Bengals news 
The Bengals today waived LBs Roy Manning and Anthony Schlegel.
Manning is a fourth-year NFL player from Michigan. He played in five games for Cincinnati last season and had seven special teams tackles.
Schlegel is a third-year NFL player from Ohio State. He played in 13 games for the Bengals last season, with five starts, and had 34 tackles on defense with four special teams tackles.

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Method to Marvin's madness
Ludwig At Large 
What does it mean to have three more competent receivers in the offensive arsenal?
Of course, the trio will help the passing game.
More importantly, the trio will ignite THE RUNNING GAME!!! How? By spreading the field. That's how.

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'08 College Football Hall of Fame class includes Holtz, Cooper

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UC QB uses ND experience as kindling
ESPN"
He's moved up in terms of our evaluation -- he really stunk and now he's just lousy," Kelly said, smiling. "If we had another spring, another 15 days, I could envision him competing for a starting position. Right now, it's a situation where it's going to take him all summer really to put himself in a position to compete."

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Scouts watching Reds for possible Dunn, Jr deals
MLB.COM
"They could get very good very quickly with a few more players. If they don't get going soon they'd be crazy not to try to move [Dunn and Griffey] for guys that could help them down the road, especially if both are going to be gone anyway when the season's over."

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Dunn what?
I hear fans say, "as the weather warms up, so will the bats"
I looked up Adam Dunn's career numbers, by month.
This is kind of scary. His BEST overall month during his ML career is April:
BA .268 (2nd best)
HR 47 (T-Best)
RBI 105 (T-2nd)
OBP .419 (best)
SLG .574 (best)
OPS .993 (best)

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Classic Borgman
Chad's corner

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Follow-up on softball act of sportsmanship
The Oregonian
Afterward, Central coach Frederick said he received a clarification from the umpiring supervisor, who said NCAA rules allow a substitute to run for a player who is injured after a home run. The clarification, however, could not diminish the glory of Holtman's and Wallace's gesture.
Interview with players involved

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April in review for the Reds
12-17 record
Biggest surprise: ?
Biggest disappointment: ?
MVP of April:  ?
How/why does it get better in May?

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LaRussa's tinkering starts to pay off
St Louis Post Dispatch
To hang in the National League Central race, the Cardinals will have to consistently convert their scoring opportunities. And maybe, just maybe, La Russa has found ways to make that happen with the players on hand.

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So why isn't this happening with the Reds?
St Louis Post Dispatch
A year ago, the Cardinals franchise was spinning out of control. Baseball talk was off the table, replaced by sordid tales of drinking, death and destruction. The sacred Birds on the Bat logo was tilted and tainted by the disorder.
Now, after the opening month 2008, the Cardinals are looking like a fresh, crisp, cleaned-up contender.

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Nice story on UK seniors
KentuckySportsRadio.com
I just returned home from a long two days in the Simpson/Allen County part of the state with the Barnstorming Tour. During that time, I of course missed the biggest recruiting day in years, with the commitments of Josh Harrellson, Dominique Ferguson and the positive news from Jon Hood as well. However there will not be a regret on my end in the least as I experienced one of the more touching moments that I have seen in a long time in my life. Doing this tour has been enlightening on a lot of levels, from getting to see various parts of the state, to managing a large-scale operation to hearing interesting stories about UK players past and present. But maybe more than anything, it has allowed me to see the depth of passion around the UK program in ways that I havent been able to fully comprehend in the past. And along with that, it has allowed me to watch two young men who have helped build on the UK legacy, realize and embrace that passion as never before.

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MLB attendance soars to record breaking heights, again
Yahoo
MLB officials say attendance is 2.6 percent ahead of record-breaking figures from last season, when the 30 teams raked in more than $6 billion.

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Check this out
Jerome Simpson interview and highlights. Wait til you see some of his catches! Thanks to WPDE in Florence, South Carolina  

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Alexander to contact Bengals
Mark Curnutte, Enquirer
Running back Shaun Alexander, cut loose by Seattle less than two weeks ago, will be contacting his favorite boyhood team, the Bengals.

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Five franchises we love to hate
CNNSI
4. THE Ohio State University: Buckeye fans have had the legs for their argument for dominance knocked out from under them lately, what with the way they keep losing in championship games. But you'd never know State can't win the big one by listening to them Buckeyes. (By the way, we get it: You're THE Ohio State University. Nice sweater vests.)

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Loved, hated, debated: DH at 35
MLB.COM"
The average fan comes to the park too see action, home runs," Finley said at the time. "He doesn't come to see a one-, two-, three- or four-hit game. I can't think of anything more boring than to see a pitcher come up to the plate when the average pitcher couldn't hit my grandmother. Let's have a permanent pinch-hitter for the pitcher."

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BCS driving it's rent-a-wreck til 2014
ESPN
What, you thought the 12 men who own the BCS car keys would actually improve their 10-year-old rent-a-wreck? You thought wrong.

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Maxim Hometown Hottie
Careful opening at work