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Last year, offensive line coach Paul Alexander watched his long-time leader Willie Anderson mosey out of Georgetown College to give way to the franchise-tagged Stacy Andrews.

What the Bengals want and need, Kyle Cook has. The second-year center from Michigan State has taken advantage of his opportunity and seized the starting job, replacing Eric Ghiaciuc, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an unrestricted free agent on April 30.

RIPS CHAD AT 'TASTE OF NFL' AT PAUL BROWN STADIUM ===LUDWIG AT LARGE ALERT: The Bengals signed seventh-round DT Clinton McDonald of Memphis today.

Some memorable moments from the Bengals' full-squad minicamp, Thursday through Saturday, June 18-20: Media invasion In addition to an NFL Films crew hunkered down at Paul Brown Stadium, ESPN's John Clayton, Bob Holtzman and James Walker parachuted in for the Chad Ochocinco Circus.

The third Friday in June on the practice fields at Paul Brown Stadium felt more like the first weekend in August at Georgetown.

A quick look at impending roster battles by position as the Bengals' mandatory minicamp opens Thursday morning.

After releasing center Digger Bujnoch last Friday, the Cincinnati Bengals now have 85 players on their roster.

Michael Lombardi surveys NFL topics in newspapers from around the country and adds in his own analysis and perspective.

The Bengals had their first organized team activity of the season and it came with a pretty significant twist.The offensive line came out with Andrew Whitworth at left tackle, Nate Livings at ... by Robert Strickley 5 reads Breaking News The Bengals had their first organized team activity of the season and it came with a pretty significant twist.

Been a few days since our last links and notes. News is trickling in like kidney stone.

Well, what should be next isn't the wide receiver position. As of now, the Bengals still need offensive linemen, including a left tackle and a center.

The Bengals should allow the circus to leave town. It wouldn't be easy to deal two wideouts for a few quality draft picks, even two wideouts as accomplished as Chad Ocho Cinco and T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

The last time the Chiefs played the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, they were 9-0 and Cincinnati's Chad Johnson guaranteed a win that came to pass.

Amazing what two victories can do for a struggling football team. In improving to 3-11-1 and outscoring Washington and Cleveland by a combined 34-13, the Bengals head into the season finale Sunday against ...

The Bengals may have found a keeper for next season in OLG Nate Livings , who has played well since entering the lineup on Nov.

One of the upsides, maybe the only one, of an injury-riddled NFL season is the opportunity young players have to get on the field.

There was a time when Bengals offensive tackle Levi Jones thought this might be a Pro Bowl season.

Aside from the sweat, he said it was the best his body felt since his rookie year.

Several Bengals players helped make Christmas brighter for a group of local children Tuesday night.

' injury problems during a conference call with Cincinnati media Wednesday. Until that moment, Freeney, the Pro Bowl defensive end, expected to face Jones today when the Colts host the Bengals .