It starts out as a story about black and white roommates. But in the end it’s simply a story about teammates in stripes.
Al Beauchamp and Ken Avery, who still say, “Love you,” when they hang up the phone, plan to attend the weekend festivities of the Bengals 50th anniversary season as well as Sunday’s opener at Paul Brown Stadium just like they spent six seasons with the club at the dawn of the franchise.
Together.
Teammates.
“It was always, ‘When you see Beauchamp, you see Avery. When you see Avery, you see Beauchamp,’” cackles Beauchamp from Atlanta.