Sinclair’s WKRC, which bills itself as the official station of the Cincinnati Bengals, decided to sack their main Sports Anchor, just before the NFL season kicks off.

Gary Miller is gone from the station.

Miller, a former ESPN anchor and sportscaster from 1990 to 2004, Miller was brought here from Los Angeles in August 2017 with much fanfare to replace sports anchor Brad Stienke.

WVXU writes that Miller's departure leaves WKRC-TV, the local station for CBS' Bengals telecasts, with only a weekend sports anchor-reporter (Chris Renkel) and sports blogger (Richard Skinner) 10 days before the Bengals kick off their season Sept. 10 in Cleveland against the Browns. It's a busy month for sports departments covering the Bengals, the Reds pennant race, University of Cincinnati debut in the Big 12 Conference and high school football and soccer.

The timing – coming days after the fifth anniversary of Miller's debut on Channel 12 – indicates that his contract was not renewed by the station. Miller did not respond to a request for comment.