HOUSTON _ A quick stroll through the notebook before Sunday’s game (6:30 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 19) between the Patriots and Falcons. When the clock hits 00:00, there’ll be a new defending champ and the Bengals will be tied for first in the AFC North at 0-0:
Takeo Spikes is having a terrific debut as an author. Spikes, the Bengals’ first pick in the 1998 draft who went on to play 15 seasons with five teams, is scheduling a visit soon to Cincinnati to talk about his book, Behind The Mask.
He went on Super Bowl’s Radio Row this week and
appeared at a few book signings in the first major push for the book, which is available on behinbdthemaskbook.