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All in all Tuesday night's first episode of Hard Knocks: Bengals proved to be entertaining and absorbing, if not a bit lighter and bouncier than its 2009 big brother.
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 ](/news/article-1/Episode-2-gets-edgy/cf714646-8bc3-49fa-9314-7a330a41d984) | » **August 14: Episode 2 gets edgy** There weren't as many gags and there weren't as many one-liners Tuesday night as Hard Knocks got a little more edgy in Episode 2: Back to the Games. |
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 ](/news/article-1/Hard-Knocks-get-harder/cb83aa4f-dba8-4fd3-84d1-698bcfd818d0) | » **August 20: Hard Knocks get harder** The third edition of Hard Knocks offered us some things Who Dey Nation already knows but that the rest of the country might not. |
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 ](/news/article-1/Coaches-continue-to-star/5941a9e3-cc79-4674-b964-71d758ab30f1) | » **August 27: Coaches continue to star** The Bengals coaching staff continued to get top billing in the HBO series Hard Knocks. |
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 ](/news/article-1/A-Hard-Knocks-Life/97a570cf-94f0-4cc0-926c-19d1e52d3523) | » **August 28: A Hard Knocks Life** We are in a small conference room in three rows of chairs just above the Ohio River on the Kentucky side and most of the crew of about 30 that shot that 50-minute piece for HBO is doing what America is doing: seeing Hard Knocks for the first time. |
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](/news/article-1/Veteran-move/e1874294-7086-4554-8d9b-5b9982c6cab2) | » **September 3: Veteran move** Hard Knocks went out like that solid, steady 10-year veteran that always puts on good tape whenever he goes out there. |
@RobGehringNFL Great job this season with #HardKnocks. It was truly captivating from start to finish. — Dan Savage (@Dan_Savage) September 4, 2013
Great season of #HardKnocks, @TMOluvsFball! Best show on TV! I think you even got my mom to watch last night. @ZoesCupcakeCafe — Matt Bloom (@CoachMattBloom) September 4, 2013
Great season of #HardKnocks. The #Bengals look like a true #SuperBowl contender. Still irked about Conner...also, James Harrison is funny. — Peter Fournier (@P_Fournier) September 4, 2013
Standing ovation for every last person that worked on HBO's #HardKnocks. That is an impressive television show. — Seth Weitberg (@SethWeitberg) September 4, 2013
@HBO #HardKnocks killed it again. The show always makes me route for teams I never cared about in my life. Go #Bengals! — Douglas Caballero (@dCABALLERO) September 4, 2013
Just watched the final #hardknocks episode on #HBO. Well done. I don't know about y'all, but I'm #readyforsomefootball. #NFL — Rick Walsworth (@RickWalsworth) September 4, 2013
Finally watching tonight's #hardknocks so happy Jason DiManche made the team he really seems like a great guy — Teddy Ballgame (@teddy_cards) September 4, 2013
Watched final episode of #HardKnocks on HBO with the Bengals.. great wrapup of camp including #DaneSanzenbacher making 53 man roster.. — Dan Cummins (@DanCummins11) September 4, 2013
The shots of the numbers getting cut off the jerseys are harsh.... and fantastic. #HardKnocks — Stephen King (@stephenVking) September 4, 2013
I cheered out loud when @DiMonstAr34 made the team #HardKnocks — Jeremy Brown (@JeremyBrownFunE) September 4, 2013
