WR Mario Urrutia signs with Bengals (AP) Receiver Mario Urrutia signed a four-year contract Tuesday with the Cincinnati Bengals. The seventh-round draft pick played at Louisville. The Bengals still have six picks unsigned. They haven’t signed any of their first five picks from the draft, including first-round pick Keith [...]

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Butkus: Steroid use in football embarrassing (AP) NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus is upset that steroid use has tainted football and that young athletes are questioning their role models. “I owe everything to football,” Butkus said Friday. “I’m embarrassed that for some other kid, it won’t be as [...]

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Anderson alive and blocking
But that might not be how training camp ends. Paul Alexander, who has coached Anderson for all of his 181 Bengals games, looks at you as if you have just stumbled upon the NFL this morning.
AFC North could produce a sub-.500 champion (SportingNews.com) [...]

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Chad Johnson sits out; Odom hurt at Bengals camp (AP)

Pro Bowl receiver Chad Johnson didn’t participate in the Cincinnati Bengals‘ first practice of training camp because his right ankle hasn’t fully recovered from surgery. Johnson spent time Monday rehabilitating the ankle, which was surgically cleaned out last month. [...]

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Uncapped NFL wouldn’t blow lid off balance (SportingNews.com) A National Football League without a salary cap wouldn’t be the football Armageddon that many presume it would be, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio says.
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Jets sign 6th overall pick Gholston (Yahoo! Sports) The Jets signed linebacker/defensive end Vernon Gholston, the sixth overall pick in the NFL Draft, to a five-year, $50 million contract on Friday.
Bengals coach Lewis shuts door on Henry returning [...]

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Beaumont native Collins signs four-year deal with Cincinnati
Anthony Collins, a former Central defensive end and All-American lineman at the University of Kansas, said he signed a four-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday.
WR Mario Urrutia signs with Bengals (AP) Receiver Mario Urrutia [...]

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Broncos WR Marshall meets with Goodell (AP) Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall was summoned to New York last week to chat with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell concerning his string of off-the-field legal troubles. Mike Shanahan hopes the conversation sank in. “You’re always concerned anytime the commissioner calls you in to [...]

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Disgusted Boldin: I won’t re-sign with Cards Arizona star wide receiver Anquan Boldin says the Cardinals lied to him about a new contract and that he has no desire to re-sign with the organization. Boldin, a two-time Pro Bowl player and a team captain last season, said Thursday that he was promised a new [...]

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Vikings’ burning question: Should we buy into the hype? (SportingNews.com) The Minnesota Vikings are the most buzz-worthy team entering the 2008 NFL season. Can they overcome their airborne deficiencies to live up to the hype?
Carson Palmer: Can’t stand Ohio State; [...]

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