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Bengals hit a homer with signing of MLB Brown

How much does Preston Brown love Cincinnati?

He lives downtown so close to Paul Brown Stadium that he can bike to his new job.

Despite offers to train in the offseason in the sun and fun, he always returns to Ignition Sports hard by I-275 in suburban Mason, Ohio and to join his football-coach dad for drills at the University of Cincinnati.

Even though he never missed a game during his four NFL seasons in Buffalo and emerged as one of the league’s more productive linebackers, he took a one-year-I’ll-show-you-deal with his hometown Bengals Friday thought to be at $5 million.