Ben Utecht's decision to leave Indianapolis has more to do with opportunities than finances.

Chris Henry's house will go up for auction on Tuesday (May 22), 9 a.m. at the Boone County Justice Center in Burlington. The house is valued at $365,000 and if you don't have 10% -- if you win the bid -- then don't even bother.

Here's a transcripts of Marvin Lewis' and Bob Bratkowski's press conference after the first OTA.

Marvin Lewis meets Arnold Palmer before the shotgun start of the Marvin Lewis' Celebrity Golf Tournament.

Geoff Hobson takes a look at wide receivers -- we'll be doing that too later -- and wonders, after Chad Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Jerome Simpson and Andre Caldwell, which two receivers make the team.

Apparently the Bengals keep "mounting" problems, such as arrests, PR disasters and bad defense. We say that some keep bringing old material to the table so they have at least something to talk about with the Bengals no matter how dated the argument is.

We're passing around this old Conan O'Brien skit with Triumph the Insult dog at a Star Wars convention. Hysterical.

Curnutte's Saturday morning notes during rookie minicamp.

There were five UC football players participating during camp.

Rudi Johnson stopped by a school last week to thank kids that donated money to The Rudi Johnson Foundation.

The Bengals are restocking their wide receiver corps.

Will Jordan Palmer win that coveted #3 quarterback job? It's between him and Jeff Rowe.

Mark Curnutte looks at previous Bengals drafts (actually 2005 and 2006).

There will be a lot expected out of Pat Sims.

The Bengals signed three that participated on a tryout basis. DT, Antwon Burton signed a one-year deal after playing 2006 and 2007 in Denver. LB Dan Howell and Clyde Logan signed two-year deals respectively as college free agents.

Dexter Jackson is giving away 10,000 books with Half Price Books to Children's Hospital.

Bengals newest safety, Corey Lynch, is married to the granddaughter of Reverend Billy Graham organizing team bible studies. Once Jon Kitna left Cincinnati, the Bengals had to deal with issues of character. It would seem that "void" has been filled.

The Bengals signed Clyde Logan, a receiver for Idaho State -- Marvin Lewis' old playground.

Perhaps Jason Shirley sees his chance with the Bengals as a second opportunity he should take advantage of.

Tyler Whaley is pretty pumped about being a Bengal -- his favorite NFL team. He has a long way to go, however.

Bengals Brigade thought the Bengals reached for Jerome Simpson. However, Mark Curnutte writes that the Pittsburgh Steelers had Simpson targeted seven slots later.

Why didn't the Bengals trade up to get Ellis? Chick Ludwig knows: "Too expensive. The Bengals would've had to give up their No. 1 and No. 3 picks, which turned out to be linebacker Keith Rivers and defensive tackle Pat Sims (Nos. 9 and 77 overall). Two is better than one."

Pat Sims is the youngest of 10 children. He was out of football 28 months ago when his sister died suddenly of a massive heart attack.

Wide Reciever Jerome Simpson was still on a cloud three days after being drafted.

The NFL Draft now starts at 3pm -- even though coverage began three months ago. We'll be here for the draft. Once things get rolling -- before 3pm, likely -- we'll post an open draft post and creating new posts for each draft pick. So the open draft, we'll just chat. Then with each pick, we'll praise, complain that pick. Sound good? Or would you rather have a single open forum and then we'll mess around with each pick in detail the following week. What works best for you guys?

Wanna play? With each major event, there's a customized drinking game. There's the Bleacher Report's game with the following rules.

I say we take the Bleacher Report's drinking game, maybe add some for our own, and then play. We'll be liquored up until Tuesday. Though, be careful. If you're drinking, make sure you spray down your front porch so Chris Henry doesn't accidentally come to your house thinking he's home. We claim no responsibility if wives observe and thoroughly beat down husbands for spraying the front porch in fear of the Chris Henry invasion.

I can't speak about the retarded "hair rule" that prompted a feature about T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Domata Peko's hair on Bengals.com. Really. We'll be firing the guns for draft coverage soon enough. Note: We're in the process of conducting the Sports Blog Nation mock draft and will need your help. The draft will be conducted here.

Today is one of the biggest days, if not the biggest, in Cincinnati sports every year. It's when parents let their kids out of school. It's when Cincinnati's economy stalls because people like you and I make up wild excuses to get out of work. There's a parade and rally.

At ten minutes past two, Aaron Harang will fire the first pitch of the season for the Cincinnati Reds. That said, this will be the last generic baseball post for the year. So there. That's our baseball fill.

Interesting insight on Bengals' strength and conditioning coach, Chip Morton.

Bengals could use a history lesson [Ludwig's blog]

Wide receiver draft prospect, Jerome Simpson, worked out for Bengals wide receiver coach Mike Sheppard. Didn't do so well.

Sam Wyche is running for Pickens County Council.

Was Mike Brown a visionary this whole time?

Dhani Jones is a weird cat, no doubt about that one. On Monday, Jones was in the VIP section of the CatHouse Loungerie when structural damage closed the joint. And no, despite the name, it's not like the CatHouse show seen on HBO.

When it was first announced that Dhani Jones would give Rugby a try, many just didn't understand. Several questioned why Jones would risk an injury that could either knock out 2008, or even his career. It's the same argument we hear and, in many cases, give ourselves. Why do something that risks your livelihood. I say to Jones, live it up.

Though his team lost 61-15.