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The Associated Press: Bengals' WR Chad Johnson now Ocho Cinco
Bengals' WR Chad Johnson now Ocho Cinco By JOE KAY 19 hours ago CINCINNATI (AP) Call him Ocho Cinco on the field, too. The National Football League decided on Thursday to recognize receiver Chad Johnson's legal name change to Chad Ocho Cinco. The new name will be on the back of his Cincinnati Bengals uniform for the season opener in Baltimore on Sunday. The receiver had his name changed in ...
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MVN Outsider — ... Chad Ocho Cinco gets his wish. With his legal name change, the NFL will allow Chad to put his alter ego on his jersey, just like Batman. “ ...

Ocho Cinco thinks team first
We Suck at Sports — ... So, what could be a more team-centric action that emphasizing the back of your jersey? Nothing. Enter Chad Ocho Cinco. It's been rumored that he was changing his last name so that he can finally and legally according to NFL regulations put "eight five" as the moniker on jersey-name-area. He was already fined once by the No Fun League and Herr Goodell for having it on there instead of "Johnson" even though it was merely a ripoff. ...

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