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Vol 10, Issue 250 Aug 27-Sep 2, 2008
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Sports Olympic Grandeur Didn't Obscure China's Ugly Government (08-27-08)

Sports The Ghost of Pete Rose Still Haunts the Reds (08-20-08)

Sports China Offers Amazing Window into Its Culture Via Olympics (08-13-08)

Sports The Griffey Dream Ends, but Not Dreaming (08-06-08)

Sports Five Years into Marvin Lewis' Rebuilding, the Bengals Continue to Underachieve (07-30-08)

Sports Schedule Favors Reds Climbing Back into Contention … If They Can Beat Bad Teams (07-23-08)

Sports The American League Is Superior Thanks to the Yanks (07-16-08)

Sports Why Do the Tampa Bay Rays Flourish While the Reds Flounder? (07-09-08)

Sports Cleveland Indians Aren't a Last Place Team ... or Are They? (07-02-08)

Sports Krivsky's Biggest Trade Looks Good Two Years Later (06-25-08)

Sports The Chronic Pain That Is Interleague Play (06-18-08)

Sports Baseball's Draft Is the Riskiest in All of Professional Sports (06-11-08)

Sports Jay Bruce the Latest Ingredient in Reds Rise (06-04-08)

Sports The Reds Need More Hitters Like Dunn, Not Fewer (05-28-08)

Sports Griffey's Tenure With Reds Mostly a Game of 'What If?' (05-21-08)

Sports Reds Broadcasters Among the Best in the Business (05-14-08)

Sports Celtics' Resurgence Is the NBA Season's Best Story (05-07-08)

Sports Impatience + Low Bankroll = Chaos for the Reds (04-30-08)

Sports Bengals Looking to NFL Draft to Turn Themselves Around (04-23-08)

Sports Reviewing the National League Central Race After Two Weeks (04-16-08)

Sports Reds Might Be on the Verge of Something Big (04-09-08)

Sports Remembering Howsam, Bender and Nuxhall, Men Who Made the Reds (04-02-08)

Sports Don't Call Xavier a Cinderella in the Sweet 16 (03-26-08)

Sports It´s Time for Xavier to Go to the Final Four (03-19-08)

Sports Enduring the Dog Days Between the Super Bowl and the NCAA Tournament (03-12-08)

Sports Clemens Vs. Congress Plays Along Established Jocks/Nerds Fault Line (03-05-08)

Sports Hoosier Hairy Hoops, Xavier's Sixth Man and Complaining About the Reds (02-27-08)

Sports Does Xavier Have the Drive to Win; Does UC Have the Patience? (02-20-08)

Sports Reds Will Be Served (Some Day) by Their Youth (02-13-08)

Sports Ugly Giants Dragged Shiny Patriots Down to Their Level and Stole a Win (02-06-08)

Sports Will the Reds Stick to Their Turnaround Plan? (01-30-08)

Sports New York-Boston Rivalry Spills Into the Super Bowl (01-23-08)

Sports Peterson 101: How to Win Football Championships (01-16-08)

Sports At The Cincinnati Post, It Was Always About Winning the Story (01-09-08)

Sports Don't Call the Patriots 'Perfect' (01-02-08)

Sports A Mostly Bad Sports Year in Cincinnati Thankfully Ends (12-26-07)

Sports The Mitchell Report Stands, but the Truth Is Elusive (12-19-07)

Sports UC Might Be Facing Some Big Losses This Week (12-12-07)

Sports Don't Expect College Football 'Parity' to Last (12-05-07)

Sports Reds' Bullpen Spending Spree Solves Lots of Problems (11-28-07)

Sports Nuxhall Had a Way of Making You Feel Comfortable (11-20-07)

Sports UC Success Leads to Dreams of College Football Playoffs (11-14-07)

Sports Bengals' Woes Come Down to Basic Blocking and Tackling (11-07-07)

Sports The American League Continues to Dominate Baseball (10-31-07)

Sports Is the Insulting Chief Wahoo Logo the Cleveland Indians' Curse? (10-24-07)

Sports Dusty Baker the Right Manager for the Reds at Right Time (10-17-07)

Sports Is UC Headed to the Rose Bowl? (10-10-07)

Sports The Reds' Lack of Bullpen Help Doomed Their Season (10-03-07)

Sports: Is Greater Cincinnati Becoming a College Football Hotbed? (09-26-07)

Sports Bengals' Off-Field Problems Come Back to Haunt the Defense (09-19-07)

Sports Get an Ugly Win, but It's a Win (09-12-07)

Sports Why the Big Ten Network Won't Bully Cable Systems or Fans (09-05-07)

Sports Vick Hasn't Fallen As Far As Rose and Simpson (08-29-07)

Sports 10,000 Pitches Left to Separate Playoff Teams from Also-Rans (08-22-07)

Sports Kelly Might Finally Get Locals Excited About UC Football (08-15-07)

Sports AlreadyLooking for the Next Home Run King After Bonds (08-08-07)

Sports Skip Prosser Was a Coach for All the Right Reasons (08-01-07)

Sports: Bengals Start Training Camp Poised for a Great Season (07-25-07)

Sports: Who Says Cincinnati Can't Have an NBA Team? (07-18-07)

Relief in Sight? The Reds reach the All-Star break knowing that if they can get a little better in the bullpen they can get a lot better in the standings (07-11-07)

Sports: Reds' Manager Change Isn't a Real Change at All (07-04-07)

Sports: Do Steroid Users Make Baseball History or Distort and Dishonor It? (06-27-07)

Sports Reds Are Done, but Will Dunn Still Be a Red? (06-20-07)

Sports Cavs Might Finally Bring a Title to Cleveland, but Not This Year (06-13-07)

Sports Homer Bailey Might End Reds' Player Development Slump (06-06-07)

Sports How Right Trades Turn Wrong for the Reds (05-30-07)

Sports Order Is Restored in NBA as Spurs and Pistons Head to Finals (05-23-07)

Sports Fair Is Fair, and New NFL Conduct Penalties Are Wrong (05-16-07)

Sports Will Clemens Make Middle-Age Mercenaries a Common Sight? (05-09-07)

Sports Bengals Tread Water in NFL Draft While Browns Improve (05-02-07)

Sports Grumpy Thom Brennaman One of the Season's Highlights So Far (04-25-07)

Sports Jackie Robinson Vs. Don Imus: Real Progress Vs. Cheap Talk (04-18-07)

Sports: Honesty, Trust and College Basketball Coaches (04-11-07)

Sports Juggernauts: College Hoops End and Baseball Begins (04-04-07)

Sports Just Two Real Candidates for UK's Basketball Coach Vacancy (03-28-07)

Sports Xavier's NCAA Loss Is a Moral Victory; UK's Loss Just Sucks (03-21-07)

Sports Why the NCAA Tournament Matters, and Why It's a Farce (03-14-07)

Sports Beckham Is Injured, Casting the Fates Against American Soccer (03-07-07)

Sports No Surprises: Huggins Is Doing Great and UC Is Struggling (02-28-07)

Sports Open Bullpen Might Ruin it for the Reds (02-21-07)

Sports Xavier Poised for Another Late Season NCAA Run (02-14-07)

Sports Colts' Super Bowl Win Makes Bengals' Road Even Tougher (02-07-07)

Sports How a Newcomer to Cincinnati Found Righteous Music (01-31-07)

Sports Why America Is Pulling for Peyton Manning (01-24-07)

Sports One Voter's Great Eight for the Baseball Hall of Fame (01-17-07)

Sports Pressure Is on Chargers' Schottenheimer to Win Super Bowl (01-10-07)

Sports YIR: Bengals' Snap Collapse Doesn't Tarnish Good Season (01-03-07)

Sports Looking Ahead to Baseball 2007, the Cubs Are Poised to Be Big Winners (12-27-06)

Sports Where Do UC's and Xavier's Seasons Go After the Shootout? (12-20-06)

Sports Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Has Old and New Issues (12-13-06)

Sports UC's New Football Coach Looks Like Another Short-Timer (12-06-06)

Sports Bengals Still in the AFC Playoff Hunt (11-29-06)

Sports BCS Championship Doesn't Come up Roses for Big Ten (11-21-06)

Sports The Bengals Kant Shake the Suicide Instinct (11-15-06)

Sports To All the PC Police in Sports: Cry Me a River (11-08-06)

Sports Cardinals Revert to Old-Fashioned Baseball to Win It All (11-01-06)

Sports Bengals Face the Reality of Being a Good NFL Team (10-25-06)

Sports Strong, Young Pitchers Lead Detroit Tigers to the Promised Land (10-18-06)

Sports Oakland's Reliance on 'Little Things' Tested in Baseball Playoffs (10-11-06)

Sports Twins, Mets Headed for World Series; Once Again, Reds Aren't (10-04-06)

Sports Bengals Have Finally Learned to Win (09-27-06)

Sports College Football Polls a Mystery, but Reds Collapse Isn't (09-20-06)

Sports Football Season in Ohio Is off to a Great Start (09-13-06)

Sports A Wild Card Race No One Seems to Want (09-06-06)

Sports Reds Might Be Ready for an Insider to Join the Radio Booth (08-30-06)

Sports Mystery Achievement: Reds Doing Better Than Critics Admit (08-23-06)

Sports Cincinnati's Connection to Football's 'West Coast Offense' (08-16-06)

Sports Reds Might Be the Best of a Bad NL Lot (08-09-06)

Sports Reds Pick Winning Over Popularity (08-02-06)

Sports: Bengals' 'Character Issues' Include Navigating a Tough Schedule (07-26-06)

Sports: Reds' Trade Just a Part of the Plan (If the Plan Is to Win) (07-19-06)

Sports World Cup Low on Scoring but High on Drama (07-12-06)

Sports One Serious Major League (07-05-06)

Sports Bad Refs Cast Doubt on Integrity of NBA and World Cup (06-28-06)

Sports UC, Henry and Big Ben Take Turns Being Irresponsible (06-21-06)

Sports: U.S. Soccer Falls Flat on World's Biggest Stage (06-14-06)

Sports Big News Rocks the NL Central Division (06-07-06)

Sports: NBA, NHL Playoffs Remain Wide Open (05-31-06)

Sports: Reds Fighting 13-Year History of Alienating Fans (05-24-06)

Sports Bonds Vs. Ruth? We'll Take Henry Aaron (05-17-06)

Sports Joe Dumars Again Has Detroit Firing on All Pistons (05-10-06)

Sports Unexciting, Underachieving Draft Still Pleases Bengals Fans (05-03-06)

Sports NFL Draft Drama Is Better from a Distance (04-26-06)

Sports NBA, NHL Playoffs Test Cinderella Trend (04-19-06)

Sports Baseball Looks for Evidence to Bounce Bonds (04-12-06)

Sports: Pitching? Check. Hitting and Fielding? Errr... (04-05-06)

Sports Huggins, UC the Winners in Last Week's Coaching Carousel (03-29-06)

Sports Still Playing in the NIT beats not Playing in the NCAAs (03-22-06)

Sports NCAA Tourney Selection Process Is the Real March Madness (03-15-06)

Sports Hicks and Kennedy Brought Order to UC's Tumultuous Season (03-08-06)

Sports Did Bode Miller Fail Us or Himself at the Olympics? (03-01-06)

Sports Eddie Sutton Remains Unappreciated, Especially by UK Fans (02-22-06)

Sports New Reds GM Expected to Make a Pitch for Pitching (02-15-06)

Sports Finding Satisfaction With the Stones at the Super Bowl (02-08-06)

Sports Super Bowl Will Be Super Only If the Steelers Win (02-01-06)

Sports Reds' Castellini Is a Man of the People (01-25-06)

Coming & Going At Shootout time, UC and Xavier each face their own image problems (01-18-06)

Sports In Palmer's Defense, the Bengals' Defense Cost Them Again (01-11-06)

Sports NFL Playoffs Expose Bengals' Weaknesses (01-04-06)

Sports Buffaloed Bengals Still Have Something to Prove (12-28-05)

Sports Bengals Do What They're Supposed to Do, and That's Good Enough (12-21-05)

Sports How Cincinnati Became a Football Town (12-14-05)

Sports Bengals Getting Closer to the Mountaintop (12-07-05)

Sports How the Other College Football Teams Earn Their Championships (11-30-05)

Sports Bengals Make the Pundits Believe (11-23-05)

Sports Stakes Are High Now for UC Football and Basketball (11-16-05)

Sports Was Lindner Unlucky or Unwilling as Reds Owner? (11-09-05)

Sports Bengals Up, Packers Down, Plus Hail to the White Sox and Spurs (11-02-05)

Sports Bengals' Playoff Chances Are on the Run (10-26-05)

Sports White Sox First in the American League, Second in Chicago (10-19-05)

Sports: Bengals' Loss and Baseball Playoffs Prove the Value of Defense (10-12-05)

Sports Championship in the Cards for St. Louis (10-05-05)

Sports: Is the College Football Championship Already Decided? (09-28-05)

Sports Pennant Race Chokes, Goats and Heroes (09-21-05)

Sports Don't Print Bengals Playoff Tickets Just Yet (09-14-05)

Sports In NFL, Saints Could Be Heroes, Bengals Could Be Winners (09-07-05)

Sports Huggins Was a Victim of His Own Success (08-31-05)

Sports Junior Has Become the Reds' and Baseball's Savior (08-24-05)

Sports Same Old Bengals: Squeezing Nickels, Hurting Their Chances (08-17-05)

Sports Rafael Palmeiro Put 'Kick Me' Sign on His Own Back (08-10-05)

Sports Once Again, Stopping Opposing Running Backs Is Bengals' No. 1 Job (08-03-05)

Sports Lance Armstrong is Incomparable (07-27-05)

Sports A Brief History of Second Place (07-20-05)

Sports Season Setting up for All-Chicago World Series (07-13-05)

Sports What's That Smell Coming from the Basement? (07-06-05)

Sports Earth to Reds: Paranoia Will Destroy Ya (06-29-05)

Sports If Major League Hockey Knocks on Our Door, We Shouldn't Answer (06-22-05)

Sports 'Dismal' the Right Word for the Reds' Season So Far (06-15-05)

Sports Deep Bench Spurs San Antonio Toward Another NBA Title (06-08-05)

Sports Reds Side with Knee-Jerk Fans by Cutting Graves (06-01-05)

Sports United They Stand, but Is England's Model Soccer Club Due for a Fall? (05-25-05)

Sports: Thuggish Basketball Program Bogs Down UC's Larger Mission (05-18-05)

Sports Numbers Don't Lie, Except When They Do (05-11-05)

Sports Cincinnati's NBA Connections Are Gone and Mostly Forgotten (05-04-05)

Sports Bengals' Top Draft Picks Position Them for Wins in the Fall (04-27-05)

Sports NFL Draft Forecasting Is Almost Impossible This Year (04-20-05)

Sports Season's First Week Shows Reds Have a Chance to Win (04-13-05)

Sports: Reds' Motto for Success: Names Make Headlines, but Plays Make Wins (04-06-05)

Sports Illinois Story Brings New Meaning to 'March Madness' (03-23-05)

Sports Redhawks Red-Faced: Miami Screwed Again by the NCAA (03-16-05)

Sports A-10 Tourney One of Few Compelling NCAA Stories This Weekend (03-09-05)

Sports Spurs a Team for the Ages, Though This NBA Age Is Reviled (03-02-05)

Sports At Last, a Spring of Real Hope for the Reds (02-23-05)

Sports As Season Winds Down, UC Is OK and Xavier Needs Help (02-16-05)

Sports The Patriots Are No Mere Dynasty (02-09-05)

Sports World Soccer Heats up, As English Club Chelsea Tries to Hold on (02-02-05)

Sports No Cinderellas in the Super Bowl, Just Teams of Destiny (01-26-05)

Sports Facing the Cold, Hard Facts of NFL Playoff Football (01-19-05)

Sports Reds' Increased Activity Might Be the Prelude to a Sale (01-12-05)

Sports Bengals' Glass Might Still Be Half Empty, But It's Starting to Fill up (01-05-05)

Sports Armageddon Comes to the Hockey Rink (12-29-04)

Sports The Home Run -- and How Steroids Affect It -- Remains the Core Baseball Concern

(12-22-04)

Sports College Football Is Already a Mess Without Playoffs (12-15-04)

Sports Bengals Should Spend Their Money on the Defense Instead of Rudi

(12-08-04)

Sports Wrong Kind of Parity in the NFL This Year (12-01-04)

Sports: Scared Straight: Sports and Morality Collide (11-24-04)

Sports: Muting the Volume on the Chad Johnson Show (11-17-04)

Sports: Carson Isn't Big Ben Because the Bengals Aren't the Steelers

(11-10-04)

Sports: Back to the Future: Another Typical UC Football Season Unwinds

(11-03-04)

Sports: Is Boring Bill the Antidote to the Curse of the Bambino? (10-27-04)

Sports: Larkin Should End His Career on His Terms (10-20-04)

Sports: Truly Great Rivalries Are About Championships

(10-13-04)

Sports: Reds on the Outside Looking in Again as Playoffs Begin (10-06-04)

Sports: College Football Goes Around in Circle (09-29-04)

Sports: Bengals Show Wild Side, but Wild Card Baseball Remains a Bust (09-22-04)

Sports As the Bengals Showed, Blocking and Tackling Still Rule the NFL (09-15-04)

Sports: In the Age of NFL Parity, Is 2004 the 'Some Day' for Bengals Fans? (09-08-04)

Sports: No Real Defining Olympic Moments, but We'll Take It (09-01-04)

Sports: Victim of Its Own Success: World Basketball Comes Back to Bite the NBA (08-25-04)

Sports: Tribe Called Success: Indians Show Baseball How to Rebuild (Again)

(08-18-04)

Sports: Can American athletes be loveable winners at the Olympics?

(08-11-04)

Sports More Important Than Winning: Sometimes athletes make decisions for other reasons (08-04-04)

Sports: QB Shadows Palmer Tries to Escape Bengals' Graveyard (07-28-04)

Sports: The Pain of Being a Cincinnati Fan

(07-21-04)

Great Expectations Barry Larkin is right: The Reds' future is now (07-14-04)

Sports Notes on College Basketball's Decline, Wimbledon and More

(07-07-04)

Sports Despite a Marketing Push, All-Star Game Really Doesn't Count

(06-30-04)

Sports Junior Griffey Is Now a Man Playing a Child's Game (06-23-04)

Sports: Hard Work Got Huggins This Far in Life It Shouldn't Kill Him

(06-16-04)

Sports: May the Best Team Win In sports, the fun is figuring out what 'best' means (06-09-04)

Sports: Reds' Little Ball Inexplicably winning one at-bat at a time (06-02-04)

Sports: Sun-Drenched Stanley Cup Canadians will be disappointed by Tampa's championship form (05-26-04)

Sports: Champions, but No Masters European soccer climaxes with unbeatens and uncertains (05-19-04)

Sports: Land of the Giants As usual, NBA playoffs revolve around Lakers-Spurs series (05-12-04)

Sports: Expecting to Fail Reds fans and players are beginning to see the season slip away (05-05-04)

Sports: Bengals' New Mission Draft sends statement: We want guys who play hard (04-28-04)

Sports: Most Wonderful Time of the Year Reds winning, Bengals dealing and NHL and NBA playoffs unwinding (04-21-04)

Sports: Baseball Scores Online Finally, a Web site worth paying for (04-14-04)

Sports: On the Road to Risk City Are we watching a season that doesn't even promise a glimpse of the future? (04-07-04)

Sports: XU Breaks the Rock After years of pounding, Xavier basketball finally has graduated from the small time (03-31-04)

Sports: Keeping It Surreal Wacky as usual, the NCAA Tournament bids adieu to UC and UK and welcomes Xavier to the Sweet Sixteen (03-24-04)

Marching Forward UC and Xavier used the hard lessons of January to turn their seasons around (03-17-04)

Reason to Believe Like UC and Xavier, Kentucky is on a roll entering the NCAA Tournament (03-17-04)

Sports: Marge Schott: Never a Dull Moment And seldom a moment of peace (03-10-04)

Sports: Them's the Rules Some rules work (English soccer) and some don't (steroids in baseball) (03-03-04)

Sports: Cheer Up Already With UC and XU hoops, these are still the good old days (02-25-04)

Sports: Enjoying the Simple Life In the squalid village beneath the rich man's hill, baseball thrives on simple pleasures (02-18-04)

Sports: An Open Shot No dominant teams so far at the NBA's half-way mark (02-11-04)

Sports: Rounding Third The Reds' announcer choice comes down to the wire, as did the Super Bowl (02-04-04)

Sports: Still Finding Their Way Crosstown Shootout will answer many questions about UC and Xavier (01-28-04)

Sports: On the Defensive It's official: Great defenses win Super Bowls (01-21-04)

Sports: Still Up in the Air Pete Rose's future in baseball remains in his hands and in his heart (01-14-04)

Sports: The Tie That Binds Why should college football have just one champion? (01-07-04)

Sports: You Win Some, You Lose Some In 2004 the Bengals should be better -- especially better than the Reds (12-31-03)

Sports: Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another? Big-time college football continues to shut out quality programs like Miami (12-24-03)

Sports: A Mini Super Bowl The Rams escaped futility several years ago; can the Bengals do the same by beating them Sunday? (12-17-03)

Sports: We're Mythically No. 1! How the BCS system works, and why it's not going to change (12-10-03)

Sports: Go Your Own Way Dumping Rick Minter doesn't take UC to the next level; only a total commitment to big-time football will (12-03-03)

Sports: Their Turn Unlike previous years, the Bengals aren't ready to give way to college hoops season (11-25-03)

Sports: Good for What Ails You Bengals fans awake from a decade-long illness thanks to the only possible remedy: winning (11-19-03)

Sports: What's in a Name? The Big East is big and east, and that will be a huge boost to UC (11-12-03)

Sports: Dan's the Man But is the Reds' new GM just a nice guy brought in to do a nasty job? (11-05-03)

Sports: Shut up and Play Bengals need Corey Dillon to get in line and in the lineup (10-29-03)

Sports: Time for a New Plan? The Marlins built from scratch to the World Series; can the Reds? (10-22-03)

Sports: Too Late for Harry But beloved Caray is watching from somewhere as the Cubs build a winning tradition (10-15-03)

Sports: Limbaugh Limps Away Memo to Rush: In the NFL, the best guys play (10-08-03)

Sports: A Touch of Class Reds end a horrible season by doing something right (10-01-03)

Sports: The Only Game in Town UC football is the best thing going right now (09-24-03)

Sports: Big Pigskin Gig Sunday's matchup with Pittsburgh offers Bengals a rare 'big' game (09-17-03)

Sports: The Wild Bunch For once, the September baseball races are fun (09-10-03)

Sports: Good for Nothing As the always surprising NFL kicks off, preseason picks are almost meaningless (09-03-03)

Sports: The King Is Dead, Long Live the King Ohio State's title repeat hopes boosted by NCAA's complicated bowl championship format (08-27-03)

Sports: Billion Reasons to Hope A Russian billionaire looks to reform a classic English soccer club; what could he do for the Reds? (08-20-03)

Sports: Another Setup? There's something oddly reassuring about a bumbling Bengals loss, even in preseason (08-13-03)

Sports: Raising Eyebrows, Turning Stomachs Reds' deadline deals a sad joke on their loyal fans (08-06-03)

Sports: Schott With His Own Gun Weaned on the job by Marge, Bowden didn't fit anymore in 21st-century baseball (07-30-03)

Sports: Sympathy for the Devils Rose and Junior, Cincinnati's fallen baseball idols, fight for their futures (07-23-03)

Sports: Grand Central Reds lucky to play in a lousy division, or their season would be done (07-16-03)

The Breakthrough Season That Isn't Despite big plans to the contrary, the 2003 Reds are struggling to contend (07-09-03)

Sports: UC, Xavier Might Finally Go 'Big' With the ACC/Big East controversy, local schools could be on the move (07-02-03)

Sports: Rules Are Rules Jock tax snafu another example of Cincinnati's image problem (06-25-03)

Sports: No Kidding As predicted, the Spurs towered above their NBA playoff competition (06-18-03)

Sports: The Joy of Six The Reds would be champions with any pitching help (06-11-03)

Sports: Nothing Minor About Ducks' Run Ex-Cincinnati players push Anaheim deep into Stanley Cup Finals (06-04-03)

Sports: Sorenstam's Impact Golf fans are left wondering about the future of the PGA (05-28-03)

Sports: The NBA Final Four There's still a world of difference between the West and the East (05-21-03)

Sports: Real Football Season Climaxes European soccer leagues offer gripping story lines (05-14-03)

Sports: Broken Hearts Are for Suckers Upset about partying coaches? Get a life! (05-07-03)

Sports: Straddling Perception and Reality The Bengals took on public perception with their draft, particularly Carson Palmer's signing (04-30-03)

Sports: Bengals Should Draft Newman Cornerback/kick returner can offer more help more quickly (04-23-03)

Sports: Remember the Spurs San Antonio the pick here to win the NBA Championship (04-16-03)

Sports: Center of Attention Is centerfield a doomed position on the Reds? (04-09-03)

Sports: Common Knowledge Squeezed into 'the wedge,' the Reds got less stadium than their (and our) money could have bought (04-02-03)

Sports: The Rising Suddenly, sports of all sorts in the Tristate are looking pretty good (03-26-03)

Sports: UK OK Kentucky is the pick here to win the NCAA Tournament (03-19-03)

Sports: Where's the Loyal Opposition? Toni Smith is the first athlete to question America's Iraq policy; she shouldn't be the last (03-12-03)

Sports: Planting Seeds If UC or Xavier succeeds in the NCAA tourney, it'll be a Cinderella story (03-05-03)

Sports: The Write Stuff On Earl Lawson, Hal McCoy and other excellent local sports writers (02-26-03)

Sports: Losing Interest in College Hoops NCAA Tournament focus makes regular season almost meaningless (02-19-03)

Sports: A Fan's Dream Deferred Reds fans don't understand why owner Carl Lindner won't behave irrationally like them (02-12-03)

Sports: Games That Matter English Premiership soccer is a model for professional competition (02-05-03)

Sports: Let the Sunshine In Tampa Bay's long journey from lovable losers to Super Bowl champs (01-29-03)

Sports: Hope Springs Eternal But where the Bengals are concerned, skepticism is the proven approach (01-22-03)

Sports: Overtime Makeover NFL playoff battles cry out for a better resolution (01-15-03)

Sports: Reliving Ohio History The Buckeyes win a championship; the Browns lose a playoff heartbreaker (01-08-03)

Sports: Learn from Dallas The Bengals are at the point of no return (01-01-03)

Sports: More of the Same 2002 was a relatively quiet sports year, except for the really weird stuff (12-26-02)

Sports: Missing the Point Baseball's flirtation with Pete Rose's reinstatement doesn't deal with his current and future gambling (12-19-02)

Unfinished Business The Bengals and the Reds haven't kept their end of the stadium-funding bargain (12-12-02)

Sports: Meeting Their Destinies The latest on UC and Xavier hoops, UC football and Elder's state champs (12-05-02)

Sports: Big Chance for Big Ten Regional pride goes to the Fiesta Bowl with Ohio State (11-27-02)

Sports: Pick 'Em The NFL remains wide open as it nears the stretch run (11-21-02)

Sports: Getting a Kick Out of Soccer Tired of meaningless regular seasons? Try foreign soccer leagues on FOX SportsWorld (11-14-02)

Sports: Out of Their Hands All Ohio State can do is win out; their championship fate is in others' hands (11-07-02)

Sports: Not Caring About Baseball Baseball players and owners have driven away fans and then wonder why no one watches the World Series (10-31-02)

Sports: The Forgotten Man Schnellenberger made Miami (Fla.) into national power (10-24-02)

Sports: Saving Baseball from Itself Though wildcards, the Giants and Angels might have rescued an otherwise dismal season (10-17-02)

Sports: What a Waste The Bengals' inability to train young quarterbacks continues to haunt them (10-10-02)

Sports: Changing of the Guard Small-payroll Oakland A's should rule the baseball roost (10-03-02)

Sports: Goodbye to a Workmanlike Stadium Riverfront Stadium produced enough memories for any two other facilities (09-26-02)

Sports: Only Real Quarterback Johnny Unitas not only invented the modern quarterback -- he invented the modern NFL (09-19-02)

Sports: Stupidity vs. Ineptitude Browns and Bengals to stage a titanic 'Battle of Ohio' (09-12-02)

Sports: On Any Given Sunday ... Major League Baseball wishes it had the NFL's competitive balance (09-05-02)

Sports: Movin' on Up UC football, along with Conference USA, is poised for the big time (08-29-02)

Sports: Good Riddance A one-or two-year shutdown of Major League Baseball might be the best thing for the game (08-22-02)

Sports: Kicking Soccer into High Gear Major League Soccer has a long way to go (08-14-02)

Sports: Defending Jim Bowden Though offensive to some, Bowden's 9/11 remarks rang with truth -- the ultimate defense (08-08-02)

Sports: Grande Old Game Why we appreciate George Grande, Lance Armstrong and Sam Wyche

(08-01-02)

Sports: Let Akili Be Akili The Bengals need a quarterback anyway (07-25-02)

Sports: Loser With a Capital 'Loo' Baseball couldn't be any more lame if it tried, and it's trying (07-18-02)

Sports: The Real Thing Compared to other baseball stars, particularly Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams was as real as the game (07-11-02)

Sports: A Real Kick World Cup ends with a beautiful final and a redemption story (07-04-02)

Sports: The Answer Man Bill says fix Title IX and kill off interleague play (06-27-02)

Sports: The Cup Runneth Over Americans try, and fail, to ignore the world's biggest sporting event (06-20-02)

Sports: Down and Out Once a great fighter, Tyson has become a parody of himself (06-13-02)

Sports: Action Jackson Never has a coach been so ignored for being so good (06-06-02)

Sports:Baseball and Social Progress The game will embrace its first openly gay player -- if he can hit or pitch (05-30-02)

Sports: What's in It For Us Why baseball fans need to stake a claim in the labor debate (05-23-02)

Sports: It's Not About Griffey If only he would quit thinking it is (05-16-02)

Sports: Why They Play the Games Running for the fun of it and winning for the thrill of it (05-09-02)

Sports: You Gotta Have Heart There's a lot to like about the Reds' season so far (05-02-02)

Sports: An Offensive Pick Bengals make the right decision drafting what's-his-name (04-25-02)

Sports: Changing of the Guards Thoughts on Arnold Palmer, the NFL draft and the NBA and NHL playoffs (04-18-02)

Sports: Enjoy It While You Can Signs point to baseball reliving 1994 and not finishing its season (04-11-02)

Sports: They're on the Bench for a Reason Opening Day strategies don't bode well for the season ahead (04-04-02)

Sports: Hugs and Kisses Cincinnati sports fans celebrate Huggins' decision to stay (03-28-02)

Sports: The End Came Hard Was the NCAA Tournament loss Huggins' final game at UC? (03-21-02)

Sports: Saving the NCAA from Itself Give meaning to the regular season by letting every school into the NCAA Tournament (03-14-02)

Sports: Happy or Good? The Reds' 'chemistry' problems pale in comparison to their pitching problems (03-07-02)

Sports: Retaking the National Pastime Canada might have given away professional hockey to the U.S., but the gold medal provides consolation (02-28-02)

Sports: That's Entertainment Thanks to the USA's medal count and an ice-skating controversy, NBC achieves gold with the Winter Olympics (02-21-02)

Sports: Bummer Summer It's going to be a very long season for Reds fans (02-14-02)

Sports: Passing the Torch The Patriots and Ed Jucker deserve their overdue recognition (02-07-02)

Sports: Teams of Destiny Patriots need a lot of help to win the Super Bowl, and the Rams might give it to them (01-31-02)

Sports: Marathon Men UC and Xavier try to survive the loooooong road to the NCAAA Tournament (01-24-02)

Sports: Rotting from the Head Down Thanks to Selig and the owners, baseball's fortunes go from bad to worse (01-17-02)

Sports: Bet on the Hot Hands Rams and Steelers look headed for a Super Bowl showdown (01-10-02)

Sports: The Merry Old Land of Oz Ozzie Smith leads one writer's Hall of Fame ballot (01-03-02)

Sports: Out in the Open Cincinnati's sports scene broke new ground in 2001 (12-27-01)

Sports: 'You Don't Live in Cleveland!' Thoughts on the Crosstown Shootout, the Dmitri Young trade and Browns fans (12-20-01)

Sports: Name Your Own National Champion College football will never have playoffs, so quit yer bitching and get on the BCS bus (12-13-01)

Sports: Waking up the Echoes Davie didn't get the 'big picture' of Notre Dame football; will the next coach? (12-06-01)

Sports: A Lot of Bad Teams Sizing up the NFL season so far (11-29-01)

Sports: The Tale of Two Men UC's and Xavier's basketball fortunes rest on just a few shoulders (11-21-01)

Sports: Killing Baseball to Save It Contraction is just one more stupid move by Major League Baseball (11-15-01)

Sports: Heart Breaker Baseball's bickering owners and players ready to spoil the goodwill generated by a fabulous World Series (11-08-01)

Sports: Talking 'Bout My Generation How Michael Jordan and Babe Ruth fit perfectly into America's generational patterns (11-01-01)

Sports: It's Not Over Until the Yankees Say It's Over The World Series pits old-line baseball against new-fangled baseball (10-25-01)

Sports: When It Was a Game How a jaded sports writer discovered the joys of high school football (10-18-01)

Sports: What a Weekend The baseball season wraps up with many reminders about what makes it the national pastime (10-11-01)

Sports: Tragedy? What Tragedy? Sports, by their nature, are a distraction rather than a way to 'heal' the nation (10-04-01)

Sports: Digging Out The sports world returns to normal with two bigger-than-life stories: the Bengals and the Mets (09-27-01)

Sports: America's Wake-Up Call Flag waving feels good, but it doesn't solve the problem (09-20-01)

Sports: Rumblin', Stumblin' but Not Bumblin' Odds and ends from a big football weekend and a big loss to broadcast journalism (09-13-01)

Sports: Why Baseball Loses out to Football As the Bengals open another season, the NFL has eclipsed baseball for drama, regular-season meaning and competitiveness (09-06-01)

Sports: A September to Remember UC football actually in better shape than Ohio State and UK (08-30-01)

Sports: That's the Way We Like It Rijo's return gave Cincinnati baseball fans the ultimate gift: reliving the past (08-23-01)

Sports: The 'Persevation' of Eric Davis Finally, the 'next Willie Mays' has earned universal respect (08-16-01)

Sports: Take a Walk on the Local Side There's still a powerful antidote to cynicism about big-time sports (08-09-01)

Sports: The People's Hero Griffey has put his money where his mouth is, as have the fans. Will the Reds ownership follow? (08-02-01)

Sports: How the Other Half Lives Cubbies and Astros are going at it atop the NL Central (07-26-01)

Sports: Hope Springs Eternal Yes, it's Bengals training camp time again (07-19-01)

Sports: Can't Buy Me Love The Reds miss their rebuilding project by a year, and baseball misses a meaningful All-Star Game (07-12-01)

Sports: The Right Thing to Do It's easy now to second-guess Barry Larkin's long-term contract, but the Reds made the right decision (07-05-01)

Sports: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Since Reds' rebuilding project is doomed, Bowden should look to get out (06-28-01)

West Is Best The 'man on the logo' has once again built the Lakers into NBA champs (06-21-01)

Why the Baseball Season Is Already Dead And what can be done to make the regular season meaningful again (06-14-01)

Sports: NBA a Step Away from the XFL Accusations of fixing the finals gnaws at the NBA's integrity (06-07-01)

Sports: Let Kids Be Kids Summer sports, for all their problems, offer children a better life than the alternatives (05-31-01)

Sports: Hang Men Reds try to keep the season together until their stars return (05-24-01)

Sports: Tarnishing a Legacy Michael Jordan needs the NBA right now more than the league needs him (05-17-01)

Sports: Part-Time Prime Time Sanders says he'll be happy as a team player, but time will tell. (05-10-01)

Sports: XU's Glass Ceiling Did Skip Prosser take Xavier basketball as far as it can go? (05-03-01)

Sports: Too Many Needs, Not Enough Picks Same old story for the Bengals at the NFL draft (04-26-01)

Sports: More Gravity than a Sports Riot Last week's crisis has been decades in the making (04-19-01)

Sports: Too Much Too Soon Darryl Strawberry deserves pity, not outrage (04-12-01)

Sports: April Remains the Cruelest Month Victories by Duke and the Yankees remind us of the correct order of the sports universe (04-05-01)

Sports: Alive on Arrival XU women finally find an audience on a national stage (03-29-01)

Sports: Knight of the Living Dead Bob Knight tries to resurrect his coaching career while the NCAAs play out according to form (03-22-01)

Sports: Bracket Mania Local schools fare well in NCAA Tournament draw (03-15-01)

Sports: Crum and Crummer Louisville coach once defined the college game but was left behind (03-08-01)

Sports: Defining the Term 'Tragic' Thoughts on Earnhardt's death and baseball players' salary whines (03-01-01)

Sports: Hockey Support Slips Is Columbus' new NHL presence hurting the Cyclones and Mighty Ducks (02-22-01)

Sports: Signs of the Times