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06/13/2024

Reds beat Guardians 4-2 in the Battle of Ohio

Jeimer Candelario homered twice and drove in all four runs and the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Wednesday night to split the opening series of the Ohio Cup.

06/12/2024

Guards take Game 1 of Ohio Cup series

Josh Naylor hit his 17th homer and Tyler Freeman made two impressive defensive plays, helping the Cleveland Guardians beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 in the opener of the Ohio Cup series.

06/11/2024

Joe Burrow is throwing but not rushing rehab on his surgically repaired wrist

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has dealt with multiple injuries in his first four years in the NFL, so he’s learned plenty about what it takes to come back from them.

06/09/2024

Reds win seventh straight, take another series from Cubs

TJ Friedl homered and drove in three runs, Andrew Abbott pitched five effective innings and the Cincinnati Reds won their seventh straight, 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs.

06/07/2024

Elly slams a 3-run homer, Reds win fifth straight

Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run homer on the anniversary of his major league debut and the Cincinnati Reds won a season-high fifth straight game, 8-4 over the Chicago Cubs.

05/28/2024

Reds get good pitching again, win season-high fourth straight.

Nick Lodolo came off the injured list to pitch 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Jeimer Candelario homered and the Cincinnati Reds won a season-high fourth straight game, 3-1 over the St.

11/23/2023

Can Marvelous Marv lead the Buckeyes to a win over Michigan for the first time in three seasons?

Ohio State's Marvin Harrison Jr. can help No. 2 Ohio State beat No. 3 Michigan with a monster game on Saturday and bolster his case for the Heisman Trophy.

10/11/2021

Bengals let one slip away in the battle of missed FGs with the Packers.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Mason Crosby hit a 49-yard field goal in overtime after missing three straight attempts, lifting the Green Bay Packers to a wild 25-22 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The typically reliable Crosby missed potential winners with 2:12 and then 3 seconds left in regulation...

10/10/2021

Buckeyes are clicking.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Stroud, who didn't throw a pass in a college football game until five weeks ago, says he's getting better at relaxing amid the chaos. With his sore shoulder feeling better and some early wobbles behind him, Stroud is beginning to look less like an inexperienced freshman ...

09/28/2021

Little ditty about Urban and Joe....

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow didn't play much in three years under Urban Meyer at Ohio State. But there is still much mutual respect and admiration, so much so that Meyer, as a rookie NFL coach, went to Burrow for advice last spring about how to handle his new quarterback, top overall draft pick T...

09/19/2021

Buckeyes win a messy one.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — TreVeyon Henderson broke Archie Griffin's 49-year-old freshman rushing record, romping for 277 yards and three touchdowns as No. 9 Ohio State pulled away late to beat Tulsa 41-20 on Saturday.

09/11/2021

Buckeyes take one on the chin. They came in as two-touchdown favorites.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Verdell watched on TV last week as Minnesota's Mohamed Ibrahim shredded Ohio State's disheveled defense early. The Oregon running back thought he could take advantage in the same fashion.

09/02/2021

Here’s what up with the Bengals. (Scott L Houchens)

CINCINNATI (AP) — Plagued by injuries to key players — including franchise quarterback Joe Burrow — on top of all the pandemic-related disruption, last season was a special kind of mess for the Cincinnati Bengals.

08/23/2021

Joey being Joey.

CINCINNATI (AP) — In the midst of a sensational, homer-crashing career resurgence, Joey Votto talked recently about getting his 2,000th hit. The 37-year-old Reds first baseman recalled how he had the ball from his first major league hit in 2007 but a few years later gave it to his dog Maris to pla...

08/17/2021

Here’s the latest on the
Buckeyes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — None of the three freshmen competing to start at quarterback for No. 4 Ohio State has thrown a pass in a college football game. That's unfamiliar and unsettling for third-year Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who had the luxury of the record-shattering Justin Fields running the off...

08/17/2021

A future Hall of Famer gets his 2,000th hit as Reds roll.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan India homered and drove in five runs, Wade Miley threw seven shutout innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago 14-5 on Monday night, handing the free-falling Cubs their 12th straight loss.

08/10/2021

Joe Mixon is healthy and wants to lead Bengals as one of the "Fabulous Five"

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Mixon's imagination is soaring right along with his confidence. The Cincinnati Bengals' top running back has rebounded from a foot injury that sidelined him for the final 10 games of the 2020 season.

08/04/2021

Who will be the Ohio State quarterback? Here are your candidates.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Third-year Ohio State coach Ryan Day on Wednesday opened a preseason camp for the first time without a good idea of who's going to start at quarterback. “If I did, I'd probably sleep a little better right now, but I don't,” Day said at Big Ten media days last month.

07/30/2021

Jackets lock up Zach Werenski for 6 more years. Good news in a tumultuous year.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The social-media griping grew increasingly vociferous as the Columbus Blue Jackets traded away popular veterans one by one as part of a major roster overhaul. First, captain Nick Foligno and reliable defenseman David Savard at the deadline in April.

07/29/2021

Joey B is nearly 100% as training camp opens.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow says his surgically repaired knee is “just about 100%,” but the Cincinnati Bengals really don't want anyone knocking their star quarterback around until absolutely necessary.

07/14/2021

The red-hot Reds have another big series with Milwaukee this weekend.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati start the second half of the season the same way they ended the first — with Nick Castellanos and the Reds hoping to pick up where they left off.

07/04/2021

Reds win third straight on a beautiful day on the river.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds relievers are on a roll at the expense of the reeling Chicago Cubs. The beleaguered Reds bullpen, which has seen more bad days than good this season, hamstrung the Cubs for the second straight day, allowing just two hits over the last four innings in a 3-2 win on ...

07/03/2021

Great bullpen performance and Votto drives in both runs in Reds win over Cubs.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Heath Hembree says relievers need to have short memories to survive the grind of the long season. For one night at least, this one was pretty sweet. Hembree closed out a strong performance by Cincinnati's beleaguered bullpen, and the Reds handed the Chicago Cubs their seventh str...

06/30/2021

Reds get a rare good effort from the bullpen, but can’t top Padres.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy Pham homered, San Diego relievers pitched four scoreless innings and the Padres outlasted the Reds 5-4 on Tuesday night for their 10th win in 11 games. San Diego stranded a season-high 16 runners — leaving the bases loaded in the third, sixth and seventh innings — and u...

06/29/2021

Big night for Castellanos.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — After crushing a grand slam in the seventh inning Monday night, Nick Castellanos thrust his fist in the air as the crowd at Great American Ball Park chanted “MVP! MVP!” He is certainly making a case.

06/10/2021

Nice seven-inning outing for Reds rookie starter Vladimir Gutierrez in 7-3 win over Milwaukee.

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05/20/2021

I know some will disagree, but baseball is never boring. There’s always something going on. The last three nights it’s been the Reds trying to solve the fantastic Giants starting pitchers.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Kevin Gausman's nasty, diving splitter and fastball are confounding enough for hitters, but when his slider is working, too, the San Francisco Giants starter doesn't give up much.

05/09/2021

Our world was more interesting with Torts in it. Sad to see him go.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — John Tortorella is out as coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets after six seasons. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen said in a statement Sunday that parting ways with the winningest coach in franchise history was a mutual decision...

05/02/2021

I’m calling the NFL draft “the slowest three days in sports.” The anti-Kentucky Derby. But here’s how the Bengals did.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals focused on their lines during this year's NFL draft. If they got it right, Joe Burrow should enjoy much better protection in his second season. Burrow, the top overall pick in 2020, had his rookie year cut short when his pocket collapsed on him during a Wee...

04/23/2021

The Bengals need a little bit of everything. Which way will they go with the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft?

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CINCINNATI (AP) — One of the offseason priorities for the Cincinnati Bengals was upgrading the offensive line so second-year quarterback Joe Burrow can stay upright when he returns after knee surgery. But with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft, the Bengals might not be able to pass up an eli...