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Cincinnati Bengals sixth-round draft pick Rex Burkhead (33), a running back from Nebraska, carries the ball during the NFL football team's rookie camp, Friday, May 10, 2013, in Cincinnati. Burkhead wears a red wristband for 7-year-old brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Bengals RB working to help young cancer patient

Last updated Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 6:02pm

CINCINNATI — Every time running back Rex Burkhead takes a handoff during Cincinnati Bengals rookie minicamp and tucks the ball under his right arm, that red “Team Jack” wristband stands out.

The thin band reminds everyone of a 7-year-old cancer patient back in Nebraska who has changed Burkhead’s life in a lot of ways. Jack Hoffman is on his wrist and in his thoughts as he moves on to the NFL.

“It’s very humbling,” Burkhead said. “I think I’ve gotten more from the relationship than he has, honestly. It’s helped me look at many things in my life in a new perspective. It’s made me not get down on things.

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Phillies’ Revere gets attention for glove

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 5:36pm

CINCINNATI — Ben Revere is getting so much attention for his glove — the way he used it and the message he taped to it — that he can’t keep up with the calls.

Revere stuck a strip of white athletic tape to the back of his glove on Monday night, showing support for those wounded or killed in the Boston marathon bombings. He wrote the message, “PRAY For Boston” on the tape with a black marker.

Revere then made a diving, over-the-shoulder catch at the edge of the warning track during a 4-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, an astounding play that filled his phone’s voice mail with messages of congratulations.

He finally got to see a replay of his catch on Tuesday morning.

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Cooling technology helping umps handle the heat

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 15, 2012 - 5:10pm

CINCINNATI -- Those summer scorchers don't make umpires melt down anymore.

Cooling technology that's been used by the military for years has started helping umps get through those days when the temperatures flirt with triple-digits and the humidity makes handling home plate duties a sweaty job. They can wear a vest with cooling packs on the front and back, or slip a pack into a special pocket in their shirt when they're behind the plate.

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Bengals rid themselves of diva receivers

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 3:52pm

CINCINNATI -- Receiver Andre Caldwell wore flashy orange shorts -- not the required black ones -- for the Bengals' first walkthrough at training camp. Last player onto the field? Receiver Jerome Simpson.

Uh-uh. Not this year.

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Rookie hazing changing in baseball, too

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 5:31pm

CINCINNATI -- Reds outfielder Chris Heisey wasn't surprised to see the schoolgirl outfit hanging in his locker, his humbling attire for the start of a late-season road trip.

Welcome to the majors, rookie.

"I felt it would happen," Heisey said. "As the season went on last year, I kind of heard talk that it would happen. All the rookies were talking about what we would be dressing up as."

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AP Interview: Rose says he finally gets it

Joe Kay, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 4:16pm

CINCINNATI -- Pete Rose says he finally gets what former baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti meant when he talked about reconfiguring his life.

So, he's 'fessing up.

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Some playoff contenders have empty seats

Joe Kay, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 5:28pm

CINCINNATI -- When the Reds called up crowd-pleasing reliever Aroldis Chapman at the end of August, players hoped his 103 mph fastball would finally fill the seats at Great American Ball Park.

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(Photo courtesy Weber State) Vikki Zimmer, a former Miss Weber State, Mike and son Adam during Mike's coaching days at Weber State.

Former Miss Weber State's death devastates NFL team

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 12, 2009 - 10:35pm

CINCINNATI -- The fourth quarter was starting, and the game was getting crazy. In the Cincinnati Bengals' defensive huddle, players blocked out the raucous Baltimore crowd and reminded each other that a lot more was at stake than first place.

They were playing for someone special.

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WR Ochocinco says he has tweet surprise for NFL

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 10:43pm

CINCINNATI -- Chad Ochocinco is working on a tweet surprise for the NFL.

He promised something new for the Cincinnati Bengals opener Sunday against the Denver Broncos at Paul Brown Stadium. What exactly? He wouldn't say. But it's likely to get a review from the NFL, which has banned players' use of social networks during games.

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Jordan Palmer helping players develop iPhone apps

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 9:44pm

CINCINNATI -- A small icon of Chad Ochocinco's smiling face is the doorway to the receiver's latest media venture.

Touch the iPhone screen and enter Ochocinco's frenetic world. See photos of the Cincinnati Bengals receiver. Link to his Twitter feed. Watch video of him working out. Check out his favorite tunes. See a map that shows where he is today.
All Ochocinco, on the phone screen.
"It's cool," the receiver said.
And he has his quarterback to thank for it.

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