It's Great To Be A Bengals Fan

Oh, sometimes I rue being born in the Buckeye state. I was smart enough (living in Toledo) to lend my college football allegiances to Michigan and my college hockey favoritism to BGSU, but professional football and baseball in Cincinnati have proven, shall we say, disappointing?

The Chad Johnson saga just got uglier. Now, in addition to demanding an immediate trade, Ocho Cinco says Carson Palmer (one of the nicest guys in the NFL who I've had the pleasure to meet personally) is lying about Johnson's having claimed he would attend a minicamp.

I don't need to read the rest of the story. Chad's a wonderfully talented wideout who's tired of losing. That's understood. But I don't see Carson wilfully misleading anyone.

Meanwhile, I'm a wonderfully loyal fan who's very tired of the losing, as well as the bickering, whining, excuses and futility that seem to mark professional Cincinnati sports (Bengals in particular).