Sep 5th 2008 9:07AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, AFC North, NFL Media Watch

Above is a screen-shot from Bengals.com of Chad Ocho Cinco’s player page. The team has officially acknowledged Chad Johnson’s name change … and Chad will have “Ocho Cinco” on the back of his jersey this Sunday.

Chad Johnson legally changed his name to Chad Ocho Cinco last week in Florida. What in the name of Domanick Williams is going on!!! In his biography on his player page, he is still referred to as “Johnson”.

Everyone around NFL circles are catching up. ESPN.com has his name changed. So does NFL.com’s fantasy site. FanHouse’s fantasy site, Fleaflicker.com, has also changed his name. Chad’s Wikipedia page redirects to Chad Ocho Cinco and they do the ol’ “find and replace” … making all those “Johnson”s into “Ocho Cinco”s.

Well, almost everyone. The NFL Team Shop still doesn’t have Ocho Cinco jerseys for sale … but you could personalize one yourself.