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Tee Higgins wins AFC Offensive Player of the Week

Plus, I-275 westbound bridge work starts tonight in Kenton and Campbell counties.

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Bengals receiver Tee Higgins wins AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the first time

The Bengals beat the Titans 43-⁠36 in overtime

  • Titans36
    Bengals43
    Final (OT)Week 8 at Paycor Stadium

Sources: WKRC, WHIO TV

If you watched the Bengals beat the Titans on Sunday, you saw this coming. Tee Higgins was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 8, and it's the first time in his career. He caught 10 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns in the 43-36 overtime win.

Both scores came in the second half. A 17-yard catch early in the third quarter put Cincinnati up 20-13, and an 18-yard catch with 1:17 left in the fourth quarter tied the game.

  • Season pace: 103.7 receiving yards per game, second in the NFL
  • Nine of his 10 catches gained at least 10 yards
  • Fourth Bengal to win a weekly award this season

Higgins's big Sunday, by the numbers

10
catches against the Titans
155
receiving yards, most in the NFL in Week 8
2
touchdown catches, both in the second half
726
receiving yards this season, second in the NFL

Sources: WKRC, Cleveland.com

Quarterback Joe Burrow won the same award for Week 7, so the Bengals have held it two weeks running.

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I-275

Westbound I-275 gets a lane closure and two ramp closures in Kenton and Campbell counties during bridge maintenance over two weekends in November. The first phase starts at 8 p.m. Thu., Nov. 5, and is scheduled to end at 3 a.m. Mon., Nov. 9, with crews on the bridge over (Kentucky 17). WKRC

Bengals in Madrid

The Bengals touched down in Madrid early Wednesday after an eight-hour flight, ahead of Sunday's game against the Falcons at . Kickoff is 9:30 a.m. Eastern on WLWT, with pregame coverage starting at 5 a.m. A win would put them at 6-2. FOX19WLWTCincinnati Enquirer

Remembering Stricker

Jerry Stricker, a career accounting executive and former Covington city commissioner, died Oct. 31 at 90, surrounded by his family. He was born in Newport on Aug. 23, 1936. Northern Kentucky Tribune

Newport lights

A Newport lawn that has started Christmas for thousands of families for 48 years won't have a display this year. Sue and Frank Peluso said they wanted to end the tradition on their own terms. FOX19

Hoops

Two Northern Kentucky teams play in the 18-team, nine-game Step Higher Preseason Tipoff Classic on Sat., Nov. 28, which opens at 10 a.m. Holmes faces North College Hill at 11:15 a.m., and Covington Catholic plays Lakota West at 6:25 p.m. Northern Kentucky Tribune

Two Northern Kentucky teams tip off Nov. 28 at the Step Higher Classic

GameTip-off
Holmes vs. North College Hill11:15 a.m.
Covington Catholic vs. Lakota West6:25 p.m.

Source: Northern Kentucky Tribune

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Tee Higgins wins AFC Offensive Player of the Week

Plus, I-275 westbound bridge work starts tonight in Kenton and Campbell counties.

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  1. Tee Higgins named AFC Offensive Player of the Week
  2. Westbound I-275 lane and ramp closures start tonight
  3. Bengals land in Madrid for Sunday's game with the Falcons
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