Chad Johnson News

Impressionable NFL rookies will fill a room next week with all of their attention directed at a speaker hired to give them the ins and outs when it comes to doing the right thing on and off the field.

Why Johnny can't tweet: Something set off Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M, over the weekend, because he tweeted early Sunday morning: " like tonight is a reason why I can't wait to leave college station ... whenever it may be."

A contrite Chad Johnson apologized Monday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week and was released from jail after only a week instead of 30 days.

During his ordeal of chemotherapy treatments for leukemia, he watched games from his bed with his wife, communicated with players and assistants by phone and text messages and scoured game film on his home computer.

The Cincinnati Bengals, including former Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman, will star in the training camp documentary show "Hard Knocks" for the second time in five NFL seasons.

Though a team featured on 'Hard Knocks' runs the risk of their dirty laundry being aired for all to see, the benefits for the Bengals outweigh any drawbacks.

We were right there. Right on the brink of being saved from the insanity that has been perpetuated on us involving everyone's favorite backup quarterback, Tim Tebow.

Former NFL star Chad Johnson is hoping to persuade a South Florida judge to reduce a 30-day jail sentence imposed after Johnson slapped his attorney on the backside in court.

Former NFL star Chad Johnson is hoping to persuade a South Florida judge to reduce a 30-day jail sentence imposed after Johnson slapped his attorney on the backside in court.

The eighth season of HBO's fantastic NFL training camp reality series Hard Knocks will follow the Cincinnati Bengals, the NFL team that was the subject of the show's 2009 season.

Chad Johnson continues to serve his 30-day jail sentence for violating the terms of his probation in a domestic violence case, a sentence he was handed after the judge wouldn't accept a plea deal following the wide receiver's slap to his attorney's back side .

Andy Dalton #14 of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass during the NFL game against the Tennessee Titans at LP Field on November 6, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

We asked you earlier this week how you'd feel about the Cincinnati Bengals being on HBO's training camp documentary Hard Knocks.

For eight seasons Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis adapted and, in many ways, dealt with Chad Johnson's personality and childish behavior.

The backside pat former NFL star Chad Johnson gave his lawyer in court was not meant as disrespect to a judge and certainly wasn't something that warrants a 30-day jail sentence, the attorney said Tuesday in a motion seeking another chance.

Thunderstorms are expected to rock the area on Wednesday, but the Bengals will be relatively untouched from the impending threat.

"Anything we do, we feel is in the best interests of the team," coach Bill Belichick said at a standing-room-only news conference before practice.

Nov 10, 2011; San Diego, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson reacts at the end of the game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium.

He had a reputation as a malcontent with the Cincinnati Bengals before being traded to the Patriots in April 2004.

Two women asked for his photo and when he refused, he was hit in the head with a bottle, he said CINCINNATI - Prosecutor Charlie Rubenstein confirmed Monday that Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was arrested on one count of assault for punching a female patron outside of a bar.