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'Chad Ochocinco' Is No More

NFL player's new last name? Same as the old one

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2012 3:59 PM CDT

(Newser) – Who wouldn't want the last name Ochocinco? Chad Ochocinco's wife, apparently, so the former NFL phenom has changed his name back to Chad Johnson, NPR reports. "The main reason behind the name change was due to his marriage to Evelyn Lozada," said the OchoCinco News Network. USA Today's The Huddle blog quips that the change may even help his sagging stats, since Chad played better as Johnson (avg 80 receptions, 1,195 yards) than Ochocinco (52 receptions, 674 yards). Click to see the weirdest celebrity name changes.

The player formerly known as Chad Ochocinco.
The player formerly known as Chad Ochocinco.   (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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OuttaHere
Jul 24, 2012 12:12 PM CDT
Good!
elderban
Jul 24, 2012 2:34 AM CDT
So, 85 has been 86'd?
ladyrosedeky
Jul 23, 2012 11:22 PM CDT
If his wife wasn't happy about his last name and didn't like it she didn't have to use it. He needs to realize she unhappy about a lot more than a name but men who are married to women who are.....I'm not going to say it, seem to jump through hoops to try to make them happy all to loose everything. I think  he needs to get his head on straight before his body is too old to improve his playing. Football careers are all too short to let a troubled marriage mess your head up and your head is messed up if your staying in a problem marriage. If your changing your name to make someone else happy, you've got a problem.

 
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