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Jerry Springer: Relive the Bengals-Bills 1988-89 AFC Championship game

Jerry Springer: Relive the Bengals-Bills 1988-89 AFC Championship game
there's almost 60,000 people poured into the stadium this morning. There was a spirit of giving in the air while scalpers were getting more than 100 bucks a ticket. A little boy got to see his first Bengals game, absolutely free. Had a sign up saying I need two tickets and a guy came up and he said, how many do you need to? And they just stuffed them in my hand and said, what do you want? He said absolutely nothing. They're yours. I don't even know who he was, The quarterback boomer size and made another little boys day by tossing him a football. I was watching the Bangles warmup and he came in, he said you want to go? And I said, yeah. And he threw it to me. Maybe the game is bringing out the best in people. But I'll tell you what, let's get back to what's really important the game. The cheerleaders aren't the only ones who can get the team fired up. Yes, this is this game doesn't even cover this, This is life. Sometimes the fans tell the whole story. Watch this bills fan as she watches her team try for a field goal, No good. And we're off to Miami for Super Bowl 23. Congratulations! Players and fans. We did it Jerry. Springer News five
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Jerry Springer: Relive the Bengals-Bills 1988-89 AFC Championship game
TV anchor Jerry Springer is a man of the people at the 1988-89 Bengals-Bills AFC Championship game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium.From the archives: Watch the full report in the video player above.The last time the Cincinnati Bengals went to the Super Bowl, the Bengals and Cincinnati Reds shared a home at Riverfront Stadium, and Jerry Springer had yet to throw a chair on daytime television. In fact, Springer was one of the finest newsmen in Cincinnati at the time.

TV anchor Jerry Springer is a man of the people at the 1988-89 Bengals-Bills AFC Championship game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium.

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From the archives: Watch the full report in the video player above.

The last time the Cincinnati Bengals went to the Super Bowl, the Bengals and Cincinnati Reds shared a home at Riverfront Stadium, and Jerry Springer had yet to throw a chair on daytime television. In fact, Springer was one of the finest newsmen in Cincinnati at the time.