B.Clifton Burke

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Week 11 Preview: Cincinnati at Oakland

It seems too easy to pile on Al Davis and the Oakland Raider Asylum; that bit has done before, so we’ll just skip it altogether. Instead, the focus this week for the Bengals is preparing for the best thing the Raiders have going for them: their location. Every week it seems Cincinnati is issued a new [read more...]

Week 11 Preview: Cincinnati at Oakland

It seems too easy to pile on Al Davis and the Oakland Raider Asylum; that bit has done before, so we’ll just skip it altogether. Instead, the focus this week for the Bengals is preparing for the best thing the Raiders have going for them: their location. Every week it seems Cincinnati is issued a new [read more...]

Meet the New Boss in the AFC North

There is a luxury suite on the top floor that overlooks the AFC North. It’s shiny and comfortable and smells like the Playoffs. After milling about their new digs for a while, the Bengals put their feet up on the glass table, lean back and smile to themselves. This is the life. Suddenly [read more...]

Meet the New Boss in the AFC North

There is a luxury suite on the top floor that overlooks the AFC North. It’s shiny and comfortable and smells like the Playoffs. After milling about their new digs for a while, the Bengals put their feet up on the glass table, lean back and smile to themselves. This is the life. Suddenly [read more...]

Week 10 Preview: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh

The way to approach this weekend’s epic struggle in Pittsburgh is to ask yourself: “Why won’t the Bengals win?” If your response consisted of: a) because they’re the Bengals, b) because it’s the Steelers, or c) because it’s a big game on the road, please leave now. Cincinnati has spent this season dispelling exactly that kind of hogwash, and [read more...]

Week 10 Preview: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh

The way to approach this weekend’s epic struggle in Pittsburgh is to ask yourself: “Why won’t the Bengals win?” If your response consisted of: a) because they’re the Bengals, b) because it’s the Steelers, or c) because it’s a big game on the road, please leave now. Cincinnati has spent this season dispelling exactly that kind of hogwash, and [read more...]

Bengals Win Over the Ravens – Saw it Coming

This was a game of cognition. On October 27th, I wrote this: I had a dream that night that the Bengals were beating the Ravens 17-0 at home. For some vague reason, I was unable to sit and watch the game in the dream, but when I caught the glimpse of the score, I remember turning to [read more...]

Bengals Win Over the Ravens – Saw it Coming

This was a game of cognition. On October 27th, I wrote this: I had a dream that night that the Bengals were beating the Ravens 17-0 at home. For some vague reason, I was unable to sit and watch the game in the dream, but when I caught the glimpse of the score, I remember turning to [read more...]

Week 9 Preview: Baltimore at Cincinnati

In the backroom of a shady saloon just on the edge of town, the Ravens await. They sit there hunkered over a card-table with a half-bottle of cheap rum and an old, shaggy dog named Cleveland, curled up and sleeping at their feet. They’ve been there since daybreak and they say they ain’t leavin’ til the Bengals give [read more...]

Week 9 Preview: Baltimore at Cincinnati

In the backroom of a shady saloon just on the edge of town, the Ravens await. They sit there hunkered over a card-table with a half-bottle of cheap rum and an old, shaggy dog named Cleveland, curled up and sleeping at their feet. They’ve been there since daybreak and they say they ain’t leavin’ til the Bengals give [read more...]