Ray Rice Joins "Ochocinco News Network"
Baltimore Ravens' own Ray Rice has joined OCNN, which stands for the Ochocinco News Netywork. Rice will be a correspondent at and around the Super Bowl festivities, including press conferences, interviews and even celebrity parties. Follow all the cool things that Rice will be doing all week with Chad Ochocinco and OCNN by clicking here.
Update: See the YouTube Video of the Ochocinco News Network here.
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Chad Ochocinco Expands OCNN, Powered by MOTOBLUR™ Technology, to Include Four "News Team" Members for Super Bowl
World’s First Athlete-Run, Social News Network adds Ray Rice, Darnell Docket,
Chris Cooley to the "News Team"
Miami & Libertyville, IL, Feb. 1, 2010 – Chad Ochocinco and his Ochocinco News Network (OCNN), powered by MOTOBLUR Technology, is descending on Miami with an expanded "News Team." Originally spawned as Ochocinco’s one-man social news network; OCNN is expanding its "News Team" to include Baltimore’s Ray Rice, Arizona’s Darnell Dockett and Washington’s Chris Cooley, as well as two super fans, Jake and Amir from CollegeHumor.com, to provide OCNN followers with an insider’s look at everything taking place in Miami.
The team will Tweet and Twitpic, provide expanded features on the OCNN Facebook Page, and post daily video summaries across social networking platforms and at the new OCNN site hosted at www.motorola.com/ocnn.
The "News Team" will have a customized OCNN News Van, NFL media credentials, a broadcast spot on famed "Radio Row" and access to every meaningful event taking place in South Florida. The "News Team" will cover "Media Day" and critical press conferences leading up to the game.
"Believe it or not, even I have limitations," said Ochocinco. "There is just too much going on around Super Bowl for one man to cover. So I have hand-picked some rising social networking stars who can give the OCNN Nation their perspectives on the game, the parties and players in Miami the way only an athlete can."
Every member of the "News Team" will be equipped with their own "handheld news organization" in the form of a MOTOBLUR-enabled phone to conveniently and efficiently organize and distribute all the news that’s fit to tweet. Motorola’s MOTOBLUR technology brings social networks, contacts and important news together in one convenient and efficient interface – synching all social networking platforms with continuous updates and backups. And with MOTOBLUR, there are no logins or applications to open and data is always secure.
Chad’s Twitter following has exploded since the launch of OCNN. He had 120,000 followers prior to the launch and now boasts more than 700,000 loyal followers. Remarkably, his distribution is larger than most major metropolitan newspapers’ daily circulation. The addition of an expanded "News Team" will increase OCNN’s reach even more.
"OCNN’s content was a bit limited during the season because I always put the needs of the team first," said Ochocinco. "Now, with the season behind us, OCNN is going to come alive at the Super Bowl with more reports, insight and information that only a ‘true’ insider can get."
Motorola Chief Marketing Officer Bill Ogle sees the expansion of the OCNN team as a no-brainer. "When OCNN first launched, the goal was to give fans unprecedented access into Chad's life and the game he loves. Expanding OCNN with more correspondents for the Super Bowl just made sense. The whole news team will be armed with MOTOBLUR devices so they'll be ready to share news fans want to know as it breaks."
Pro Bowlers and social-networking enthusiasts Rice, Dockett, Cooley and Jake and Amir will fan out during Super Bowl week to ask the tough questions and attend every party they can to ensure OCNN followers know what is happening on the ground in Miami. "It’s a tough job, but somebody has to give the OCNN Nation a taste of what it is like to have an all-access pass to the toughest tickets to get during Super Bowl week," said Rice. "I can’t tell you exactly what I am going to see or hear, but I can tell you that OCNN followers will know about it first."
Fans who want to follow an individual member of the news team can click on links for each player at www.motorola.com/ocnn. Follow OCNN on Twitter at @ocnnfeed and become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/ocnn85.
*All player participation arranged by NFL PLAYERS, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.
Motorola and the Stylized M logo are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The MOTOBLUR logo is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. ©2009 Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved.
About NFL PLAYERS
Formed in 1994, NFL PLAYERS is the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association. Representing more than 1,800 active and many memorable retired NFL players, NFL PLAYERS "takes the helmets off" the players and markets them as personalities as well as professional athletes. Through an exclusive sponsorship agreement between the organization and the NFL, players are integrated into NFL sponsor activation programs. In addition, under an exclusive agreement between NFL PLAYERS and the NFL, NFLPLAYERS.COM, the company’s official website, is part of the NFL Internet Network. Each year NFL PLAYERS negotiates and facilitates more than 4,000 player marketing opportunities for players. NFL PLAYERS activities include retail licensing, corporate sponsorships and promotions, special events, radio and television projects, publishing and internet. For more information, please visit NFLPLAYERS.COM.
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Ray has gone over to the dark side....
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Feb 2, 2010 4:49 PM EST reply actions
Well.....
Joining SBNN (Show-Boat-News-Network) is not the best way to get there.
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Feb 2, 2010 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
Well he almost got us a ticket
Darn those Colts!!!
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Feb 2, 2010 10:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ochocinco Is A Great Guy
Ochocinco is a saint looking to have some fun. In an age where NFL players are shooting people and getting arrested left and right, I fight it a little ridiculous for people to be dogging a guy for what boil down to schoolroom antics. Ocho is that kid at the back of the room that is kind of a class clown, but you know they won’t get into any serious trouble. I wouldn’t mind having him play for the Ravens.
P.S. Ocho drove all the way down to Florida to do this. Along the way the guy stopped in small towns to give away free stuff to children. He’s hardly a bad boy.
Chad is the type of player that makes this game great and fun to watch. He is welcome to Baltimore anytime.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Rather than, say
have his helmet smacked off his head with a ferocious hit by Ray?!
I’ve always enjoyed Ocho, too. Glad some of us Ravens fans aren’t Ocho-haters!
Yea, I hate that everyone thinks he is thug and all this stuff. He has never been arrested or involved in any of that stuff. For a guy who has played on the BENGALS for his entire career, I admire how much fun he can still have with the 5-11 records he put up with year after year while he was posting 85 catches, 1,150 yards and 9 tds each season.
Chad is the man.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
His rep is just that
while NFL stands for “No Fun League” all 85 wants to do is have fun playing a game and always is smiling and chatting and is very well liked by the other players.
aka 'Rexx'
It’s all in the presentation with Chad. When you get to the dialogue he’s pretty much boring, repetitive and runs with a single catch phrase for the entire interview. Child please, child please, kiss the baby, kiss the baby, child please. Go away until you get some material Chad. Call Chris Rock.
Child please kiss the baby. Ohhh, look at me. I’m using the pylon as a golf club..hee hee hee. Look at me river dance…. I fawrted Clarence. Hee hee hee.
I've never heard him say the last one....
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Feb 3, 2010 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
My favorite was when
This year he said “Dear Mr. Goodell, please don’t fine Ray Lewis for his hit on me. Save the fines for me”.
"I kill myself in small amounts"
by StuckInUtah on Feb 3, 2010 7:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Haha
But when I heard that, I thought to myself, what is he going to do. Lewis will just stab him.
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Feb 3, 2010 8:26 PM EST up reply actions















