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Antonio Brown axed from "The Masked Singer" ... You're No Bobby Brown!

Antonio Brown finally got cut Wednesday night ... but it wasn't by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The superstar WR was one of the celebrity performers on "The Masked Singer" -- and while the show was taped months ago, his song choice proved insanely relevant when it aired Wednesday night. Disguised in a hippo mask, Brown performed Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" -- which includes the famous lyrics ... "Everybody's talkin' all this stuff about me. Why don't they just let me live?"  It's almost like he knew he was gonna be in the middle of a super nasty public feud with his team when he taped the show. The judges thought the face under the hippo mask belonged to either Odell Beckham, Deion Sanders or Allen Iverson. Before he revealed his true identity, the judges had already sealed his fate -- giving him the lowest score among the celebrity singers ... which means he was axed from the show. Now, with his singing career essen...

Le'Veon Bell Won't Play vs. Chiefs as Contract Holdout Continues

Le'Veon Bell will sit out the Pittsburgh Steelers' home opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday and miss his second consecutive game, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. As Schefter noted, Bell has now forfeited $1.7 million of the $14.5 million salary that the franchise tag provides. Bell's absence is not technically considered a holdout because the veteran is not currently under contract, but he will not be in uniform for Week 2 regardless of the label. The Steelers placed the franchise tag on Bell for the second consecutive year as the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a long-term deal. While he reported nine days before the season opener a year ago, he has yet to sign the franchise tender this time around, nor has he given a timeline on when he will do so. And that has ruffled feathers in the locker room. "If you don't want to be here, it is what it is, hold out 10 games, as a team we're totally fine," Pittsburgh c...