Redskins TE Cooley breaking ground in his blog

On April 15, Captain Chaos' groundbreaking blog got a bit too revealing.

Being tax day, Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley decided to post online the check for about $86,000 he was preparing to send to the government. Naturally, he made sure to edit out his personal details.

``I posted it - but I posted the pre-edited check,'' Cooley said. ``Thousands of people saw my check, my home address, my account number, my routing number, everything. My brother calls me and says 'What are you doing?'

``I had to cancel my whole account, order new checks, do everything. It's not like you can take it back.''

Cooley's banking details would appear to be the only personal information he's tried to keep to himself in a blog that enters new territory for a professional athlete's Web presence. ``The Cooley Zone'' could be described in many different ways - refreshing, entertaining, a PG-13 look inside the world of an NFL player - but two adjectives apply above all others: different and profitable.

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