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CINCINNATI -- Cedric Ogbuehi breaks the huddle with Cincinnatis starting offense and heads for the right side of the line. Hes trying to make up for a year of lost time.The Bengals first pick in the 2015 draft has moved up to starting right tackle. Cincinnatis decision to take Ogbuehi (oh-BWAY-hee) with the 21st overall pick last year was a big surprise -- hed suffered a significant knee injury only four months earlier.They projected him as their starter this year, and things are going as planned.It was tough, but Im ready for the challenge this year, ready to show why they got me, and show Im a great player, Ogbuehi said.Ogbuehi represents the biggest change in the offense. He takes over for Andre Smith, who was allowed to leave as a free agent.Ogbuehi was considered one of the top tackles available in the draft until he tore the ACL in his right knee during Texas A&Ms game in the Liberty Bowl. Doctors projected it would take most of a year for him to recover. The Bengals drafted him in the first round anyway, relying on projections that the knee would fully heal and hed be ready to start this season.The 6-foot-5, 310-pound linemen appeared in six games at the end of last season, getting on the field as an extra blocker on some plays. He was given the spot at right tackle when training camp opened last week.I have to earn it, obviously, but its my job, he said. My athleticism, I would say, is rare, unique. I can block a lot of different players.For now, hes got to learn the finer points of blocking some of the best pass rushers in the NFL.He has every talent and ability you need to be a great offensive tackle, left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. But the reality is that theres probably been a lot of guys over time that have had that. Its going to be putting his head down and working through the ups and downs of playing that position and keeping that mentality and that confidence that he can do it.Ogbuehi is lined up against end Carlos Dunlap during practice, facing a player who made the Pro Bowl last season after getting 13 1/2 sacks. Former Bengals right tackle Willie Anderson, who is helping coach linemen during camp, considers that a benefit for Ogbuehi.Youll be surprised at how much that helps guys out, facing a Pro Bowler every day, Anderson said. It gives them something to work on. Youre not just working against some scrub guy. Youre working against top-notch guys every day.Game notes A storm pushed back the start of the afternoon practice and prompted the team to move from the public grass fields to inside Paul Brown Stadium, which has artificial turf. Fans werent allowed inside. The Bengals dont have a covered field. ... WR James Wright was cleared for practice for the first time since 2014, when he suffered a knee injury as a rookie. He needed all of last season to rehab. I cant even remember, it was so long, Wright said. It felt like forever.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Carolina Hurricanes Gear . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Fake Hurricanes Jerseys .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. https://www.cheaphurricanes.com/ . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Hurricanes Jerseys China . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Hurricanes Jerseys 2021 . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Got to hand it to the New York Racing Association: Its spending it while its still got it. Half a million bucks for a Grade 3 race. A million for fillies on the grass. An extra $200,000 in couch change just to get a certain someone in the gate.Oh, to be tapped into casino cash.How long it lasts is anybodys guess. The state has turned its greedy eyes to the casino bounty, thereby threatening the recent purse boom that makes possible a day like Saturdays Stars and Stripes extravaganza, with its $1.25 million Belmont Derby and $1 million Belmont Oaks, along with four main-track stakes worth $1.55 million in total.How flush is New York racing? Flush enough to promise the connections of reigning filly queen Songbird a purse of $500,000 if she runs in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga on July 24. Without her, the race goes for $300,000. This is old-fashioned pay to play made possible by the cutthroat competition for marquee horses among casino tracks who answer only to themselves.Songbird had been leaning heavily toward the CCA Oaks anyway, which means the 13 fillies lining up for the Belmont Oaks were always safe from one of her casual drubbings. Catch a Glimpse, on a run of seven straight, will be the deserving favorite. But in the end, their toughest opponent will be the 1-1/4 miles.Many of the pedigrees scream for the distance. Noble Beauty is by Kittens Joy out of a Minecraft mare. Last Waltz mixes Danehill Dancer with the blood of Arc winner Trempolino. Time and Motion brings Pulpit and Kris S. to the party. And what do you do with the Coolmore fillies trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan OBrien? One is called Coolmore, the other Ballydoyle, which is kind of like naming your daughters Beyonce and Adele.Into this tall grass wades Keith Desormeaux with Decked Out, the winner of the Providencia Stakes at Santa Anita in April and a close fourth last time out in the Grade 2 Honeymoon. She most recently was seen in New York tackling the likes of Off the Tracks and Just Wicked in the Schuylerville and Adirondack stakes last summer at Saratoga.To ship across the country for a race like this, you have to be ultra-confident, Desormeaux said. I guess on the surface of her last couple of races, finishing fourth in both, you might want to say, What is he doing? But those races were exceptional. They were all closing so strong. Shes been training with such vigor, and she is so sound, that youve got to take the opportunity to run for a million dollars at the distance.Until this year, a filly like Decked Out probably would have stayed home in Californiia to run in the American Oaks, a quality race that was double-teamed out of existence by the closure of Hollywood Park and the creation of the Belmont Oaks.ddddddddddddThe idea of a late-December running of the American Oaks has been floated by Santa Anita officials, but really, what would be the point for fillies about to turn 4?Decked Out is a chestnut by Street Boss, which gets her about seven furlongs, out of a mare by Met Mile winner You and I. It does not necessarily follow that in a career of 12 starts, Decked Outs two best races have come at 1-1/8 miles, the difference apparently supplied by a Desormeaux training style that puts a premium on a big finish. (See: Texas Red, Breeders Cup Juvenile; or Exaggerator, Santa Anita Derby and Preakness.)Pedigree is not the end all, Desormeaux said. I believe theres more mile-and-a-quarter horses out there than youd think, if they have the conformation and can adapt to the training. But with, what, 60 to 70 percent of our races being sprints, why would you apply yourself as a trainer to getting a mile and a quarter?Decked Out comes from last, which is where Kent Desormeaux, the trainers brother, will have the filly early in the Belmont Oaks. Her backers have learned not to panic but still be prepared to take the worst of any traffic that might come her way. She was beaten just a half-length in the Honeymoon with a brief check on the far turn and an altered course in mid-stretch.Kents had a lot of input on the decision of how she runs, Keith Desormeaux said, and he does not think a mile and a quarter will be a problem. So, here we go.Compared to their monopoly of the pre-Belmont media scene, the Desormeaux brothers will be just part of the crowd on Saturday. Theyll warm up earlier on the card in the $500,000 Dwyer Stakes with Swipe, the Birdstone colt best known for finishing second in four straight stakes to Nyquist before handing the baton to stablemate Exaggerator. Swipes 3-year-old season has gone in fits and starts, but with a solid six-furlong sprint under his girth at Belmont, the one mile of the Dwyer seems right up his alley.As for Exaggerator, whose flop in the Belmont still resonates, Keith Desormeaux has lost no faith.Trainers are not one to dwell on the past, I dont think, Desormeaux said. Exaggerators doing great. Hes recovered, and hes wanting to do more. Hell have his first breeze back on Saturday morning in preparation for the Jim Dandy at Saratoga. ' ' '