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Burrow Is Ready To Go, But Bengals Will Be Cautious
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow says his surgically repaired knee is “just about 100%,” but the Cincinnati Bengals really don’t want anyone knocking their star quarterback around until absolutely necessary. Burrow likely will not see much action in the three preseason games, staying away from most contact until Cincinnati’s regular-season opener against Minnesota on Sept…. Read More
Community Seeks Justice For Kane
By: Curtis Feder
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POMEROY, Ohio (WOUB) – On Easter morning Mason, WV and Pomeroy, OH suffered a great loss. Former Wahama High School football star Kane Roush, 25, died following numerous gunshot wounds. Local law enforcement reported that Roush was shot multiple times, crawled to his neighbors house for help and then communicated with Meigs County deputies when… Read More
‘See Ya Next Year’ Burrow Tweets After Scary Knee Injury
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — Joe Burrow was looking forward to 2021 even as his rookie season was apparently ended by a scary knee injury. “Thanks for all the love. Can’t get rid of me that easy. See ya next year,” the Cincinnati Bengals franchise quarterback tweeted after he was carted off the field early in… Read More
Burrow Picks Up First NFL Win As Bengals Beat Jaguars 33-25
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Mixon ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns and caught Joe Burrow’s pass for another score as the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 33-25. The Bengals rolled up 505 yards in getting their first win of the season. The Bengals (1-2-1) worked around their recent offensive line problems and Mixon… Read More
With Burrow, Bengals Look To Improve On 2019 Fiasco
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — After a historically bad first season under coach Zac Taylor — only second team in club history to go 2-14 — the Bengals went out of character and splurged in free agency to overhaul a horrid defense. They also brought in a new face for the franchise in Joe Burrow, coming off… Read More
Joe Cool: Burrow Confident In Adapting To Bengals Offense
By: Joe Kay | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Back in pads for the first time since he won a national championship at LSU, Joe Burrow got a baptism in NFL red-zone defense. The new Bengals quarterback fumbled a snap – a steady rain contributed – and had trouble completing passes in tight quarters. Not that it bothered him much, if at all…. Read More
Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund Will Benefit Families In Southeast Ohio
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Joe Burrow is partnering with The Athens County Food Pantry (ACFP) and the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) in support of the Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund to fight food insecurity in southeast Ohio. Food insecurity is described as the inability to access sufficient and nutritious food on a regular basis…. Read More
Peaceful Powerful Protest in Athens After The Death Of George Floyd
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A peaceful protest was held in uptown Athens on Saturday as anger and protests mount across the United States over the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. A group of about one hundred students and supporters chanted, “I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” crossing toward the College Green… Read More
Virus Has NFL Prospects Pondering Threat Of A Lost Season
By: Mitch Stacy | Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Burrow was a competent if unspectacular quarterback as a backup at Ohio State and during his first post-transfer season at LSU. In 2019, he transformed into Super Joe. Imagine if a pandemic had shortened or wiped out that last, golden season for Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy and led… Read More
Southeast Ohio native Joe Burrow set for next challenge
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — “The Heisman. The National Championship. The No.1 draft pick — it almost seems even crazier to me,” Athens head coach Nathan White said, who was Joe Burrow’s offensive coordinator from 2012-2014. “What he means to Athens is almost hard to describe. And the coolest part for me is that Joe started as… Read More
Hello Joe! Bengals Take Athens High Alumnus Burrow 1st Overall
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow is already popular in Ohio, where he became a star at Athens High School and played at Ohio State. He gets a chance to return home and try to salvage the Cincinnati Bengals, who took him with the first overall pick in the NFL draft. Burrow won the Heisman Trophy… Read More
Burrow to Join Exclusive NFL Company if QB is Top Pick
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Joe Burrow has a chance to join some very exclusive company if the LSU quarterback winds up going No. 1 overall to Cincinnati. Not only could he become the ninth quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy and then be the first overall selection in the NFL draft since 1967, that also… Read More
Athens Community Celebrates Joe Burrow Winning National Championship
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — WOUB Sports Director Thomas Garverick captures the scene at the Cat’s Corner, a local bar in Athens after Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers beat the Clemson Tigers 42-25 in the 2020 National Championship Game.
The Plains Elementary School rallies around Joe Burrow
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — Joe Burrow has made the transformation from an Athens Bulldog to a LSU Tiger, but his impact goes far greater than the football field. “It’s cool for our kids here at our school because they feel a connection to Joe in what our building was the dame thing that Joe does,” The… Read More
Heisman Winner Spotlights Hunger In His Hometown, And Food Pantry Donations Pour In
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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When LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, he used his acceptance speech not only to thank his teammates, his family and his coach — but also to highlight the struggles of people in his small hometown in Ohio. “Coming from Southeast Ohio, it’s a very impoverished area,” Burrow said, in an… Read More
Athens’ Own Joe Burrow Wins Heisman Trophy in Landslide Vote
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy in a record landslide vote, becoming the first Tigers’ player to take home college football’s most prestigious award in 60 years. The Athens High School Alumnus received 2,608 points and 841 first-place votes. Burrow broke Heisman records for percentage of first-place votes received, percentage of total points… Read More
Fans in Athens County hold tailgate for Joe Burrow
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — All season long the southeast Ohio community has rallied around their hometown hero, Joe Burrow. For another Saturday afternoon, fans tailgated to root for Burrow and the LSU Tigers. If this tailgate is any indication of the impact that Burrow has made in the Athens, OH community, Joe Burrow is indeed Mr…. Read More