MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER, VINDICATION

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Former Bengal: Ocho Cinco 'Hit Marvin in the Eye'
Published 3/7/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... , who played for the Bengals from 2004-2006 before joining the Browns in 2007, openly talks about Johnson attacking coaches in the locker room: Is it wrong that this story makes me love Ocho Cinco even more? (HT: Pro Football Talk )

Chad Johnson Punched Coach Marvin Lewis In The Eye
Published 3/7/2008 by Chuck at Sportaphile
... to 5:20 in the video to hear shaun tell the story Smith then alluded to the fact that the team was falling apart due to Chad receiving special treatment (like not being suspended for chin checking staff members). Do you think the Bengals will now be more inclined to trade Chad since this incident is now public knowledge? Up until now, the organization has always denied it ever happened. [source Pro Football Talk] ...

03/07 Morning Minute: That Stings
Published 3/7/2008 by Scott at WaitingForNextYear
... count as it followed a foul on Luol Deng. But it was enough to get the crowd on their feet, and it was about that time in the game where you could see the Cavaliers simply deflate. Call it the second of a back-to-back on the road. Call it simply another game where the team came out absolutely flat in the second half. Whichever way you look at it, all it took was an ugly 12-minute period to put the “L” in the books. In the rest of the world… Browns fans will be very intrigued by this piece over at PFT. Former Bengal, and current Brown, Shaun Smith goes on record to discuss ...

Shaun Smith talks about Chad Johnson fight -- why?
Published 3/7/2008 by Kirkendall <info@cincyjungle.com> at Cincy Jungle: Front Page Posts
... PFT threw up a video of Shaun Smith (yea, Shaun Smith) detailing the "fight" at half-time between the Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005's Wild Card game. The video has since been removed -- I missed it too. ...

Ex-Bengal: Johnson Punched Lewis In ‘05 Playoffs
Published 3/7/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... via PRO FOOTBALL TALK punches up news that Cincy receiver Chad Johnson ruined Marvin Lewis’ only playoff appearance by taking a swing at the coach during halftime. Current Browns DT Shaun Smith made the revelation during a talk with the Central Maryland Browns Backers (apparently ...

Breaking News—OCHO CINCO HIT COACH LEWIS
Published 3/7/2008 by David at Stripe Hype | A Blog For Cincinnati Fans
... took a swing at him, hitting Coach Lewis just below the eye. In a YouTube video posted only 3 days ago, you can see Smith talking abou t it. Oddly, YouTube pulled the video late last night from publication. Did the NFL get YouTube to pull the video? I have included links here to other sites showing the story, but you cannot get to the YouTube hosted video. I am in search of other places that may have the video of Shaun Smith talking about the incident and will post it here if found. http://beta.profootballtalk.com/2008/03/06/more-than-two-years-later-vindication/ ...

Former Bengal: Chad Johnson punched Marvin Lewis in the eye
Published 3/7/2008 at Shutdown Corner
... , currently a defensive tackle with the Browns, and former occupant of the same position with the Bengals, says that the punch did happen. ...

Sometimes You Can Believe Everything You Read
Published 3/9/2008 by Jason Cohen at Can't Stop The Bleeding
ProFootballTalk.com revels in the belated firsthand secondary confirmation of the Chad Johnson halftime fistfight story. We made one of our biggest stirs ever with this blurb from the evening of January 9, 2006: “A league source tells us that multiple members of the Cincinnati Bengals witnessed a troubling incident as the team prepared to take the field for the second half of Sunday’s playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Per the source, the last few minutes of intermission were ticking away, when ...