The Latest Breaking News from Cincinnati

Cincinnati has been off to a rough start, sitting 0–2 after being competing in the Super Bowl just seven months ago.

Admittedly, I don’t always know exactly how a Cowboys game is going to play out. For example, my pick of Dallas 19, Cincinnati 17 in the Sunday edition was off by a point. I apologize for that.

CINCINNATI — As Pirates players walked back and forth with plates of breakfast and others prepared for batting practice Wednesday morning, Oneil Cruz and Rodolfo Castro chatted quietly in one corner of the visiting clubhouse at Great American Ball Park. Wearing a set of gray headphones as he listened to…

PITTSBURGH — The message was sent on the Cincinnati Bengals' first play Sunday when Cam Heyward bullied rookie guard Cordell Volson and sacked Joe Burrow.

CINCINNATI — It didn’t take Luis Ortiz long at all to show that he meant business, that his start Tuesday in the second game of a doubleheader against the Reds at Great American Ball Park was more than a token, late-season gesture, a reward for a job well done.

CINCINNATI — When the Pirates acquired Johan Oviedo as part of the Jose Quintana-Chris Stratton trade, there was an acknowledged need to be patient. General manager Ben Cherington and manager Derek Shelton also told anyone who asked about the gigantic right-hander that they viewed him as a capable major league…

PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin ruled outside linebacker T.J. Watt out for Sunday's game against the Patriots, but he indicated that the pectoral injury that forced Watt to miss the latter stages of the Week 1 victory in Cincinnati won't be season-ending.

CINCINNATI — A Bryse Wilson start defined by home runs certainly qualifies as a plausible premise, especially at Great American Ball Park. But the twist Monday against the Reds was that Wilson got to watch a couple balls sail over the fence and smile, instead of growing frustrated.

Steelers kicker Chris Boswell explains the difference between a ‘good ball’ and an ‘edged ball’ and how he finally took down the AFC champion Bengals.