"No More Football For You Thurman"

Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman, already banned for the first four games of 2006 for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, was suspended Wednesday for the rest of the season after his arrest on a charge of drunken driving.

Thurman was arrested about 3 a.m. Monday, hours after the Bengals beat division rival Pittsburgh 28-20.

Police said Thurman's blood alcohol was 0.18 per cent when he was arrested, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 per cent in Ohio. Thurman is due in court Oct. 2, the day his initial suspension for missing a drug test was to end.