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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: Are we giving Josh Hamilton a free pass because he&#8217;s white?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/16/ricks-cafe-are-we-giving-josh-hamilton-a-free-pass-because-hes-white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Floyd Mayweather unleashed a barrage of verbal body blows at Jeremy Lin earlier this week, claiming via Twitter that Linsanity is only a thing because Lin is Asian. (Buzzer! Wrong.). But as usual, Money is punching at the wrong target (his fight with Manny Pacquiao now scheduled for 2025 on the moon). A more logical&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=55889&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Kasey Kahne on switch to Hendrick, meeting Aaron Rodgers and racing anxiety</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/16/podcast-kasey-kahne-on-switch-to-hendricks-meeting-aaron-rodgers-and-racing-anxiety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josiah Schlatter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NASCAR]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daytona 500]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kasey Kahne]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to episode five of the OTB podcast “Harassing the Pros With Josiah Schlatter&#8221;. This week&#8217;s guest is the newest member of the vaunted Hendrick Motorsports team and driver of the No. 5 car, Kasey Kahne. For those without speakers, we’ve included some highlights below. For the audio inclined, you can find the podcast here.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=55838&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Kate Upton SI Swimsuit cover was leaked by a gas station in Michigan</title>
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		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/13/si-swimsuit-cover-leak-looks-like-its-kate-upton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SI Swimsuit Issue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the bikini model is out of the bag, it appears. According to several sources, among them Bostinno.com, this here is the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which goes on sale Tuesday. It&#8217;s Kate Upton, folks. But you&#8217;ll never guess how this info was leaked. TMZ has learned &#8230; a few of&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=55504&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: Early signs of Linsanity &#8230; Jeremy Lin was something special from the very start</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/ricks-cafe-early-signs-of-linsanity-jeremy-lin-was-something-special-from-the-very-start/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/09/ricks-cafe-early-signs-of-linsanity-jeremy-lin-was-something-special-from-the-very-start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now it can be told: I was one of Jeremy Lin&#8217;s first basketball coaches &#8230; for about a week. Before lighting a fire under the New York Knicks, before the Golden State Warriors or Houston Rockets, before even Harvard, Lin was a JLS Panther. That&#8217;s Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, a couple of Andrew Luck&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=55077&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Web site dumps 8,000 Butterfinger candy bars in downtown Boston to mock Wes Welker</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/07/web-site-dumps-8000-butterfinger-candy-bars-in-downtown-boston-to-mock-wes-welker/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/07/web-site-dumps-8000-butterfinger-candy-bars-in-downtown-boston-to-mock-wes-welker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Butterfinger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patriots dropped passes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York has its Super Bowl parade today, as you know. Meanwhile in Boston, 900 pounds of Butterfinger candy bars were dumped in the middle of Copley Square, and it appears that several people indeed layed a finger on them. Pawngo, an online pawn shop, deposited the candy in commemoration of Welker&#8217;s key dropped pass&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54917&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kobayashi and me &#8230; a first-hand tale of Wing Bowl pomp and debauchery</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/06/kobayashi-devours-philadelphia-and-off-the-bench-is-there/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/06/kobayashi-devours-philadelphia-and-off-the-bench-is-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josiah Schlatter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Competitive eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takeru Kobayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wing Bowl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eagles &#8216;Dream Team&#8217; &#8230; done. Philly&#8217;s Lingerie Football League franchise, the Philadelphia Passion &#8230; defeated. Lucky for this city, though, that their never-ending sea of sports sadness ceases for one day every year when the annual &#8220;Wing Bowl&#8221; comes to the Wachovia Center. Basically an insane five-hour lucid dream, the event is put together by&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54788&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: Super Bowl myopia, and the best team in NFL history</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/ricks-cafe-of-super-bowl-myopia-and-the-best-nfl-franchise-of-all-time/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/ricks-cafe-of-super-bowl-myopia-and-the-best-nfl-franchise-of-all-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cleveland browns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, another February, another fight between my mailman and I over which is the best team in NFL history. He claims it&#8217;s the Steelers, and his reasoning is simple: they&#8217;ve won six Super Bowls, more than any other team. He reminds me of this every year on Super Bowl week in his own whimsical fashion,&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54448&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ballad of Tom Brady&#8217;s first-ever completed pass</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/the-ballad-of-tom-bradys-first-ever-completed-pass/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/the-ballad-of-tom-bradys-first-ever-completed-pass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Harke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Brady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Brady Serra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So who is the young man seen circled in the top row of the adjacent photo here, looking all spiffy (collared shirt!) for his freshman yearbook photo? Hint: He would go on to make some very memorable Stetson Cologne ads. Oh, and there’s the three Super Bowl rings, and two Super Bowl MVPs. Ahh, you&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54397&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skip Schumaker &#8216;Rally Squirrel&#8217; Topps card sells for $600 on eBay</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/skip-schumaker-rally-squirrel-topps-card-sells-for-600-on-ebay/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/skip-schumaker-rally-squirrel-topps-card-sells-for-600-on-ebay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Olbermann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rally Squirrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skip Schumaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topps Schumaker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we told you about the new Skip Schumaker SP (single print) 93 baseball card, which is part of the new Topps set released on Tuesday. Featured prominently on the card is the handsome and dashing Rally Squirrel &#8230; with the only visible sign of Schumaker being his left heel and ankle. Yahoo Sports&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54339&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mascot Power Rankings: Chicago Cubs&#8217; 1908 mascot was horrifying; possibly a giant squirrel</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/01/mascot-power-rankings-chicago-cubs-1908-mascot-was-horrifying-possibly-a-giant-squirrel/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/01/mascot-power-rankings-chicago-cubs-1908-mascot-was-horrifying-possibly-a-giant-squirrel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mascots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago cubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mascot Power Rankings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tinker to Evers to Chance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week the Mascot Power Rankings invades your dreams with a moldy taxidermy experiment, an obscene Brazilian soccer mascot named "Grandpa" and a Tebowing bear. Let's begin.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54277&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl Ad Power Rankings: The Force is not with this one</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/01/super-bowl-ad-power-rankings-all-dogs-and-sith-lords-go-to-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/01/super-bowl-ad-power-rankings-all-dogs-and-sith-lords-go-to-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl commercials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a great disturbance in the power rankings, and Darth Vader isn’t happy about it. Volkswagen released its Game Day commercial (pictured), and it comes in at No. 4. The teaser to that commercial, meanwhile, remains at No. 1. Weird. Plus, head-butting John Stamos for fun and profit!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=54253&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skip Schumaker&#8217;s baseball card is a squirrel</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/30/yes-this-is-actually-skip-schumakers-baseball-card/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/30/yes-this-is-actually-skip-schumakers-baseball-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rally Squirrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skip Schumaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skip Schumaker baseball card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skip Schumaker Rally Squirrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skip Shumaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skip Shumaker baseball card]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topps is launching its 2012 Series 1 Baseball trading cards on Wednesday, and among the especially notable finds is Skip Schumaker’s new card … which actually features very little of Schumaker at all. All you see of the actual player is his foot, because the card is dedicated to Rally Squirrel.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=53990&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: An athlete&#8217;s guide to snubbing the President of the United States</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/26/ricks-cafe-an-athletes-guide-to-snubbing-the-president-of-the-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/26/ricks-cafe-an-athletes-guide-to-snubbing-the-president-of-the-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NHL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Bruins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Thomas White House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As far as I can tell, the tradition of the President of the United States inviting championship teams to the White House began in 1924, when Calvin Coolidge welcomed the Washington Senators for a photo op outside on the East Lawn (Grace Coolidge: “We don’t want those people in our <em>home</em>.”)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=53699&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mascot Power Rankings: Free ThunderBug! Lightning fans organize to save mascot&#8217;s job</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/24/mascot-power-rankings-free-thunderbug-lightning-fans-organize-to-save-mascots-job/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/24/mascot-power-rankings-free-thunderbug-lightning-fans-organize-to-save-mascots-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mascots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boomer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boomer backboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cougar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Pacers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mascot Power Rankings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mascot shatters backboard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ThunderBug&#8217;s reign of terror ended early today when it was reported that the Tampa Bay Lightning mascot was fired by the team for the most heinous of crimes: spraying an opposing fan with Silly String. Video of the incident went viral, and now there&#8217;s a movement afoot to save ThunderBug&#8217;s job. Details following the jump!&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=53285&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AC Milan player&#8217;s girlfriend claims he&#8217;s on injury list due to too much sex</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/23/ac-milan-players-girlfriend-claims-hes-on-injury-list-due-to-too-much-sex/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/23/ac-milan-players-girlfriend-claims-hes-on-injury-list-due-to-too-much-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AC Milan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boateng injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Prince Boateng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Satta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng is injured again &#8212; on the bench for up to a month due to a thigh injury during Saturday&#8217;s 1-0 loss to Inter. And his ever-so-helpful girlfriend, Melissa Satta, thinks she knows why Boateng is on the injury list so often. &#8220;The reason why he is always injured is because&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=53267&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top prep football prospect expelled for x-rated tweets &#8212; college career could be in jeopardy</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/20/top-prep-football-prospect-expelled-for-x-rated-tweets-college-career-could-be-in-jeopardy/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/20/top-prep-football-prospect-expelled-for-x-rated-tweets-college-career-could-be-in-jeopardy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College football]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yuri Wright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[His name is Yuri Wright, and he&#8217;s a four-star defensive back prospect from high school football powerhouse Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J. Wright, reportedly being pursued by several big-name universities, among them Notre Dame, Rutgers and Michigan, was expelled from Don Bosco over several x-rated comments he made on his Twitter account. According to&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=53067&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close &#8230; the New York Giants and the art of trash talking</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/19/ricks-cafe-on-new-york-and-the-art-of-trash-talking/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/19/ricks-cafe-on-new-york-and-the-art-of-trash-talking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antrele Rolle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giants 49ers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Giants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFL Championship Game]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My grandpappy always told me: &#8220;When you see two fellas who are about to fight, notice which one is talking the most. He&#8217;s the one who is most afraid.&#8221; Grandpappy may have been on to something, and then again, maybe not: he met his end tragically during a Free Tibet rally, beaten to death with&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=52993&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mascot Power Rankings: What if Scooby Doo and the Hound of the Baskervilles mated?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/17/mascot-power-rankings-what-if-scooby-doo-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-mated/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/17/mascot-power-rankings-what-if-scooby-doo-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-mated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mascots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The result would be Aztec Dog, the new mascot for Club Tijuana of Mexico's Premier Division. Yes, its the triumphant return of the Mascot Power Rankings, this week including a slug, a woodland rodent, and one very resilient piece of fruit.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=52649&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes winner dedicates award to man who was injured in &#8216;dwarf tossing&#8217; incident</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/16/golden-globes-winner-dedicates-award-to-man-who-was-injured-in-dwarf-tossing-incident/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/16/golden-globes-winner-dedicates-award-to-man-who-was-injured-in-dwarf-tossing-incident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rugby]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And wouldn&#8217;t you know that the English National Rugby team is involved. Peter Dinklage won a Golden Globe on Sunday for best supporting actor in a TV drama (Game of Thrones fans, represent), and his acceptance speech provided one of the telecast&#8217;s more intriguing moments. Dinklage mentioned his friend Martin Henderson during his speech, along&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=52600&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Actor Peter Dinklage accepts his award for best supporting actor in &#34;Game of Thrones&#34; at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills</media:title>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: Everything the Bundesliga League has always wanted to know about sex* (*but was afraid to ask)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/12/ricks-cafe-everything-the-bundesliga-league-has-always-wanted-to-know-about-sex-but-was-afraid-to-ask/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/12/ricks-cafe-everything-the-bundesliga-league-has-always-wanted-to-know-about-sex-but-was-afraid-to-ask/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which basic desires motivate us toward greatness on the athletic field? If you answered &#8220;Ice cream and sex,&#8221; then Rex Ryan welcomes you to the Jets. If you just answered &#8220;sex,&#8221; then you are Derek Jeter. If you&#8217;ve already forgotten the question, would you be interested in writing a guest column for this blog? You&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=52316&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Even kitties are Tebowing now</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/12/even-kitties-are-tebowing-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Temeowing? Also note the antique school desk in the background. I never could understand how kids could use those things &#8230; wouldn&#8217;t your desktop be constantly jostled by the fidgety kid in front of you? H/T Anna Chan.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=52299&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Barkley on Tim Tebow: &#8216;The national nightmare continues&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/charles-barkley-on-tim-tebow-the-national-nightmare-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/charles-barkley-on-tim-tebow-the-national-nightmare-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Barkely Saturday Night Live]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denver Broncos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow Charles Barkley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all remember back in early December when Charles Barkley made a public plea to the Chicago Bears: &#8220;Please stop the madness &#8230; I am Tebowed out.&#8221; The Bears, of course, lost to Tebow and the Broncos. And recent events have done nothing to soothe Barkley&#8217;s annoyance over the greatest sports meme of the past&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=52102&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: How to make your own Doritos Super Bowl ad for fun and (not so much) profit</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/06/ricks-cafe-how-to-make-your-own-doritos-super-bowl-ad-for-fun-and-not-quite-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/01/06/ricks-cafe-how-to-make-your-own-doritos-super-bowl-ad-for-fun-and-not-quite-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call them The Lost Super Bowl Ads. Each year Doritos holds its &#8220;Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest&#8221;, and each year it gets thousands of commercial entries &#8230; of which only five are chosen as finalists. Which means there are a lot of great commercials out there which only get attention on YouTube, if at&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=51708&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year in Review: The top 11 Off the Bench stories of 2011</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/30/year-in-review-the-top-11-off-the-bench-stories-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/30/year-in-review-the-top-11-off-the-bench-stories-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year-end retrospective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elin Nordegren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope Solo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Dingman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Paterno]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year began with a golden-voiced homeless man who captivated America, and ended with me passed out in the living room in a fort I built out of empty tequila bottles. I&#8217;m just guessing on that second thing: but why should this New Year&#8217;s be any different? So let&#8217;s settle in by the warming glow&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=51144&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR&#8217;s Kasey Kahne goes on Twitter rant after seeing woman breastfeeding</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/28/nascars-kasey-kahne-goes-on-twitter-rant-after-seeing-woman-breastfeeding/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/28/nascars-kasey-kahne-goes-on-twitter-rant-after-seeing-woman-breastfeeding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motor sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kasey Kahne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASCAR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Irony Dept.: NASCAR driver Kayse Kahne, the two-time Speedway champion, is a member of the President&#8217;s Council on Service and Civic Participation. But apparently he draws the line at certain forms of civic participation. On Tuesday he launched a bizarre Twitter rant after seeing a woman breast feeding her baby in the supermarket. Kahne: @kaseykahne&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=50984&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Maher slammed for controversial Tim Tebow tweet</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/27/bill-maher-blasts-tim-tebow-on-twitter-faces-backlash/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/27/bill-maher-blasts-tim-tebow-on-twitter-faces-backlash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Time with Bill Maher]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Tebow vs. Bill Maher? Actually it&#8217;s more like Tebow fans, and right wing advocates, vs. Maher in a Christmas Twitter controversy. It seems that the noted atheist and host of HBO&#8217;s Real Time with Bill Maher was so delighted with Buffalo&#8217;s win over Denver on Saturday that he had to rub it a bit.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=50936&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/27/bill-maher-blasts-tim-tebow-on-twitter-faces-backlash/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: A brief history of (fan vs. athlete) violence</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/22/ricks-cafe-a-brief-history-of-fan-vs-athlete-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/22/ricks-cafe-a-brief-history-of-fan-vs-athlete-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvarado]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite decades of research, science still has not isolated the Idiot Gene -- that which causes fans to run onto the playing field during pro sporting events. In the latest incident, a man with questionable underwear was nearly stomped to death by a goalie.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=50712&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Playboy model Jessa Hinton on hanging with Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali and why we hate our heroes</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/19/podcast-playboy-model-jessa-hinton-on-hanging-with-pacquiao-muhammad-ali-and-why-we-hate-our-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/19/podcast-playboy-model-jessa-hinton-on-hanging-with-pacquiao-muhammad-ali-and-why-we-hate-our-heroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josiah Schlatter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boxing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to episode four of the OTB podcast &#8220;Harassing the Pros With Josiah Schlatter,&#8221; this week featuring Playboy model and Top Rank Boxing reporter Jessa Hinton (right), who recently spent a few weeks hanging out at the camp of Manny Pacquiao. For those without speakers, we’ve included some highlights below. For the audio inclined, you&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=49799&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Orlando drug-sniffing dog named &#8216;Tebow&#8217; busts drug smuggler</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/17/orlando-drug-dog-named-tebow-busts-drug-smuggler/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/17/orlando-drug-dog-named-tebow-busts-drug-smuggler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past month or so, Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow continues to amaze the world with his late-game heroics and it seems that it has rubbed off on even dogs named &#8220;Tebow&#8221;. Yesterday, an Orlando Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation dog named &#8220;Tebow&#8221; (not pictured) busted a drug smuggler who was trying to smuggle cocaine into&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=50301&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick&#8217;s Cafe: What if Tim Tebow played Scrooge in Dickens&#8217; A Christmas Carol?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/15/ricks-cafe-what-of-tim-tebow-played-scrooge-in-dickens-a-christmas-carol/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/12/15/ricks-cafe-what-of-tim-tebow-played-scrooge-in-dickens-a-christmas-carol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being who he is, there&#8217;s a good chance that Tim Tebow participated in quite a few Christmas plays during his childhood. And I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if one of those was Charles Dickens&#8217; classic, A Christmas Carol. Tebow of course, being the ultimate leader, would have played Scrooge (Tiny Tim would have been too obvious).&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=50121&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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