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Bengals owner Mike Brown absent after hip surgery

NFL And Players Resume Mediation

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - MAY 16: NFL owners John Mara (L) of the New York Giants and Mike Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals leave court-ordered mediation at the U.S. Courthouse on May 16, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mediation was ordered after a hearing on an antitrust lawsuit filed by NFL players against the NFL owners that followed a breakdown of labor talks between the two in March. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

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Bengals owner Mike Brown is missing from this week’s owners meetings, as he recovers at home after surgery.

According to Paul Dehner of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Brown had hip replacement surgery recently and didn’t make the trip.

The 82-year-old Brown wasn’t ready to travel, but his daughter Katie Blackburn is representing the team this week and joked that her father would be up and running soon.

“He’s getting to be 100 percent, we are going to test him in the 40 when we return to Cincinnati,” Blackburn said.

Brown’s son Paul Brown, the team’s vice president of player personnel, is also absent this week as he recovers from a torn ACL.