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CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals didn't have another fantastic finish left in them. That had been the specialty of a talented team with a generational quarterback who could find creative ways to win games. The Bengals were supremely confident after winning 10 in a row heading into the AFC championship game against [...]
Patrick Mahomes finally got the best of Joe Burrow. All he needed was a little shove. Harrison Butker made a 45-yard field goal with three seconds left — after Cincinnati's Joseph Ossai was flagged for a 15-yard penalty for shoving Mahomes after he was out of bounds — and the Chiefs beat the Bengals 23-20 [...]
CLEVELAND — Joe Thomas didn't have much to celebrate during 11 seasons playing left tackle for the Cleveland Browns. It was mostly misery. Numerous coaching changes. An ownership switch. One winning season. An 0-16 final one. Next month, Thomas can make up for everything he didn't get. One of 15 finalists for enshrinement into the [...]
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals went into Buffalo feeling disrespected and played their most complete game of the season. With tickets on sale last week for a potential neutral-site Buffalo-Kansas City AFC championship game, the Bengals came into a snowstorm and dominated the second-seeded Bills. Cincinnati's 27-10 win — its 10th in a row — [...]
BEREA — Other than swiping Bill Belichick's turkey slices, Jim Schwartz stayed quiet and useful during his first stint in Cleveland. He had a lot to learn. An unpaid intern for the Browns in the early 1990s, Schwartz ran errands and did whatever was needed while soaking in all he could from a coaching staff [...]
CINCINNATI — The Bengals managed to survive and advance. However, their win over the Ravens may have cost them another starter on the offensive line. Cincinnati beat Baltimore 24-17 on Sunday night, winning a playoff game in consecutive years for the first time in franchise history. The Bengals likely lost a third starting offensive lineman [...]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — At the NCAA convention last week, outgoing President Mark Emmert said goodbye, incoming President Charlie Baker introduced himself and the state of college sports was declared perilous. "As a collective enterprise, we are both thriving and threatened," said Baylor President Linda Livingstone, who is the chairwoman of the NCAA's Board of [...]
College football's bowl season began on Dec. 16, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, with two .500 teams squaring off in a 15,000-seat stadium in the Bahamas. UAB's 24-20 victory against Miami University drew an average of 822,000 viewers to ESPN. It ended up being the least-watched of 39 bowl games on ESPN's networks and one of [...]
CINCINNATI — In the locker room after the Bengals beat the Ravens, Joe Burrow handed out cigars to his teammates to celebrate a 12-4 season that included winning a second consecutive AFC North title for the first time in franchise history. Like many games for Cincinnati this season, Sunday's 27-16 win over a Baltimore team [...]
BEREA — Deshaun Watson is dealing with another suspension, this one not nearly as personal or punishing as the last. His abridged first season with the Cleveland Browns is over. He's on another extended break. One day after a 28-14 loss in Pittsburgh, Watson and his teammates cleaned out their lockers and tried to identify [...]