CINCINNATI — The NFL journey led Desmond Ridder back to Cincinnati for a shot with the Bengals this summer. UC's legendary former quarterback discussed the chance with the media on Wednesday. He's playing behind a familiar quarterback in a very familiar city.

STEM education grant was awarded by The Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund, Fifth Third Bank, N.A. Trustee. Each school will receive $400,000 from the fund to provide new opportunities for STEM teachers and students.

The cause of death has been revealed for Jeremiah Kelly, the former University of Cincinnati and Avon High School offensive lineman who died at age 18 on April 22.

The Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks have mutual interest in a deal that would be Eugenio Suarez back to Cincinnati, according to C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic.

Nick Lodolo went the distance and kept the Cincinnati Reds as the only team in the majors that hasn't been swept this season. Lodolo threw a four-hitter for his first career shutout and the Reds snapped a three-game losing streak,

Cincinnati Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (8-6, 3.08 ERA) leads the Reds' stout rotation in starts, innings and strikeouts. He's 3-0, 0.82 in his last 3 starts.

Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene made his first rehab start on Wednesday afternoon for the ACL Reds. The ACL Reds won 18-6 and Greene pitched two strong innings. The right-hander did not give up a hit and struck out four over two scoreless innings. He threw 28 pitches, 16 of which were strikes, and walked a batter.