Franchise Notes
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Henry Waived After
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With the Bengals releasing WR Chris Henry hours after he was arrested for the fifth time since ’05, Bengals President Mike Brown said, “Chris Henry has forfeited his opportunity to pursue a career with the Bengals. His conduct can no longer be tolerated” (N.Y. TIMES, 4/4). ESPN’s Chris Mortensen: “For the Bengals to say [Henry] no longer can be tolerated is interesting because they are the maximum tolerance team in the league. They have consistently taken questionable character players” (“ESPN First Take,” ESPN2, 4/3). The Cincinnati Enquirer's Mark Curnutte said the decision to release Henry was reached “very quickly” (“Outside The Lines,” ESPN, 4/3). In Baltimore, Bill Ordine writes the release of Henry “shows that even the Bengals’ roster is no longer a refuge for badly behaving players” (Baltimore SUN, 4/4).
BILLS: The NFL Thursday formally announced that the Bills will host the Steelers at the Rogers Centre on August 14. In Toronto, Kevin McGran writes with “more requests for tickets than actual seats available, and prices rumoured to hit $300 for the top ducat, Toronto may indeed prove to be Bills Country North.” There are 53,000 seats at the Rogers Centre and request for “more than that have already been registered, with 3,500 signing up per day in the last week” (TORONTO STAR, 4/4).
NOTES: In California, Marcus Thompson II wrote under the header, “Divine Oracle: Warriors’ Arena Place To Be.” Thompson: “The Warriors are selling standing room only tickets like it’s a Madonna concert. Demand is such that the Warriors have sold $50 tickets to a second-level lounge where fans have no view of the court but have access to television screens and a bar” (CONTRA COSTA TIMES, 4/3)....The 76ers have averaged more than 19,500 fans at the Wachovia Center for their last seven home games. The team averaged just 14,844 fans per game last season, the “lowest total since the [arena] was opened” in '96 (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 4/4).
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