Bengals Training Camp Coverage
C. Trent
- It could be a couple of weeks before Chinedum Ndukwe returns from injury after leaving practice on Wednesday.

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Congrats to Chuck Weber
The Cincinnati Cyclones, 2008 Kelly Cup champions, announced that Chuck Weber has signed a multi-year contract with the club. Terms of the deal were not released. He has also been promoted to the position of Head Coach / Vice President of Hockey Operations, after having served the past two seasons as Head Coach / Director of Hockey Operations.

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TGIT...the Cheerleader of the Week
Lacee Landers

Name: Lacee Landers
School: University of Miami
Birth Date: October 7, 1986
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Ind.
Year: Senior
Major: Accounting, with a minor in business law

1. I love Miami, but I almost went to:
The University of Florida. We have a meeting in the Swamp on September 6th. Go Canes!

2. My favorite class is:
BSL 301: Commercial Paper and Creditors Rights. You'd just have to be there [to understand].

3. Movies I can't live without:
Crash, Coming to America and Syriana.

4. Music I can't live without:
Kirk Franklin, OutKast, Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne and Miami Music.

5. TV shows I can't live without:
Pardon the Interruption and SportsCenter.

6. The most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me during a game is:
It was the last game in the Orange Bowl and I was so focused on encouraging one of my teammates during her standing tuck that I forgot to use my sign in our pre-game performance. It's pretty embarrassing when you're the "M" in M-I-A-M-I! "Go iami"?

7. My favorite sport is:
All 'Canes sports. I especially enjoy cheerleading and football.

8. My favorite professional sports teams are:
I'm a huge college sports fan but I try and keep up with the Miami teams, the Heat and the Dolphins.

9. My one guilty pleasure is:
MAC cosmetics.

10. My best physical feature is:
My big green eyes, they used to embarrass me as a kid but I've finally grown to love them.

11. A strange and unusual fact about me is:
The very first college football game I ever attended was the first one I cheered in for UM. It was against Clemson at Death Valley and we won in triple over time.

12. My friends would be surprised to know that I:
Used to be a band geek! I played the flute all three years of middle school.

13. My favorite foods are:
Organic peanut butter (a jar will last me about 3 days). I also love tuna fish, avocados and hummus.

14. Five people I'd like to have dinner with (living or dead):
My Mother (I don't see her nearly enough), Jesus Christ (I don't know if one dinner could answer all my questions), Dikembe Mutombo (he is to date the most generous athlete in the world and any person with such a giving heart is one I would love to learn from), Randy Shannon (our head football coach...he's so elusive!) and Tim Tebow (I'd like to see if he is really as nice as the media portrays him to be).

15. Three People who annoy me:
I'm not easily annoyed but any three FSU fans would probably fit the bill. Also, Renegade the FSU horse. I know he's not a "person" but he still annoys me.

16. The next risk I want to take is:
Taking my LSAT in June and applying to law school.

17. If my life had a theme song, it would be:
Bob Marley's Three Little Birds. "Every little thing is gonna be all right!"

18. The reality show I'd do best on is:
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I wouldn't want to win a home makeover, but I would love the opportunity to help the families that appear on the show.

19. If I won the lottery, the first thing I'd buy would be:
I'd buy my mom a fabulous house and then pay off my student loans. The rest would be saved up to pay for law school.

20. The worst date I ever went on was:
I haven't had any horrible dates yet, but if you do plan on taking me out I love sporting events!

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10 ways to make Price is Right more "hip"
Best Week Ever
10. Change the Logo and Title of the Show To Something A Little More “Now” - See the suggested logo to your right. As you will undoubtedly notice, the more “urban” and “edgy” logo design - and the new title, which has been updated to reflect the more “street” slang of the kids these days - all lend themselves to a younger, hipper daytime gameshow viewer.

9. Instead of “Come On Down”, Have The Voice of Scorpion Yell “Get Over Here!” While The Mortal Kombat Music Plays - I know it’s a trademark of the show or whatever, but the whole “Come On Down” thing is so played out. How much cooler and more youthful would it be if a classic video game fighting character unleashed a blood-curdling “Get Over Here!!!” along with intense techno music and strobe lights. Who wants to see some old grandad tripping over himself cause he’s the next contestant on the Price Is Right when he could make a more dramatic and triumphant entrance to the show like he’s about to wrestle for the motherf*cking WWE title of mid-level consumer products?

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10 Hottest Movie/TV Cheerleaders of All-Time
All Balls

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Because I know you care about Brett Favre....
SI.com
According to NFL.com, the Packers will receive a fourth-round draft pick in 2009. The selection would turn into a third-rounder if Favre plays in 50 percent of the plays this season, a second-rounder if he plays in 70 percent and the Jets make the playoffs, or a first-round pick if he plays in 80 percent and the Jets make it to the Super Bowl.

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Congress wants to ban beer ads at college games
TV Week
Nine congressmen are adding their voices to the push to get the NCAA to alter its policy allowing beer and wine cooler ads during TV telecasts. The NCAA Division 1 executive committee meets Thursday in Indianapolis. The congressmen today sent a letter to NCAA President Myles Brand urging the NCAA to ban alcohol ads entirely from broadcasts. “We find it puzzling that NCAA advertising rules prohibit ads for cigarettes, other tobacco products, organizations promoting gambling and alcohol beverages, yet continue to allow ads for beverages with alcohol content of 6% or less,” said the letter. “Given the devastating problems caused by underage college drinking, much of it in the form of beer, that policy makes little sense and flouts the core value of sports and learning.

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Madden '09 cover not changing
From EA Sports
"I just want to set the record straight – Madden NFL 09 will hit stores next Tuesday with Brett wearing his Packers green and gold, as we celebrate his legacy as one of the great QBs to ever play the game and someone’s who’s been with us from the early days of John Madden Football. But what’s most important is what’s in the game – and by the start of the season, we’ll have a roster patch that will ensure that, in the game, Brett is on whatever team he’s playing for this season."