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High-profile performance is nothing new for Ben Utecht . As a five-season NFL veteran and Cincinnati Bengals starting tight end, Utecht entertains hundreds of thousands of fans each fall with his skillful offensive field techniques.

Q: Do you think the Bengals can let Maualuga and Johnson sit and learn at the beginning of the season? Timmons didn't get much PT in Pittsburgh until his second season! Will they ever have the luxury to sit rookies until they are truly ready? Will it hurt the defense throwing them in too soon? Should they keep four RBs? The guy they drafted looks ...

After the last closed session with his team Friday afternoon, head coach Marvin Lewis praised the Bengals' tempo and intensity in the mandatory minicamp weekend that ends Saturday morning before the public at Paul Brown Stadium.

2. Hear the Rusty Griswolds at the summer's first Live at the Levee concert. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. at Newport on the Levee's Riverwalk Plaza.

Questions abound as the Bengals gather for a mandatory, full-squad minicamp today, June 18, and through Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium.

He plays professional football and even has a super bowl ring... today Minnesota's own Ben Utecht of the Cincinnati Bengals was in Mankato... to talk golf.The Mankato Golf Club hosted their Fellowship of Christian Athletes Tournament and Utecht was the guest of honor.He was a member of FCA in college and is now an advocate for the organization that ...

FOREST PARK - Since its opening in 2004, The Underground has built a reputation as a premier concert venue for Christian bands -- from local talent to an upcoming appearance by Jars of Clay.

Apparently politics are more powerful than entertainment. Last year the NFL changed the starting time of its season-opening game to accommodate John McCain's nomination speech at the Republican National Convention.

Maestro Erich Kunzel will get a little help from Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, as well as the Bengals' Ben Utecht, when he conducts the Cincinnati Pops and Mormon Tabernacle Choir on June 18 at Riverbend.

In last week's mock draft for Sports Illustrated 's fantasy football spectacular , I made the uncomfortable selection of Cincinnati's Chad Ochocinco as my WR1.

Challenges - and overcoming them - are nothing new to Ben Utecht. After all, the 27-year-old Minneapolis native began his career as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Minnesota in 2004, only to go on to win a Super Bowl ring as a member of the 2006 Indianapolis Colts.

Most people think if a woman is attractive, has a nice body and can dance, then she is qualified to be a cheerleader.

A scene from the new movie 'Angels & Demons,' based on the novel by Dan Brown, which mixes fact and fiction to create a thriller.

Ben Utecht already has some noteworthy items on his rA©sumA©: Superbowl champion and tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals.

TMZ reports that security video of an April incident in which Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was beaten and robbed by three masked men has been released.

Minnesota native and former Gopher football star Ben Utecht has been on ESPN many times.

Cincinnati Bengals tight end Ben Utecht just released his debut self-titled album, a collection of inspirational power ballads, according to cbnmusic.com . Utecht, who was part of the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl winning team in February 2007, isn't giving up football, but is looking to spread God's word through the power of music.

Top tracks: "Yours," "We All Bow Down" , "Here I Am" In a nutshell: A slew of professional athletes have made permanent marks on the music industry over the years.

After years of bombastic endings and symphony-laced records, what compelled you to make a stripped-down acoustic album ?A Sandi Patty: It is the simple version of songs that I am always hearing in my head.