Cincinnati Bengals

After Cincinnati upset Cleveland, the NFL's toughest division had the tightest race, the Browns leading their three AFC rivals by a game

BOATING—MARVIN BECKMANN of Houston won the Clifford D. Mallory Cup, emblematic of the U.S. men's sailing championship, off Atlantic Highlands, N.J.

This is the meanest, keenest, roughest, toughest division in the league. Anything can happen? Yes, the Cincinnati Bengals—after three years of frustration at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers—will win the division...

BIG BUSTED MACHINESir:Yes, The Big Red Machine is now The Big Dead Machine and no, they will not win a third world championship in a row (The Reds Are Singing the Blues, Aug. 22). But remember this: long after the...