The University of Cincinnati Bearcats are off to their best start since 1954. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Bengals are off to their best start since last week.

The Tuesday execution of an Ohio inmate has been delayed by one week after an execution team had problems finding usable veins for the lethal injection process. A flustered Romell Broom says he was hoping not to have to watch the Cincinnati Bengals play again. 

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A cheetah from the Cincinnati Zoo became the world's fastest land mammal Wednesday by doing the 100 meter dash in a record 6.13 seconds.

Also a record, the zookeeper, the late Elmer Scattle did it in 6.14 seconds.

Chris Henry has said he'd like to finish his career with the Cincinnati Bengals. In related news, Chris Henry might be drinking again.

Cincinnati Reds starter Aaron Harang is out for the rest of the season after having his appendix removed. If his appendix were any more useless, it'd pitch for the Reds.

St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter won his seventh straight decision by beating the Cincinnati Reds. The easiest of those decisions was to pitch against the Reds.

Carson Palmer rejoined the Cincinnati Bengals practice after suffering flu-like symptoms. His fever is down so low, it looks like gameday attendance.

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Ike because of the destruction the storm caused which included 100 casualties and an estimated $19.3 billion in property damage.

On another note, the Cincinnati Reds are still not allowed to formally retire Pete Roses number because of his ban for betting on baseball.

HBO has announced it will follow the Cincinnati Bengals for the upcoming season of Hard Knocks. The program is the third primetime show to feature the Bengals, following Cops and America's Most Wanted.