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  • Smalls’ Thoughts on Being a Real Adult Now

    Smalls’ Thoughts on Being a Real Adult Now

    If you’re a regular Thoughts From The Bench reader, you might have noticed that I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from writing the last few weeks. Even before that, my writing had still been coming out at a slower pace than normal. A major reason for this has been because TFTB’s resident college student… Read more

  • Russell Westbrook: The Rec-League All Star

    Russell Westbrook: The Rec-League All Star

    Austin Knapp July 8, 19 Before I get into this I would like to clarify that this is strictly about Russell on the court, I don’t care how you feel about how the man is off it. The way Russell plays on the court is a relic of how basketball used to be. This freakish… Read more

  • Is Shea Patterson the Kevin Durant of College Football?

    Is Shea Patterson the Kevin Durant of College Football?

    Holy mother of God, I really wish this story was true and not just a fake tweet. Yesterday, the Twitter account @cfbquotes posted this tweet regarding the Michigan quarterback’s apparent misstep of not logging out of his burner account. What a development this would be. Jimmy Boy has been under fire for a few seasons… Read more

  • G1 Climax Round One Results

    G1 Climax Round One Results

    The first round of the G1 Climax was this week in Dallas. Of course the Wrestling League had their fingers all over it as the beginning of our own G1 Climax began. Each member of the league was randomly assigned a wrestler from each block of the Climax. Every win the wrestler gets in the… Read more

  • We are the Champions.

    We are the Champions.

    Weeeeeeeee are the champions, my friendsssssssssss. Back to back FIFA Women’s World Cup championships for the women of the United States. Brilliant, honestly. This game was a tough one, and a close one at that. With fierce competition between the Netherlands and the United States the entire first half, leading to a 0-0 scoreline going… Read more

  • If You’re Not Watching Soccer on Sunday, You’re Anti-America

    If You’re Not Watching Soccer on Sunday, You’re Anti-America

    There, I said it. And I stand by what I said. If you refuse to watch either of the American soccer finals on Sunday then you’re no better than a damn commie.  And you don’t want to be a commie now, do you? Both the Women’s and the Men’s US National Teams are playing in… Read more