Brian Leonard

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT During the first practice of Bengals rookie minicamp, quarterback Andy Dalton watched from the tunnel inside Paul Brown Stadium and saw tight end Tyler Eifert make a one-handed catch...

NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT After 16 seasons and a franchise-record 241 games played, defensive back Ronde Barber called it a career in football, said he was moving on to television but would not say what network. For what it'...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT With the Bengals drafting seven of their 10 players on offense, including the change-of-pace running back they have been searching for and another big target in the red zone, that...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT It's unrealistic to think the Bucs will get 38 starts form the first three picks of their rookie class this year. But that's what happened in 2012 as safety Mark Barron,...

NFL Team Report - Arizona Cardinals - INSIDE SLANT The new Cardinals regime of coach Bruce Arians and general manager Steve Keim have different evaluations of talent than the men they replaced. Nowhere is that more apparent than offensive guards. In...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT If the Bucs make a move this season in the NFC South it will be because general manager Mark Dominik wasn't willing to stay put in the draft. What began a week ago with the mega-...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT With the struggles of the offense during the stretch run last year, it is important for the Bengals to add playmakers during the draft. They started doing that during the first round...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - INSIDE SLANT The long-awaited trade of cornerback Darrell Revis was finally consummated Sunday when the Jets sent Revis to the Buccaneers for a first-round pick in Thursday's draft (13th...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT Former Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison agreed to a two-year deal with the Bengals Friday. Negotiations were slow moving until Thursday, but the Bengals made...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...

The Cincinnati Bengals may have jettisoned Cedric Benson, but the running back filling the void is a familiar face to the Ravens. BenJarvus Green-Ellis left the New England Patriots for a three-year, $9 million contract with the Bengals. Green-Ellis...