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12/26/2003 Archived Entry: "NFL's Texans fined for spoofing Horn"

IT WAS FUNNY THOUGH: If you watched the Houston-Tennessee game this past Sunday you saw a truly funny stunt. After Houston QB David Carr threw a touchdown to Corey Bradford, Carr and teammate Steve McKinney ran to the goal post and McKinney bent over as if to retrieve something hidden under the padding. As it turned out there was nothing there and Carr motioned to the fans to that effect.

It was, of course, a spoof of New Orleans receiver Joe Horn's cell phone call a week earlier and it was far funnier than Horn's celebration.

Well today the No Fun League...errr sorry, the NFL, fined both Carr and McKinney for the stunt. Guys, lighten up already.

Read on.