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Turning out the lights….. 31 Mar 2013 | 07:37 pm
Since this will be the final post in the history of Off The Bench, I feel that this post can’t just be a simple post about an NFL player buying segways for his teammates or an improbable buzzer beater...
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels has one epic mustache (picture) 31 Mar 2013 | 04:13 pm
As Opening Day of Major League Baseball is just around the corner, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels will be getting the starting nod against the Atlanta Braves. If you have been following the...
‘Triple your fun’, Vanderbilt baseball team pulls off triple steal (video) 30 Mar 2013 | 08:16 pm
Back in 2012, Vanderbilt University’s baseball team pulled off a successful triple steal in a game against Florida in the SEC Tournament. Earlier this week, Vanderbilt pulled off that rare feat again ...
Mexican soccer fans pelt USA fans with beer during World Cup qualifier 30 Mar 2013 | 05:04 pm
Back on Tuesday, the United States men’s soccer team traveled to Azteca Stadium to face Mexico in a World Cup Qualifying match. After the match ended in a draw, a group of happy United States fans cel...
So long folks, it’s time for me to take off 28 Mar 2013 | 04:00 pm
In case you haven’t heard, Easter Sunday is the final day of Off the Bench: this blog will cease operations as of 11:59 p.m. on that date. So the day after March 31, there will be no new posts on this...
Prediction Machine tells us who wins in a game between the ’13 Miami Heat and the ’72 LA Lakers 27 Mar 2013 | 11:19 pm
So the Miami Heat have won 27 straight, and have an excellent chance of breaking the NBA record for consecutive wins, 33, set by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. Here’s a pretty good breakdown comparin...
Breaking: Jim Belushi not good at hockey (video) 26 Mar 2013 | 10:35 pm
Life as a lesser Belushi can be frustrating at times, I’d imagine: even though you occasionally get to be in films like Trading Places and be married to Courtney Thorne-Smith. Also you get to particip...
This loss stung more than most: Lauren Davis encounters angry wasp at Sony Open 26 Mar 2013 | 01:39 am
If you’re a fan of vintage tennis posters — or, you know, hot chicks — the you may be familiar with ‘Tennis Girl’. That’s the photo of 18-year-old Fiona Butler showing her mostly bare backside, shot b...
Man wins full marathon while pushing his daughter in a baby stroller (video) 25 Mar 2013 | 05:00 pm
But that’s not even the most incredible part of this story. Iram Leon, 32, won the 2013 Gusher Marathon in Beaumont, Texas on Saturday despite the fact that he has terminal brain cancer. He ran the en...
TCU’s new horned frog statue might scare the children (picture) 24 Mar 2013 | 11:38 pm
Honestly, I didn’t think that a statue of a horned frog would scare me but the latest edition to the TCU football stadium might cause me to look under my bed for the next couple of days. On Saturday, ...
