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		<title>So long folks, it&#8217;s time for me to take off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;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 blog. The timing is fine: I see no reason people would wake the next&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=85128&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Man wins full marathon while pushing his daughter in a baby stroller (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspirational things]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But that&#8217;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 entire race while pushing his 6-year-old daughter Kiana in a stroller, winning with a time of in 3:07:36. That&#8217;s&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84923&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lock and load, it&#8217;s youth baseball fundraising time: league raffling off AR-15 rifle (video)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/23/its-youth-baseball-fundraising-time-strip-clubs-are-out-assault-rifles-are-ok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over in Atwood, IL, all systems are go for a fundraiser in which an AR-15 rifle &#8212; the same type used in two recent school massacres &#8212; will be raffled off to benefit the local youth baseball league. According to the people involved this is all perfectly kosher, and one lucky fan will be heavily&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84876&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sim Bhullar is a large basketball player, and I mean it. Anybody want a peanut?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/21/sim-bhullar-is-a-good-basketball-player-and-i-mean-it-anybody-want-a-peanut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College basketball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anybody wondering what Andre the Giant would have been like as a college basketball player, look no further than Sim Bhullar &#8212; New Mexico State&#8217;s 7-foot-5, 360-pound freshman from Toronto. Bhullar, the tallest player in college basketball, has 85 blocked shots and led the WAC in field goal percentage at 63.2 percent. Hey, it&#8217;s not&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=85032&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s with kids and all these death-defying stunts?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/20/post-582/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sad things]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the Year of Living Dangerously for kids, for sure. Every time I look up it seems some youngster is attempting a death-defying feat of some sort, with mom and dad&#8217;s permission. In the past couple of weeks we&#8217;ve told you about Jordan Romero, who at 13 became the youngest person ever to summit Mt.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=2893&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing to see here&#8230;just a 70-yard field goal by a high-schooler (video)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/10/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-70-yard-field-goal-by-a-high-schooler-video/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/10/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-70-yard-field-goal-by-a-high-schooler-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High school sports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only twenty years ago, 70-yard field goals in professional football seemed an impossibility but these days, even high school students are draining field goals from that insane distance. Check out the below clip featuring Cypress Bay High (Florida) kicker Jonathan Semerene practicing with his coach, Brandon Kornblue. Watch as he makes a 70-yard field goal attempt off&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84783&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Japanese have invented a solid gold Lionel Messi foot worth $5.25 million</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/06/the-japanese-have-invented-a-solid-gold-lionel-messi-foot-worth-5-25-million/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/06/the-japanese-have-invented-a-solid-gold-lionel-messi-foot-worth-5-25-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why? Because they can. The Japanese are so ahead of us in precious metal foot technology that it&#8217;s not even funny. The Lionel Messi foot &#8212; a cast of the real thing &#8212; weighs 25 kilograms and is being displayed at Harajuku Quest Hall in Tokyo today before going on sale on Thursday. Price? It&#8217;s&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84670&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Tebow has scheduled another speaking engagement at a controversial venue</title>
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		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/06/tim-tebow-has-scheduled-another-speaking-engagement-at-a-controversial-venue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only this one will be closed to the general public. Tebow, who caused quite a few waves recently when he cancelled plans to speak at a controversial megachurch in Dallas, has another speaking engagement planned on Friday: this one at a conservative private college whose officials have criticized gays. Tebow will speak at Liberty University&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84642&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ray Rice calls for bullying to be criminalized in response to 12-year-old&#8217;s tragic death</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/ray-rice-calls-for-bullying-to-be-criminalized-in-response-to-12-year-olds-tragic-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When pro athletes use their powers for good, it can be an inspiration to us all. And hopefully in the case of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, it can make a real difference. Rice wrote a touching statement on his Facebook page late Sunday on the tragic death of 12-year-old Bailey O&#8217;Neill, a Darby&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84550&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rio stadium will have special section for obese people at 2014 World Cup</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/rio-stadium-will-have-special-section-for-obese-people-at-2014-world-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/rio-stadium-will-have-special-section-for-obese-people-at-2014-world-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Castelão]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obese section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cup. 2014 World Cup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will one stadium at the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janiero have a section with double-wide seats for fat people? That was the report in The Sun this morning, and because it&#8217;s The Sun, I was skeptical. So I did some looking around, and by godfrey, we have this from Brazil&#8217;s official federal government&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84428&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t stop be-sleevin&#8217; &#8230; Warriors beat Spurs with funky new sleeved jerseys, and Twitter reacts</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/is-it-the-sleeves-its-gotta-be-the-sleeves-warriors-beat-spurs-with-funky-new-jerseys-twitter-reacts/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/is-it-the-sleeves-its-gotta-be-the-sleeves-warriors-beat-spurs-with-funky-new-jerseys-twitter-reacts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Warriors beat the red-hot Spurs in OT on Friday night, but all anyone could talk about was Golden State's brand new sleeved jerseys. The verdict? Let's check it out, below ...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=84091&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/is-it-the-sleeves-its-gotta-be-the-sleeves-warriors-beat-spurs-with-funky-new-jerseys-twitter-reacts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Yes, in San Francisco you can actually take a class in lightsaber combat (photos)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/yes-in-san-francisco-you-can-actually-take-a-class-in-light-saber-combat-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/yes-in-san-francisco-you-can-actually-take-a-class-in-light-saber-combat-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Gate Knights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light saber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/?p=83912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sports, you say? I find your lack of faith disturbing (reader begins to feel choking sensation, reaches desperately for throat). Yes, San Francisco is the home of two of the past three World Series trophies and the 2013 Super Bowl runnerup, but we also embrace our not-so-inner nerd. Behold: the Golden Gate Knights, a&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83912&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/yes-in-san-francisco-you-can-actually-take-a-class-in-light-saber-combat-photos/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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			<media:title type="html">source: AP</media:title>
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		<title>Tim Tebow cancels appearance at controversial Dallas megachurch</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tim-tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-dallas-megachurch/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tim-tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-dallas-megachurch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When last we left Tim Tebow, he had scheduled an April speaking appearance at First Baptist Dallas, the church led by outspoken and controversial Rev. Robert Jeffress. But wait &#8230; here comes the safety blitz! And, Tebow is out. The Jets quarterback announced on Twitter today that he&#8217;s canceling his appearance at First Baptist, &#8220;due&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83889&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/21/tim-tebow-cancels-appearance-at-controversial-dallas-megachurch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Let&#8217;s watch nine golfers sink putts simultaneously on the same hole (video)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/19/lets-watch-nine-golfers-sink-putts-simultaneously-on-the-same-hole-video/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/19/lets-watch-nine-golfers-sink-putts-simultaneously-on-the-same-hole-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campbell University]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The place: Campbell University (North Carolina). The participants: nine seniors from the PGA Golf Management program. The challenge: all must make putts on the same hole, shooting simultaneously. Campbell University sports nickname: The Fighting Camels (not really relevant to this story, but awesome).

Good luck, gentlemen.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83688&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield hug it out, and no one loses an ear this time</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/18/mike-tyson-and-evander-holyfield-hug-it-out-and-no-one-loses-an-ear-this-time/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/18/mike-tyson-and-evander-holyfield-hug-it-out-and-no-one-loses-an-ear-this-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boxing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evander Holyfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Tyson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield did a promotional event for Holyfield&#8217;s Real Deal barbecue sauce at a Chicago grocery store Saturday, and does anyone else see the irony here? No? OK then we&#8217;ll move on. It wasn&#8217;t the first time the two had met since their infamous 1997 heavyweight bout, in which Tyson chomped off&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83648&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/18/mike-tyson-and-evander-holyfield-hug-it-out-and-no-one-loses-an-ear-this-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Cleveland Indians trainer loses BCS title game bet, forced to wear Speedo at spring training (pictures)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/17/cleveland-indians-trainer-loses-bcs-title-game-bet-forced-to-wear-speedo-at-spring-training-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/17/cleveland-indians-trainer-loses-bcs-title-game-bet-forced-to-wear-speedo-at-spring-training-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCS Bet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Indians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Salazar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speedo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Major League Baseball started spring training in Arizona and Florida, one Cleveland Indians trainer by the name of Michael Salazar was probably dreading its start. Why you ask? Salazar had made a bet with strength and conditioning coach Joe Kessler regarding the BCS National Championship Game between Notre Dame and the University of Alabama&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83624&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/17/cleveland-indians-trainer-loses-bcs-title-game-bet-forced-to-wear-speedo-at-spring-training-pictures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Tim Tebow to speak at controversial Dallas megachurch</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/tim-tebow-to-speak-at-controversial-dallas-megachurch/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/tim-tebow-to-speak-at-controversial-dallas-megachurch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Baptist Dallas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Jeffress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/?p=83451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that lately Tim Tebow has been making more speaking appearances in church than he has quarterback appearances in NFL games. Tebow made headlines with his Easter address in Georgetown, Texas in April, and his talk at a Scottsdale, AZ church earlier this month. And now he&#8217;s got another gig at a megachurch in&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83451&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/tim-tebow-to-speak-at-controversial-dallas-megachurch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Donald Trump slams Beyonce&#8217;s Super Bowl show: &#8216;Ridiculous &#8230; not appropriate&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/donald-trump-slams-beyonces-super-bowl-show-ridiculous-not-appropriate/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/donald-trump-slams-beyonces-super-bowl-show-ridiculous-not-appropriate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, at least he&#8217;s not suing her. Taking time from his litigation against comedian Bill Maher (more birth certificate stuff), Donald Trump appeared on Howard Stern&#8217;s radio show (!) and had some choice words concerning Beyonce&#8217;s halftime performance at Super Bowl LXVII: &#8220;When Beyonce was thrusting her hips forward in a very suggestive manner, if&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83418&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bring me the head of the Duke Blue Devil: UNC students steal mascot&#8217;s head, display it on campus</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/13/bring-me-the-head-of-the-duke-blue-devil-unc-students-steal-mascots-head-display-it-on-campus/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/13/bring-me-the-head-of-the-duke-blue-devil-unc-students-steal-mascots-head-display-it-on-campus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College basketball]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duke Blue Devils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Tar Heels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some say that it&#8217;s not only the greatest college rivalry, but the greatest rivalry in all of American sports. And indeed, tonight&#8217;s men&#8217;s hoops game between Duke and North Carolina will be the game the 136th consecutive time the schools have met with at least one of the teams being nationally ranked. But as interesting&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83378&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/13/bring-me-the-head-of-the-duke-blue-devil-unc-students-steal-mascots-head-display-it-on-campus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>From doping to Poping? Betting firm lists Lance Armstrong at 10,000-1 odds to be next Pontiff</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/12/from-doping-to-popeing-betting-firm-lists-lance-armstrong-at-10000-1-odds-to-be-next-pontiff/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/12/from-doping-to-popeing-betting-firm-lists-lance-armstrong-at-10000-1-odds-to-be-next-pontiff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gambling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Pope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the next Pope could be using PEDs, Prayer Enhancing Drugs, at least according to one professional betting firm. Ladbrokes, a British-based gaming company, has installed Lance Armstrong at 10,000-1 odds on becoming the next Pope &#8212; replacing Pope Benedict XVI, who will be resigning at the end of February. Because you can bet on&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83237&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/12/from-doping-to-popeing-betting-firm-lists-lance-armstrong-at-10000-1-odds-to-be-next-pontiff/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Sports Illustrated has started a website that&#8217;s about nothing but swimsuits</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/sports-illustrated-has-started-a-web-site-thats-about-nothing-but-swimsuits/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/sports-illustrated-has-started-a-web-site-thats-about-nothing-but-swimsuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SI Swimsuit Issue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kate Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katherine Webb]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SwimDaily]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I&#8217;d imagine the meeting that spawned this idea included someone loudly declaring &#8220;We&#8217;d be idiots not to do this!&#8221; Noting that its annual swimsuit edition (it hits stands on Tuesday) is the most talked-about, best-selling issue of the year, Sports Illustrated has started SwimDaily.com, which is almost entirely about their swimsuit edition. Question: what&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83186&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The top zany uniform trends begin with this: Warriors debut short-sleeved jerseys</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/the-top-zany-uniform-trends-begin-with-this-warriors-debut-short-sleeved-jerseys/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/11/the-top-zany-uniform-trends-begin-with-this-warriors-debut-short-sleeved-jerseys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when teams would just get a bunch of plain, colored jerseys, slap on a couple of numbers and call it a day? Those times are long gone, my friend (except for Indianapolis Colts fans). Now it&#8217;s just as important to look snappy as it is to play well: and uniforms must be ever-changing, always&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83152&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I, Robot: Man builds life-sized Rock&#8217;em Sock&#8217;em Robot costumes, wins contest, tells us how he did it</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/08/i-robot-man-builds-life-sized-rockem-sockem-robot-costumes-wins-contest-tells-us-his-secrets/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/08/i-robot-man-builds-life-sized-rockem-sockem-robot-costumes-wins-contest-tells-us-his-secrets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Odd things]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rock'em Sock'em Robots]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/?p=83029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Halloween I was hanging out at Harrah&#8217;s Hotel and Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nev., and happened upon these two gents. Not only were they wearing life-sized, homemade Rock &#8216;Em Sock &#8216;Em Robot costumes, which is awesome, but each was sipping a beer through a straw. Of course, I had to interview them. It&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=83029&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/08/i-robot-man-builds-life-sized-rockem-sockem-robot-costumes-wins-contest-tells-us-his-secrets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Penguin Lust: SI Swimsuit Edition models visited Antarctica for 2013 photo shoot</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/05/penguin-lust-si-swimsuit-edition-models-visited-antarctica-for-2013-photo-shoot/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/05/penguin-lust-si-swimsuit-edition-models-visited-antarctica-for-2013-photo-shoot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SI Swimsuit Issue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kate Upton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The good news: Sports Illustrated will unveil its Swimsuit Edition cover model on Monday. The bad news: she may be wearing a parka. Yep, SI says that it spent a portion of its Swimsuit Edition photo shoot in Antarctica, a first for the magazine, where temperatures &#8220;were sub-freezing.&#8221; SI models visited all seven continents for&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=82756&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ryan Lochte will re-create Nirvana&#8217;s Nevermind album cover for ESPN the Magazine music issue</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/05/ryan-lochte-will-recreate-nirvanas-nevermind-album-cover-for-espn-the-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/05/ryan-lochte-will-recreate-nirvanas-nevermind-album-cover-for-espn-the-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESPN the magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nevermore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Lochte]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nevermind, er, never mind that Ryan Lochte was only seven years old when Nirvana&#8217;s Nevermind came out. It&#8217;s 22 years later, and Lochte will portray the baby in a re-creation of the classic album cover first released in 1991. Thankfully Lochte did not re-create the cover in every detail. He wore a swimsuit. It&#8217;s all&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=82739&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter reaction to Super Bowl power outage was pretty hilarious</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/twitter-reaction-to-super-bowl-powergate-was-pretty-hilarious/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/twitter-reaction-to-super-bowl-powergate-was-pretty-hilarious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t you know it? Just as Manti Teo&#8217;s girlfriend was about to make her appearance at the Super Bowl, the lights went out (see photo below). What a shame: will we never get to see her? Still no official word on what caused the 30-plus minute power outage at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during the third&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=82489&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/twitter-reaction-to-super-bowl-powergate-was-pretty-hilarious/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Second graders in New York correct NFL player tweets for grammar errors (pictures)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/02/second-graders-in-new-york-correct-nfl-player-tweets-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/02/02/second-graders-in-new-york-correct-nfl-player-tweets-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Correct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFL Tweets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To note, most Twitter posts aren&#8217;t exactly grammatically correct and people will make mistakes from time to time attempting to sum up their thoughts in 140 characters or less. Since most famous athletes don&#8217;t exactly care how their grammar is portrayed through the social media site, it gave some school children the chance to flex&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=82416&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One in four Americans think God helps decide the outcome of football games</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/01/31/one-in-four-americans-think-god-helps-decide-the-outcome-of-football-games/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/01/31/one-in-four-americans-think-god-helps-decide-the-outcome-of-football-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than half of all Americans believe that God rewards athletes who have faith in Him, according to a recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, and isn&#8217;t that what Tim Tebow has been telling us all along? That number is 53 percent, and isn&#8217;t really that shocking. But this one is, at least&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=82164&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Not to Succeed in Business Even Though You Were Really Trying: The Alex Smith Story</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/01/30/how-not-to-succeed-in-business-even-though-you-were-really-trying-the-alex-smith-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVII]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s say that you&#8217;ve been saving your money every day since you were 13 years old so that you could buy a car when you turned 16. You had the cash stored in a large cigar box beneath your bed &#8212; money from your paper route; wadded singles from mowing countless lawns; loose change begged&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=82105&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s rank the six best leaked Super Bowl XLVII commercials so far</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/01/29/lets-rank-the-five-best-super-bowl-xlvii-ads-so-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some say that companies are crazy to leak teasers to their Super Bowl commercials: not only does it ruin the surprise, but it will make people less likely to notice the message. I say it&#8217;s clever &#8212; free advertising that goes a long way toward making back the $4 million for a 30-second spot during&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932989&#038;post=81977&#038;subd=nbcoutofbounds&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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