Nifty 50 gives Bengals national run

The Bengals' 50th season got their stars then and now a national plug this weekend.Even though he served a mere two-year hitch in Bengaldom, Alex Marvez considers Bengals history a labor of love rather than a pesky errand getting in the way of chronicling the Patriots, Cowboys, or Steelers, or any other NFL media darling.

So Marvelous Marv and side-kick Zig Fracassi gave the Bengals rare and great world-wide run Sunday on Sirius XM Radio’s NFL Channel when they spent their afternoon show examining the 50 years of the franchise and offered catharsis for a fan base starving for their past and present stars to get some national love.

“It’s just too bad that a lot of these guys played when the…