mouth. “It’s the reinvention of Ocho Cinco,” he says. “I’m dead serious. People need to take me as I am because I just don’t give a [expletive] anymore. That’s how I’d sum up my attitude for the next season.” Awesome. [WWL] ...

I may be crazy but Im not stupid.
Published 6/3/2008 by Billy Krumb at Clubhouse Cancer
... Cincinnati Bengals Clubhouse Cancer wide receiver Chad Johnson has apparently ceased his quasi-demands for a trade and announced he will return to the Bengals, perhaps as early as next week. ...

We Respectfully Disagree, Chad Johnson
Published 6/3/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... “I told my coaches I’m going to California to act, but the truth is I may come back to the Bengals as early as June,” [Chad] Johnson said. “I may be crazy but I’m not stupid.” ...

Chad Johnson Not As Dumb As You May Think
Published 6/3/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
When the whole Chad Johnson Is Leaving The Bengals Thing happened, I figured he was for sure not going to be in a Cincinnati uniform next year. Then no trades happened. Then they vetoed a trade with the Redskins that would have given Cincinnati a first round pick. Then, before you know it, every time that would have been optimal to trade Johnson. . . well, those times had passed. And now, realizing he’s not completely stupid, he’s decided he’ll return to the Bengals to collect his paycheck. “If we want to be like ...

Chad Johnson Says He’ll Return to Bengals
Published 6/4/2008 by David Kindervater at EMQB NFL Blogcast
... pretty funny. Chad Johnson will probably be very difficult to deal with this season. I think he’ll be a cancer in the Bengals locker room. And I think the team will suffer as a result of forcing him to play for them. The only reason he’s returning to Cincinnati is because he would get his rear end fined so bad he’d be broke by the end of the season. So, he’s coming back. And it will be fun to watch Chad make a spectacle of himself in the process. Source: ESPN, Photo: Newscom Tags: chad-johnson, Cincinnati Bengals, ...

Chad Johnson To Return For Mini-Camp
Published 6/4/2008 by Chris Maier at The Bengal Blitz
...  ”Am I coming back? Of course I am….I told my coaches I’m going to California to act, but the truth is I may come back to the Bengals as early as June…I may be crazy but I’m not stupid……It’s the reinvention of Ocho Cinco, I’m dead serious. People need to take me as I am because I just don’t give a [expletive] anymore. That’s how I’d sum up my attitude for the next season.” (ESPN.com) ...

Wednesday Walk Around The League
Published 6/4/2008 by jrs1940 at Big Blue View: Front Page Posts
... Happy Hump Day Everyone, here are some stories making news around the NFL today. After 31 years on HBO, Inside the NFL is moving to rival Showtime. Dolphins coach Tony Sparano woke up this morning and realized he still wants Jason Taylor as a Dolphin. Peyton Manning's "Idiot Kicker" has returned to his roots in the CFL. Chad Johnson says he will return to the Bengals shortly. Former Giant George Martin has reached Yuma, Arizona in his Journey for 9-11. ...

Football Smatterings
Published 6/4/2008 at End Zone Buzz
... - Chad Johnson got his bluff called, and says he'll be returning. Frankly, his act is starting to wear awfully thin. It was funny at first, but now it's just annoying. (ESPN.com) ...

Great, Now There’s An Off-Broadway Show About Our Failure
Published 6/5/2008 by Dave at The ADD Show - Aaron and Dave Discuss
As the old adage goes, if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Well to be perfectly honest I could think of many people. I could laugh at fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins for losing the Stanley Cup. I could laugh at Chad Johnson’s bipolar disorder. The wide receiver will now apparently show up to Bengals camp although ...

"Ocho Cinco" adds confusion
Published 6/5/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Not long after ESPN The Magazine published the Cincinnati Bengals receiver's comments that he will rejoin the team, Johnson is spinning the declaration, saying his options are still open and ...

Ocho Cinco Shows Up, Sits Out With “Sore Back”
Published 6/13/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Frankly, we’re getting tired of Ocho Cinco’s oddball antics. So, here’s the Cliff Notes version of what’s been going on with the brooding Bengal: Chad’s unhappy in Cincy and wants a trade. The Bengals say no. Chad threatens to sit out the season. The Bengals dare him. Chad tells ESPN THE MAGAZINE he’ll show up at the Bengals’s mini-camp, after all (rather than pay hefty fines). Chad shows up. Chad gets a physical. The Bengals say he’s healthy. Chad says he had a sore back and sits out the morning practice. Chad runs a few plays in the afternoon practice, then sits out again. ...