Ben BabyJun 12, 2025, 09:48 AM ET
- Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the institution successful July 2019. Prior to ESPN, helium worked for assorted newspapers successful Texas, astir precocious astatine The Dallas Morning News wherever helium covered assemblage sports. He provides regular sum of the Bengals for ESPN.com, portion making appearances connected SportsCenter, ESPN's NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A autochthonal of Grapevine, Texas, helium graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's grade successful journalism. He is an adjunct journalism prof astatine Southern Methodist University and a subordinate of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
CINCINNATI -- Bengals rookie antiaircraft extremity Shemar Stewart near Cincinnati's mandatory minicamp amid a declaration dispute, a root told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Bengals are acceptable to wrapper up their three-day minicamp Thursday morning.
Stewart, the 17th wide prime successful this year's draft, has yet to motion his rookie declaration oregon enactment successful offseason workouts. According to a source, the quality centers connected declaration connection that could perchance void aboriginal guaranteed money.
Throughout workouts, Stewart has been a bystander during drills, often lasting adjacent the antiaircraft line.
The erstwhile Texas A&M prima was not contiguous Thursday erstwhile the Bengals worked retired wrong Paycor Stadium.
Earlier successful the week, Stewart said the enactment is much acrophobic with winning arguments alternatively of games, adding helium was "100 percent percent right" successful seeking declaration connection modular to erstwhile Bengals draught picks.