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Andre Rison (born March 18, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, and Oakland Raiders. Rison was selected to the Pro Bowl 5 times, from 1990-1993 and once again in 1997.

Rison won a Super Bowl championship with the Green Bay Packers in 1996, and a Grey Cup championship with the Toronto Argonauts in 2004. He is one of the few players to win professional football championships in both the United States of America and Canada. He was released by the Argonauts during the 2005 CFL season.

He is probably best remembered for his life off the football field, which garnered him the nickname "Bad Moon" Rison from ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman, alluding to a well-known song by Creedence Clearwater Revival. He once had his Atlanta mansion burned down by his then girlfriend Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of the R&B group TLC resulting in the loss of all his possessions. He has also been arrested several times for failing to pay child support to Raycoa Handley, the mother of his two sons. This ultimately led to Rison getting sentenced to jail by an Atlanta court on December 8, 2004 for neglecting to pay the $127,000 in child support Handley claimed he owed her. On January 3, 2005, Rison was released from DeKalb County Jail after making a $10,000 payment.

While playing for the Kansas City Chiefs, Rison also garnered the nickname Spider-Man. This resulted from his touchdown celebrations where he posed like the superhero flinging spiderwebs.

Rison starred in college at Michigan State, as well as at Flint Northwestern High School.

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