The Bengals have signed third-round pick Frostee Rucker to a four-year contract Sunday.

Bengals middle linebacker Odell Thurman has been suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policies.

The Cincinnati Bengals reached agreement with left tackle Levi Jones on a six-year contract extension worth just over $40 million, sources close to the deal confirmed.

Officers trying to arrest Bengals defensive tackle Matthias Askew after a parking violation used a Taser to subdue him and charged him with resisting arrest.

Bengals owner Mike Brown defended the team's decision to take another player with a troubled background in the NFL's supplemental draft, a move that has raised questions about the team's standards.

The tumultuous offseason of the Bengals continued Thursday when two league sources and one source close to Odell Thurman confirmed that the starting middle linebacker has been suspended for four games for a violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.

The Bengals jumped in front of the 49ers and other teams to select Ahmad Brooks in the third round of the supplemental draft.

In what could be his first of several court dates in coming months, Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, arrested in mid-June for the fourth time since December, will stand trial on September 26 on three counts of unlawful transactions with a minor.