Tuesday Reads

At what point does Chad Johnson qualify to play in the Special Olympics? I'm serious folks. Can someone find me the rules on this? Is it just for people with physical disabilities or can statuesque morons compete too? Chad Johnson showed up at mini-camp but failed to take part in it. He is still "disgruntled". Must be rough to have such rotten luck in life, Chad...

Acocrding to Jason Cole they need to do just that before it gets ugly. Yes, Johnson did report to training camp but didnt participate ion the activities. Like I said in a response to someones article yesterday about Johnson being at camp, yes he's there but that's only to avoid a fine. After all the man is asking for a raise so he wouldnt risked getting fined since he'...

CINCINNATI (AP)—Former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has been suspended by the NFL pending the outcome of his trial later this month, his agent said Friday. The Bengals released Henry on April 3 after he was arrested for the fifth time. Henry is scheduled for trial June 24 in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court on charges of assault and criminal damaging. A man accused...

Will Ocho Self-Destructo show up for the Bengals mandatory minicamp, which starts tomorrow and runs through Saturday? If he does, he'll have to skip a charity basketball game in Sacramento that he's scheduled to participate in Friday night. Former Cincinnati o-line coach Jim McNally has been inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Rudi Johnson [...]

ESPN informs us that the Bengals have been assigned Swedish linebacker Carl-Johan Bjork as their international practice squad player for 2008. A three year veteran of NFL Europa, Bjork spent the last two seasons on the Dallas and Green Bay practice squads. Welcome, Bjork!

In a bit of non-Chad Johnson news, the Bengals announced they reached a deal with defensive tackle Domata Peko that will keep him in stripes through 2014. Update 3: The Chickster reports that the deal is for five years and $30.3 million, with $8.5 million in guaranteed coin. Not a bad payday for a former fourth-round [...]

Ocho Cinco participated in WR drills during the final practice of minicamp. The team continues to urge him to get his ankle cleaned out. Chad's agent, Drew Rosenhaus said his client would report to training camp. Meanwhile, Yahoo Sports' Jason Cole wastes our time with yet another column calling for the Bengals to trade Chad, [...]

Ex-Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell was in Vegas recently and The700Level has a story about him entertaining about 17 girls in his suite at the Mirage. The gathering didn't get out of hand and it seems that FredEx was a perfect gentleman. With the cost of champagne and room service, hopefully Mitchell gets another tryout soon. Money doesn't grow on trees. Trust me I have looked into this.

People have been ragging on the New York Post for years, but this piece just made me laugh. Via The Realests comes news that the Post says NBC could be interested in Michael Strahan for coverage next season. There's only one problem. The Strahan they're referring to is a Hall of Fame Linebacker....Even NBC is getting in line to talk to the Hall of Fame linebacker, who...

Former Packers quarterback Brett Favre sent his congratulations to newly retired defensive end Michael Strahan of the New York Giants.  The two are forever linked by Strahan's controversial sack of Favre at the end of the 2001 season.  The sack gave Strahan the single-season sack record of 22.5 sacks, breaking Mark Gastineau's longtime record of 22.  It is constantly disputed...

Now that the Kansas City Chiefs fans have gotten their lives back and stopped invading my damn blog, we can go back to other important Dallas Cowboys issues. But just to be clear, Jason Witten is the best tight end in the NFL. Enough is enough. But I appreciate the nine Chiefs fans who participated. [...]