http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nflnation/0-1-431/Johnson--Bengals-getting-more-zany-.html For what it's worth, Wikipedia is all updated with that beiing his new hame: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Johnson
Hes just trying to get as much attention as he can so he can get paid, nothing wrong with that. They should squeeze as much money out as they can because their careers could end in a single play.
He is a black man named Johnson. Exactly how much family history is there for him to care about there?
Jeez, I don't know. I'm probably not going to go research it either. I think that you are assuming that since his last name was given to him only 3-4 generations ago, that he would have no previous family members to look proudly upon. What if...his dad had set up some kind of charity or scholarship or something? My family has no "famous" people, but I do respect the name enough not to be silly and change it.
My last name was changed generations ago at Ellis Island in attempt to hide. I'd change it but I'm too lazy to go through the hassle.
isnt his new name just ocho cinco ?? not chad ocho cinco, i hope the NFL lets him put ocho cinco on his jersey, but knowing the NFL they are not going to let him do that
Nope, Ocho Cinco is his last name. If it's legally his name, I don't know how the NFL can say he can't have it on there
AP reports that after his legal name change wen through, the Bengals have... http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121849