• Angry Reds are on other side of MLB’s coronavirus dilemma

    Angry Reds are on other side of MLB’s coronavirus dilemma

    MLB has recently come under fire for being too disorganized in how it has handled the Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak. Now, the league is receiving gripes for being too strict in its protocols. Cincinnati Reds second baseman Mike Moustakas and outfielder Nick Senzel will appeal a ruling that has forced them to miss games, according to …
  • Trevor Bauer isn’t only MLB player enraged with Scott Boras

    Trevor Bauer isn’t only MLB player enraged with Scott Boras

    Trevor Bauer went there. The Reds’ starting pitcher/provocateur often uses his Twitter account to voice sentiments that had been expressed only under the cloak of anonymity. On Wednesday, the right-hander touched a beach ball-sized nerve by exposing some tension within the players association as it tries to negotiate a 2020 restart plan with Major League …
  • Reds’ Trevor Bauer rips MLB for manipulating coronavirus negotiations

    Reds’ Trevor Bauer rips MLB for manipulating coronavirus negotiations

    MLB’s proposal to start the 2020 season is widely known at this point — and Trevor Bauer sees that as a big problem. “I don’t think any of this should have been made public, that’s the most concerning thing to me,” the outspoken Reds pitcher told CBS’ “Tiki and Tierney” on Thursday. “I haven’t even …
  • Pete Rose accused of using corked bats by former Expos groundskeeper

    Pete Rose accused of using corked bats by former Expos groundskeeper

    Pete Rose, already banned from Major League Baseball for gambling, is now accused of breaking another of the sport’s rules. A former groundskeeper for the Montreal Expos recently told the Montreal Gazette that Rose routinely had an Olympic Stadium staffer cork his bats in 1984. Rose played most of the 1984 season for the Expos …
  • Andy Dalton blames messy Bengals exit for free-agency limbo

    Andy Dalton blames messy Bengals exit for free-agency limbo

    Andy Dalton isn’t ripping the Bengals. It’s not his style. But the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback is clearly not thrilled with how his exit – or his final year in Cincinnati – played out. Though it was obvious Dalton wasn’t going to be kept around after he was benched midway through the season and the …
  • Andy Dalton released by Bengals with immediate Patriots intrigue

    Andy Dalton released by Bengals with immediate Patriots intrigue

    Andy Dalton will only cost his next team money. The Bengals released the veteran quarterback on Thursday morning, ESPN.com reported. It adds another layer of intrigue to the free-agency quarterback market, particularly as it pertains to the Patriots. New England has been oddly content with their quarterback situation — and a depth chart topped by …
  • ESPN apologizes for Tee Higgins graphic detailing mother’s ‘drug addiction’

    ESPN apologizes for Tee Higgins graphic detailing mother’s ‘drug addiction’

    ESPN got personal in its NFL Draft coverage this year — a little too much for some fans’ liking, resulting in the network apologizing for one case in particular. When Tee Higgins was drafted 33rd overall Friday night by the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN flashed a “Get to Know” graphic about the star Clemson wide receiver. …
  • Joe Burrow selected by Bengals with No. 1 pick in NFL Draft

    Joe Burrow selected by Bengals with No. 1 pick in NFL Draft

    Joe Burrow is still the Tiger King. Burrow’s remarkable eight-month rise from Average Joe to Heisman Trophy-winner and national champion culminated Thursday when the Bengals made him the No. 1-overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. In a scene unlike any in draft history, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the selection from the basement of …
  • Kroger’s sales jump 30% as shoppers stock up amid coronavirus crisis

    Kroger’s sales jump 30% as shoppers stock up amid coronavirus crisis

    Kroger comparable sales surged about 30 percent in March as consumers stockpiled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the grocer said it had borrowed $1 billion to boost its cash reserve as it prepared for any fallout from the health crisis. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company’s shares rose about 5 percent after the supermarket chain also …
  • Reds pitchers propose ‘sandlot’ game during MLB break

    Reds pitchers propose ‘sandlot’ game during MLB break

    Cincinnati Reds pitchers Trevor Bauer and David Carpenter have thought of an old-school idea to remain active with MLB spring training canceled and the regular season delayed. Bauer and Carpenter posted on Twitter an invitation for any major league or minor league player to play a sandlot-style game they would like to hold somewhere in …