In this preview, the Cincinnati Bengals will make a second-consecutive AFC Championship Game appearance this weekend. While No.13 Xavier and Cincinnati’s Men’s Basketball teams face top 25 teams.

AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs

Sunday at 6:30 PM (all times Eastern) on CBS, WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (1530) and WEBN-FM (102.7).

After beating the Buffalo Bills last Sunday 27-10 in snowy Buffalo. The Bengals are one win away from a second-consecutive Super Bowl appearance. Taking on the Chiefs in Kansas City this Sunday. In a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship Game. Cincinnati will be striving to continue their AFC Championship and Chiefs winning streak. The Bengals have beaten Kansas City three times in the last 13 months. Their most recent meeting was in Cincinnati last month.

One major storyline heading into this weekend will be Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes health. Mahomes suffered an ankle injury in last Saturday’s divisional game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He completed the game after missing part of the second quarter. Mahomes’ injury provides another challenge for the Chiefs offense. Which is now set to face one of the league’s most formidable defenses. Cincinnati’s defense stalled the typically dynamic Bills offense yesterday. Buffalo had one touchdown in the game and didn’t get a first down in the first quarter.

Men’s College Basketball

Thomas More’s men’s and women’s rankings are from the NAIA’s Coaches Poll, the rest are from the AP Top 25.

No.13 Xavier at No.19 UCONN, Wednesday at 6:30 PM on FS1 and WLW-AM (700).

Mount St. Joseph at Defiance College, Wednesday at 7:30 PM on boxcast.tv.

Northern Kentucky vs. Green Bay, Thursday at 7 PM on WCKY-AM (1530) and ESPN+.

No.10 Thomas More vs. Lindsey Wilson (KY), Thursday at 7:30 PM.

Xavier at Creighton, Saturday at 12:15 PM on CBS and WKRC-AM (550).

Mount St. Joseph at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saturday at 1 PM on boxcast.tv.

Cincinnati at No.3 Houston, Saturday at 2:15 PM on CBS and WLW-AM (700).

No.10 Thomas More at Campbellsville, Saturday at 3 PM.

Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee, Saturday at 4 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WCKY-AM (1530).

Women’s College Basketball

Cincinnati vs. Houston, Wednesday at 7 PM on ESPN+.

Mount St. Joseph vs. Defiance College, Wednesday at 7:30 PM on MSJ Athletics YouTube channel.

Xavier at Marquette, Wednesday at 8 PM on FloSports.

No.1 Thomas More vs. Lindsey Wilson (KY), Thursday at 5:30 PM.

Northern Kentucky at Robert Morris, Thursday at 7 PM on ESPN+.

Northern Kentucky at Youngstown State, Saturday at 1 PM on ESPN+.

No.1 Thomas More at No.4 Campbellsville, Saturday at 1 PM.

Cincinnati vs. Wichita State, Saturday at 2 PM on ESPN+.

Xavier vs. Providence, Saturday at 2 PM on FloSports.

Mount St. Joseph at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saturday at 3 PM.

College Sports

Cincinnati’s Swimming and Diving team will host Kentucky this Friday. At the Keating Aquatic Center on the University of Cincinnati’s Clifton campus. That event is set to start at 1 PM. On Saturday at Noon, UC’s Swimming and Diving team will compete at the University of Louisville. Speaking of Louisville, Xavier will compete in Louisville’s PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

Tennis

This year’s Australian Open will conclude this weekend. The first Grand Slam tournament of the year is going collectively well for American players. Cincinnati native J.J. Wolf advanced to the fourth round last Sunday. Ultimately losing in five sets to fellow American Ben Shelton. Three American men will compete in the quarterfinals.

Shelton joins Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda in that round. Paul and Shelton will face each other in the quarterfinals. Marking the first grand slam quarterfinal match between two American men since 2007. In the ladies’ tournaments, Jessica Pegula is the lone American to advance to the quarterfinals. She takes on Victoria Azarenka Tuesday at 3 AM. Pegula and Coco Gauff will compete together in the double’s quarterfinals Tuesday. Cincinnati native Caty McNally lost in the women’s singles second round to Ukraine’s Kateryna Baindl last Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Northern Kentucky’s men’s tennis team will face No.4 Kentucky. That’s coming up Tuesday at Noon in Lexington. On Friday, Thomas More’s men’s and women’s teams will host Northern Kentucky. At the Five Seasons Sports Club in Crestview Hills, KY. Friday’s action is set to start at 5:30 PM.

Cincinnati Cyclones

Cyclones vs. Newfoundland Growlers, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM.

Cyclones at Toledo Walleye, Sunday at 5:15 PM.

All Cyclones games can be seen on FloHockey and heard on cycloneshockey.com.