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Bengals 'D' grounded in teamwork

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A recent defensive stand stood out in a second solid effort by the run defense in as many weeks.

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When he rejoined the Bengals last week, it was clear Dontay Moch didn't lounge around while serving a four-game suspension for a violation of the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com

We hate to tell the Cincinnati Reds fan who was waving around the Sorry-Looking Broom a few days ago that we told her so. But, well, we did tell her so. To recap, here's a list of some of the things that happened since she was wielding the broom with th…

Mark Clements, MLB.com

While they failed to take advantage of the opportunities in front of them in the National League Division Series, the Reds were not hard-pressed to give credit where credit was due.

Mark Sheldon, MLB.com

"I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati," Dusty Baker said after the Reds lost, 6-4, to the Giants in Game 5. "We're going to talk about that in the next couple of days. But I'm not through managing yet. I have more to do."

Adam McCalvy, MLB.com

Reds starter Mat Latos left no room for nuance when discussing the team's season-ending loss to the Giants in the National League Division Series.

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

The Reds have officially crapped away the 2-0 series lead that they at one point held over the Giants, but only after the Giants almost crapped away the 6-0 lead they had throughout the majority of today's game. It's a tough way for the Reds' season to …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Buster Posey hit the third grand slam in Giants' postseason history, and San Francisco completed its startling comeback by holding off the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 Thursday in the decisive Game 5 of the NL division series.

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Despite catching just four passes for 59 yards in last Sunday's win over the Cincinnati Bengals — nearly 200 fewer yards than he had the week before against the Arizona Cardinals — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline remains the NFL's leader i…

Alyson Footer, MLB.com

George Foster tossed the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of the NLDS between the Reds and the Giants. Incidentally, Thursday also marked the 40th anniversary of his pennant-clinching run in the NLCS.

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

Four baseball games yesterday, four baseball games today. We all win! Game five of Reds-Giants is underway, with game four of Nats-Cards (4:07 p.m.), game four of O's-Yanks (7:37 p.m.), and game five of Tigers-A's (9:37 p.m.) scorching at you afterward …

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Kevin Huber Updated: 7:20 p.m. As Cincinnati's Kevin Huber heads into one of his biannual epics with the remarkable Browns return man Josh Cribbs this Sunday in Cleveland (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local...

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Dre Kirkpatrick Updated: 5:40 p.m. Dre Kirkpatrick feels good. But he's going to keep it to himself. "I'm just going to play my role," Kirkpatrick said before Thursday's practice. Kirkpatrick, the ...

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Tim Lincecum probably threw his last pitch of the National League Division Series, but two of his fellow starters were deemed available as relievers by Giants manager Bruce Bochy as Thursday's Game 5 showdown with the Cincinnati Reds approached.

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Bengals beat writer Joe Reedy answered your questions during an earlier chat. Here's the replay.

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Nate Clements Near the end of his 20-year run driving the hook-and-ladder for Station House 30 on the corner of 103rd and St. Clair in Cleveland, the younger firefighters began calling Nate Clement...

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Through five games, Jermaine Gresham is disappointed, despite numbers that have him off to his best season of the three he's been with the Bengals.

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The starting lineup from Sunday's game against the Dolphins showed the Bengals aren't just experimenting with Nate Clements at strong safety.

Matt Loede, bengalsgab.com

Last week was not a good one for the Bengals, losing to the Dolphins at home, but this week they will look to get back on track in Cleveland vs a Browns team that hasn’t had a good week yet in 2012. Cleveland is the only team in the NFL that hasn’t wo…