Marvin Lewis has been the head coach for the Bengals for a long time, and he has made plenty of friendships with coaches during that time. It has something he has come to rely upon to get through the tough times.

From The Vault: Do Cincinnati Bengals owe their name to a stove?
To hear Hal Pennington tell it, the Cincinnati Bengals, founded by football great Paul Brown some 50 years ago, owe their name to a stove in Pennington’s mother’s kitchen. The story goes back 80 years to when...

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