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Last Thursday, February 7th was the 2nd Live Stream Event in a month for the new wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling. This time it was to discuss details for “Double or Nothing” the AEW Paper View and follow up to last years “All In”. We learned of a few new signings, but more importantly weContinueContinue reading “Double Or Nothing What We Know”

A bomb just dropped on major league baseball and it had nothing to do with Bryce Harper or Manny Machado choosing their future destinations. After being selected 9th overall in last year’s MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics 9th Oklahoma dual-sport athlete, Kyler Murray announced on Monday that he will be “firmly and fully committingContinueContinue reading “Did Kyler Murray make the right choice?”

When J.D. Martinez decided to wait until just after the beginning of Spring Training last year to sign his 5-year, $110 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, I thought that might have been a one-time thing. I mean, a perennial all-star hitter, a guy that could change the scope of a line-up and wouldContinueContinue reading “MLB Free Agency: A Waiting Game”

Sports is laced with famous duos, Pippen and Jordan, Messier and Gretzky, James and Wade, Kane and Toews, Curry and Durant, Malkin and Crosby. If you read over that list again you will notice two things. One, every pair has won multiple championships together. The second thing is that all the pairings come from eitherContinueContinue reading “Buckets of Violence”

@ me. Arizona Cardinals Nick Bosa – DE – Ohio StateSan Francisco 49ersJosh Allen – DE/OLB – KentuckyNew York JetsQuinnen Williams – DT – AlabamaOakland RaidersEd Oliver – DT – HoustonTampa Bay BuccaneersGreedy Williams – CB – LSUNew York GiantsDwayne Haskins – QB – Ohio StateJacksonville JaguarsDaniel Jones – QB – DukeDetroit LionsRashan Gary -ContinueContinue reading “Deke’s 2019 NFL Mock Draft (Version One)”

The Philadelphia Phillies are really starting to make waves this offseason. On Thursday, they were finally able to arrange a deal to acquire Miami Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto in a trade for catcher Jorge Alfaro, pitching prospects Sixto Sanchez (who names their kid Sixto?) and Will Stewart, and an international bonus slot. First of all,ContinueContinue reading “Who are these Philadelphia Phillies?”

Beyond the Arc by Ben Fiore In the 2018-2019 NBA season, there have been 25 trades between teams.  19 of them happened THIS WEEK.  This has by far been the busiest trade deadline in years, seeing dozens of guys dished around like an appetizer sampler at a bachelor party.  Although it was the busiest, IContinueContinue reading ““Wait What?” an Inside Look at Who Won This Year’s NBA Trade Deadline”

The following is a correspondence between Johnny Violence and devinted Thoughts From The Bench reader Mike. Mike: Here is a hot take: #GMJR is going senile. You gave up talent for slightly less talent and youth. Plus waaaaay too many draft picks. Eventually a time is going to come where we will have to rebuild,ContinueContinue reading “The Great Penguins Debate”

Comeback: a return by a well known person, especially an entertainer or sports player, to the activity in which they have formally been successful. Throughout the NFL comebacks have occurred on several occasions. Keeping with the tradition of sticking with a certain amount of years I have chosen to do in the last five yearsContinueContinue reading “The Top Ten NFL Comebacks In The Last 5 Years”

The last ten years of football have brought us many memories of good and bad and it all comes down to one event after the regular season: The Super Bowl. Whether it was hoisting the Lombardi trophy and all its glory or crumbling in defeat, twenty two teams have competed in this great event. NowContinueContinue reading “Ranking The Super Bowls Over The Last Ten Years”