Author: Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer

Basketball analyst Chuck Machock, who died at age 82, was inducted into Cincinnati’s James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2016.

Pete Rose says, “I know I have no chance to go into the Hall of Fame until I die. And that’s fine. Because I’m the one that made the mistake.”

Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson had 2 1/2 of his 9 1/2 career sacks in a 2017 game against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

First-round pick Jonah Williams is expected to miss his rookie season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum, the Bengals said.

The Big East held a vote to approve the addition of the Connecticut Huskies as an 11th member of the conference, according to a report from CBS Sports.

UCLA considered other candidates, including Jamie Dixon, John Calipari and Rick Barnes, but came back to hire Mick Cronin of Cincinnati as its coach

Chris Welsh on Fox Sports Ohio said Pirates starting pitcher Chris Archer’s jersey had a dark substance in thewaistline that appeared to be pine tar.

Denver Broncos general manager John Elway said he didn’t want to offend former coach Vance Joseph by saying he was wrong to hire him.

CBS broadcaster Ian Eagle explained that he was not shocked when the Browns decided to part ways with Hue Jackson and Todd Haley.