CINCINNATI — It’s not just the top three scorers and six of the top eight scorers returning from last year that’s creating high expectations this year for the No. 20 Cincinnati Bearcats. It’s the players who weren’t in Clifton last…

CINCINNATI — The mannerisms were there for everyone to see Sunday in the midst of a 41-24 win over the woebegone Las Vegas Raiders. Joe Burrow is sick and tired of the clown show and pajama party going on around…

CINCINNATI — It wasn’t the prettiest game Joe Burrow has ever played. But it was in some ways one of his most impressive. Missing Tee Higgins, Zack Moss, Charlie Jones, Orlando Brown Jr. and the disciplined Jermaine Burton, the Bengals…

Raiders (2-6) at Bengals (3-5) Sunday, Nov. 3 at Paycor Stadium (FieldTurf CORE), 1 p.m. ET, TV: Ch. 19 FOX FOX19 (Cincinnati) Kevin Kugler (PBP), Daryl Johnston (Analyst), Laura Okmin (sideline). Radio: Dan Hoard, Dave Lapham. WEBN-FM (102.7 FM), 700-WLW,…

CINCINNATI — Jermaine Burton just wants a chance to shine. With Tee Higgins likely to miss his fourth game of the season this Sunday against Las Vegas, Burton couldn’t ask for a better opportunity. “I’m just finally starting to get…

CINCINNATI — The Bengals are not the Chiefs, Ravens or Bills. Their front office doesn’t and has never looked at the NFL trade deadline as an opportunity to add talent and get better. They value their draft picks too much…