Chad Ochocinco Makes Ruben St. Hilaire Jr.’s Dream Come True

By Gayle Saunders
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Chad Ochocinco is a man with a huge heart with an appreciation for his fans that is second to none. He showed his true colors when he attended the gala fund-raiser for the Children Mending Hearts organization in Hollywood, CA last weekend. Read more

Ray Lewis Vs Chad Ochocinco

One of the League’s all-time greatest hitters, Ray Lewis, goes headhunting for Chad’s gold grill, but is only able to knock off his helmet in the Ravens loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in week 5 of the 2009-2010 season.

Chad OchoCinco gets Jacked up by Brian Russell

By Gayle Saunders
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There isn’t a player in the NFL today as vocal as Chad Ochocinco. For the most part his play has backed up his talk, but he has taken his fair share of brutal knockouts.

Chad wasn’t dancing with the stars, but he was seeing them after getting ear-holed by the Browns’ secondary.

Chad Ochocinco: “Were going streaking”

By Gayle Saunders
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How do you bring attention to a new sneaker that you are trying to market…well you grab two well known athletes and have them work out in your shoes “naked”, that’s what Reebok did this month. And it’s a strategy that, for now, appears to be working. A video of NFL’s own Ochocinco popped up online, shot in a similar style to Chuck Liddell’s. Chad was running naked In a forest. With the ZigTech shoes on his feet.

I can’t help but think of Will Ferrell’s scene from Old School after checking out this video. “We’re going streaking!” LMAO

Reebok is slowly creeping back into the public consciousness, thanks to some other slick new shoes — the EasyTone, which is marketed at women looking to tone their bodies, and the ZigTech, a so-called revolutionary shoe that the company said causes 20 percent less wear and tear on leg muscles — and the help of some Web buzz.

Gone too soon: Chris Henry

 

By Gayle Saunders
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On Thursday December 17, 2009 The NFL lost a rising star in Chris Henry, a determinded football player who was making a valiant effort to rejuvinate a troubled career. 

Since Chris Henry was in High School, he dreamed of being in the NFL, so much so, he got the NFL logo tattooed on the back of his right hand to remind him of his childhood dreams. However, throughout his short lived career unfortunately he ran into trouble with the law as well as the league, resulting in him being suspended multiple times and ultimately released from the Bengals in April of 2008.

If you believe everything you read about Chris Henry, you would think he was an overall mean spirited person. With the stories written about him, you would never be able to know the other side to the soft spoken man that the media seldom got to see.   

Bengals Owner Mike Brown stated that “When you see him up close, you’ll find that you’ll like him. He’ll be a soft-spoken, pleasant person.”  Brown eventually changed his mind about Chris and gave him a second chance at the NFL, by resigning him back to the Bengals.

The second time around Chris Henry was destined to keep his head straight and leave his troubled past behind him. His plan was to make himself into a elite receiver again.  He got into the best shape of his life and even worked out with his teammates in the offseason, showing that he was more determined than ever to make things happen.

Chirs Henry also took a different approach to his personal life, by taking more time out with his family, spending more time with his fiancee and their three children.  Bengals players took note to the change in his demeanor. 

“He’s a great kid with a great heart,” quarterback Carson Palmer stated in training camp. “He’s changed his life around. He ran into some trouble, made some bad decisions, and realized that. He’s sorry for them, apologized for them, and has done everything he can to make himself a better person. I’m just proud of him.”

Right before the beginning of the new 2009 season, Henry decided on getting a new tatoo to represent his new outlook on life.  He had gotten the word “Blessed” tatooed right below his left ear.

“I kind of felt like I dug myself out of the hole and started doing the right things,” Henry said in an interview with The Associated Press as training camp opened. “People say, ‘How you feeling now Chris? You doing all right?’ I just tell them I’m blessed. That’s why I got it.”

When he showed up in the locker room for the first time since surgery to fix the fracture arm that he sustained in the Baltimore game, Henry was confident he could get through the latest setback.

“It just comes with time, you know?” he said. “I learned to handle all situations, so I’ll be all right.”

With the loss of Chris Henry, this is the second death of the season for the Bengals organization.  Defensive Coordinator, Mike Zimmer, lost his wife earlier this season, who was very close to the team. In this difficult time, the Bengals as well as the rest of the NFL family will now try and find a way to focus on football.

R.I.P. Chris Henry, 1983-2009.  He is survived by his fiancee’ and his three children.

The Bengals welcome you to “Kiss Da Baby”

By Gayle Saunders

Last year, the Cincinnati Bengals season couldn’t have been any worse. They were winless in the first half of the 2008 season.  Pro Bowlesq QB Carson Palmer only played four games, due to an injured elbow, and to top that off a club-record 23 players went on the Reserve/Injured list, that even included their first round draft pick Keith Rivers with a broken Jaw.  

So where did last season leave the Bengals?  A 4-11-1 record, 23 players on the Injured reserve, an unmotivated  Ocho Cinco, a departed Pro-Bowl reciever TJ Houshmandzadeh, a Pro-Bowl Caliber Quarterback with no Pro-Bowl to go to.  At the end of the day, you saw a team that faced adversity and most of the time, it got the best of them.  

Although Defensively, under the guidance of defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, they winded up with a No. 12 league ranking defense in net yards, allowing 325.5 yards per game. The franchise landmarks were both the best since 2001. The Bengals also matched a franchise record over the last three games of 2008, by going through nine consecutive quarters without allowing a touchdown.

Fast forward to November 13, 2009.  Where are the Bengals today?   Carson Palmer is playing with swagger and most importantly playing healthy. Cinncinati is off to a 6-2 start and Collectively they are a much healthier team, a defense rebuilt on veterans with experience who have bought into Mike Zimmer’s system.  The Linebackers are the anchor of this defense, with the USC Connection in Keith Rivers and Rey Maualuga, along with the happy go lucky Dhani Jones.  The Defense is currently the number 2 defense in the NFL against the run, only giving up 83.9 yards rushing per game.  

Today in Cincinnati, they have a running game that leaves Cedric Benson second in the league in rushing with 837 yards averaging 104.6 yards a game.  Cedric has a 4.2 yrds per carry and has 6 TDS, not only is he effective in the run game, but he is also a receiving threat out of the backfield.  Most importantly, you have to look at the Offensive line first. As they say, it all starts in the trenches. You would have to believe that statement is true.   The offensive line is providing huge holes and major running lanes for Benson, when Cincinnati has at least 25 rushing attempts in a game under Marvin Lewis they are 26-1.  

When it comes to the passing game, they are also giving Carson the time he needs to be effective in the passing game. Chad is 7th in recieving yards in the NFL with 639 yards. He has 44 receptions and 5 TDS. Palmer and Ocho are definitley back to their ways. Palmer has been able to spread the ball to his receivers week in and week out.  Now that he has Cedric Benson toting the rock, he’s been able to lean on the running game, allowing Carson to focus on making plays and leading his offense without everything resting on his right arm. 

The Bengals have stood tall behind their Head coach Marvin Lewis.  He has encouraged the team to play as one. When Mike Zimmer’s wife passed away right before the Ravens game, the team came together and rallied behind one of their own.  When a team trusts eachother and they come together as one, it can make a unit play on a whole other level.   In a postgame press conference, someone asked coach Marvin Lewis what Zimmer told the team after the game. 

Zimmer said, ‘You know how Vikki felt about all of you. She’s up there now in heaven smiling at you,’ ” Lewis recalled. “Win or lose, she loved you guys”

With a win this weekend, The Bengals would be one game away from sweeping the AFC north!  They have not beaten the Steelers two consecutive times since 1998, but you best believe they are up to the challenge against Pittsburgh. 

Today the Cincinnati Bengals are playing with one focused mindset and have rose to the challenge, proving to all the doubters out there, that yes indeed they are for real. In other words, Cincinnati would like to let the league know if they don’t like it…They can “Kiss the baby!”

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