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		<title>Yep, it&#8217;s &#8216;Jeremy Lin: the Musical&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/yep-its-jeremy-lin-the-musical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin the Musical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a real Broadway production, it&#8217;s not really Jeremy Lin &#8230; even his hometown of Palo Alto, Calif., is fake. But it is glorious. He shoots he scores, it&#8217;s Jeremy &#8230; Written and produced by a musician named Kevin Yee. From his Facebook page: An epic musical about the (fictional?) teenaged life of Jeremy&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56420&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UFC prez Dana White calls Floyd Mayweather a racist (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boxing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana White]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dana White and Floyd Mayweather, not BFF&#8217;s. This we know. So it should come as no surprise that White pounced on Mayweather&#8217;s recent tweets about Jeremy Lin. In an interview with Fuel TV on Tuesday, White called Mayweather a racist. No, he didn&#8217;t say that Mayweather expressed opinions that may be racist &#8230; he out&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56413&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Beck criticizes ESPN&#8217;s suspension of anchor over &#8216;chink in the armor&#8217; line</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/glenn-beck-criticizes-espns-suspension-of-anchor-over-chink-in-the-armor-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESPN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Beck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Beck is mad, and he&#8217;s not going to take it anymore. Reacting to ESPN&#8217;s 30-day suspension of anchor Max Bretos for using the term &#8220;chink in the armor&#8221; in an on-air discussion of the Knicks&#8217; Jeremy Lin, Beck wondered what all the kerfuffle is about. Beck made his statements on his internet GBTV program&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56404&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin sticks up for Kris Humphries: &#8216;I don&#8217;t know why they boo you, but I think it&#8217;s crap&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/jeremy-lin-sticks-up-for-kris-humphries-i-dont-know-why-they-boo-you-but-i-think-its-crap/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/jeremy-lin-sticks-up-for-kris-humphries-i-dont-know-why-they-boo-you-but-i-think-its-crap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbes Most Disliked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Humphries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Forbes Magazine poll lists the Nets&#8217; Kris Humphries as the fifth-most disliked athlete in the U.S. &#8212; and first most disliked among NBA players. No doubt that&#8217;s due to his Adventures in KardashiLand &#8230; but know this: NOBODY disses Kris Humphries on Jeremy Lin&#8217;s watch. In an interview with Scott Van Pelt on&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56395&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HS girls swim team has county title stripped due to &#8230; improper body shaving?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/hs-girls-swim-team-has-county-title-stripped-due-to-improper-body-shaving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadneck High (Annapolis, Maryland) had to forfeit its Anne Arundel County swimming championship when it was discovered that one of its swimmers shaved on-site prior to the meet. Um &#8230; Me no understand Bizarro Swimming World. The Baltimore Sun: School system officials learned of the Feb. 10 violation in the past week, according to a&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56378&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pilar Sanders suing Deion for $200 million, claiming &#8216;humiliation, threats&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/pilar-sanders-suing-deion-for-200-million-claiming-humiliation-threats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saying that he had brainwashed her into believing she was a &#8220;gold digging ho&#8221;, the estranged wife of Deion Sanders has sued the ex-cornerback and their daughter for $200 million, also claiming a multitude of other offenses. Pilar Sanders claims that Deion and his daughter (from a previous marriage) Deiondra have been engaged in a&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56388&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WWE champ wants to &#8216;choke out&#8217; Chris Brown in the ring, because he beat up a woman</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/wwe-champ-wants-to-choke-out-chris-brown-in-the-ring-because-he-beat-up-a-woman/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/wwe-champ-wants-to-choke-out-chris-brown-in-the-ring-because-he-beat-up-a-woman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professional wrestling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Brown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps ticked off by his recent appearance on stage at the Grammys, WWE champion CM Punk has issued another challenge to singer Chris Brown, and one again it involves gloves and various promises of pain. CM wants to pummel Brown in the ring because, CM says, &#8220;he&#8217;s not a man.&#8221; That&#8217;s some classic pro wrestling&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56368&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Runaway Groom? Raiders&#8217; Jason Campbell denies he left fiancée at the altar on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/did-raiders-jason-campbell-leave-bride-at-the-altar/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/did-raiders-jason-campbell-leave-bride-at-the-altar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakland Raiders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chaos in the Dominican Republic at this hour, as Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell is denying rumors that he left his longtime girlfriend at the altar on Saturday. What we know is that there was supposed to be a wedding between Campbell and fiancée Jenny Montes at a swanky Dominican resort on Saturday, but it&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56352&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The brilliance of the &#8216;Tim Tebow reading Green Eggs and Ham&#8217; autotune video cannot be overstated</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/the-brilliance-of-the-tim-tebow-reading-green-eggs-and-ham-autotune-video-cannot-be-overstated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course you know that last week Tim Tebow read the Dr. Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham as part of a video project for BOOK IT!, a reading incentive program sponsored by Pizza Hut. I would have thought that Tebow&#8217;s presentation could not have been any more brilliant, but I would have been wrong.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56328&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>George Lucas&#8217; daughter racks up another MMA victory</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/george-lucas-daughter-racks-up-another-mma-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/george-lucas-daughter-racks-up-another-mma-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Lucas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Lucas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Lucas daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alternate headline: Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Amanda Lucas! Now that we have that out of the way, you should know that George Lucas&#8217; eldest daughter doesn&#8217;t care for Star Wars references. The 30-year-old has tried to distance herself from her father&#8217;s mega-franchise as much as she can, preferring to&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56315&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Mail: Tim Tebow takes 9-year-old cancer patient to Cartoon Network awards show as his &#8216;date&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/morning-mail-tim-tebow-takes-9-year-old-cancer-patient-to-cartoon-network-awards-show-as-his-date/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/morning-mail-tim-tebow-takes-9-year-old-cancer-patient-to-cartoon-network-awards-show-as-his-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartoon Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wish 15 Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Top researchers have determined that it is now scientifically impossible to dislike Tim Tebow. I mean, here he is this past Sunday with 9-year-old Presli Collins, a Parker, CO girl whom he escorted to the Cartoon Network&#8217;s Hall of Game Awards in Los Angeles. Collins suffers from a medical condition called Neurofibromatosis-1, which is an&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56320&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/morning-mail-tim-tebow-takes-9-year-old-cancer-patient-to-cartoon-network-awards-show-as-his-date/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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			<media:title type="html">Relativity Media Presents &#34;Act Of Valor&#34; Los Angeles Premiere - Red Carpet</media:title>
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		<title>Baron Davis denies making &#8216;toke&#8217; gesture: &#8216;I was kissing my hands&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/baron-davis-denies-making-toke-gesture-i-was-kissing-my-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/baron-davis-denies-making-toke-gesture-i-was-kissing-my-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baron Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york knicks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alternate headline: Baron Davis takes pot shot at reports of his pot shot. Baron Davis has scored only one basket this season, but it was enough to cause a boatload of controversy. After Davis scored a 3 during the Knicks&#8217; loss to the Nets on Monday, he was seen on TV making a gesture with&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56306&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Wayne Rooney Head Guy was least weird thing at Rio Carnival last night</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/giant-wayne-rooney-head-guy-was-least-weird-thing-at-rio-carinval-last-night/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/giant-wayne-rooney-head-guy-was-least-weird-thing-at-rio-carinval-last-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnival floats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Carnivale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio de Janiero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Rooney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Proving that Lady Gaga and Madonna are mere amateurs in the dress-up department, and that the 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies should be amazing, here&#8217;s a glimpse of Monday&#8217;s second night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janiero. Not long after the Alice In Wonderland version of soccer star Wayne Rooney showed up, there&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56291&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/giant-wayne-rooney-head-guy-was-least-weird-thing-at-rio-carinval-last-night/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s ready for a one-man show by Mike Tyson on the Vegas strip?</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/whos-ready-for-a-one-man-show-by-mike-tyson-on-the-vegas-strip/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/whos-ready-for-a-one-man-show-by-mike-tyson-on-the-vegas-strip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boxing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hangover 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Tyson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Think if you will, for a minute, of Charlie Sheen&#8217;s one-man show from last year. Now add a greater degree of mental instability, and a genuine potential for violence. And perhaps pigeons. What you have is Tyson: The Raw Truth, a one-man show that Mike Tyson will be performing in Las Vegas, debuting sometime next&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56282&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The next great Asian point guard may be this kid from Virginia (video)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/the-next-great-asian-point-guard-may-be-this-kid-from-virginia-video/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/the-next-great-asian-point-guard-may-be-this-kid-from-virginia-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High school sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Tang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High school basketball]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about the Jeremy Lin phenomenon is that it&#8217;s busting stereotypes: opening eyes to how good Asian players can be. So it&#8217;s good to know that people are getting excited about high school sophomore Chris Tang, who is tearing things up for Hampton Roads Academy of Newport News (Va.), this season.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56273&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alex Rodriguez brings his own cooler of food to restaurants</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/alex-rodriguez-brings-his-own-cooler-of-food-to-restaurants/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/alex-rodriguez-brings-his-own-cooler-of-food-to-restaurants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A-Rod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Rodriguez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Rodriguez restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Yankees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[♪♫ You can get anything you want at Alex&#8217;s Restaurant ♫♬ &#8230; I&#8217;m beginning to suspect that Alex Rodriguez may be a bit weird and narcissistic. Anyone else picking that up? Nice Photopshop this morning by Business Insider, as the word hits the interwebs that Alex Rodriguez packs in his own food when dining at&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56267&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Santorum has a story about two relievers &#8212; one&#8217;s an ex-Pittsburgh Pirate, and one&#8217;s a dog (video)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-has-a-story-about-two-relievers-ones-an-ex-pittsburgh-pirate-and-ones-a-dog-video/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-has-a-story-about-two-relievers-ones-an-ex-pittsburgh-pirate-and-ones-a-dog-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent Tekulve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Pirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Santorum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Santorum dog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Rick Santorum at some event reminiscing about running for the Senate in Pennsylvania back in the day, where evidently one of the pitfalls was being peed on by dogs. But since the motto in politics is The Show Must Go On (wait &#8212; that&#8217;s the circus), Santorum says he continued campaigning anyway, even though&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56263&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-has-a-story-about-two-relievers-ones-an-ex-pittsburgh-pirate-and-ones-a-dog-video/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>&#8216;Dwarf bullfighting&#8217;: where human exploitation and animal cruelty come together to play</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/dwarf-bullfighting-where-human-exploitation-and-animal-cruelty-come-together-to-play/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/dwarf-bullfighting-where-human-exploitation-and-animal-cruelty-come-together-to-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bullfighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwarf bullfighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little people]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say they do it because they want to be taken seriously as athletes, but it&#8217;s difficult to watch this troupe of &#8220;dwarf&#8221; bullfighters, and not cringe just a little. The Enanitos Toreros are a group of six comedians from Yucatan who travel across Mexico to stage bullfights. Another group from South America performs mainly&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56246&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dwarf bullfighter Jorge Vega (front) from Los Enanitos Toreros performs a pass to a calf in Cancun</media:title>
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		<title>Full-court press: Kobe reportedly &#8216;aggressively pursuing&#8217; Vanessa, promises he&#8217;ll never stray again</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/full-court-press-kobe-reportedly-aggressively-pursuing-vanessa-promises-hell-never-stray-again/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/full-court-press-kobe-reportedly-aggressively-pursuing-vanessa-promises-hell-never-stray-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Bryant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This much we know for sure: Kobe Bryant&#8217;s marriage is floundering in high seas, and Vanessa Bryant, who has filed for divorce (although it&#8217;s not yet official) was seen canoodling with him following a Lakers&#8217; game on Valentine&#8217;s Day. he&#8217;s apparently trying to win her back, and has spared no expense, according to reports. London&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56239&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Mail: Jack Hanna asks female assistant to breastfeed a kangaroo (video)</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/morning-mail-jack-hanna-asks-female-assistant-to-breasfeed-a-kangaroo-video/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/morning-mail-jack-hanna-asks-female-assistant-to-breasfeed-a-kangaroo-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Letterman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanna gaffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Hanna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TV highlight of the week so far: during &#8220;Jungle&#8221; Jack Hanna&#8217;s appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman Monday night, we got one of the most entertaining gaffes of the past few years. So Hanna brings out a baby kangaroo in a duffel bag (already entertaining right there), and is having no luck trying&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56220&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin on rumors he&#8217;s dating Kim Kardashian: &#8216;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m her type&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jeremy-lin-on-rumors-hes-dating-kim-kardashian-im-not-sure-im-her-type/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jeremy-lin-on-rumors-hes-dating-kim-kardashian-im-not-sure-im-her-type/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is Jeremy Lin dating Kim Kardashian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Kardasian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lin Kardashian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york knicks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s become a traditional rite of passage for any professional sports star who has just entered the media spotlight: Before you do anything, you must deny rumors that you&#8217;re dating a Kardashian. Jeremy Lin went on the record this morning in an interview with Rachel Nichols of ESPN, which was shown on ABC&#8217;s Good Morning&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56206&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jeremy-lin-on-rumors-hes-dating-kim-kardashian-im-not-sure-im-her-type/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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			<media:title type="html">Clive Davis And The Recording Academy&#039;s 2012 Pre-GRAMMY Gala And Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Richard Branson - Arrivals</media:title>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s hunch bet: Winforlin in the 3rd at Santa Anita</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/todays-hunch-bet-winforlin-in-the-3rd-at-santa-anita/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/todays-hunch-bet-winforlin-in-the-3rd-at-santa-anita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Horse racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winforlin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s still time to get some dough on Winforlin in the third at Santa Anita today: post time 1:32 p.m., PST. he hasn&#8217;t done much lately, but he&#8217;s running with blinkers today &#8230; and his grandfather is Alydar. This is not a recommendation, however: if you&#8217;ve got the urge to throw money at a risky&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56198&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ESPN editor fired for writing offensive Jeremy Lin headline says &#8216;I&#8217;m so sorry if I offended Jeremy. This was an honest mistake&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/espn-editor-fired-for-writing-offensive-jeremy-lin-headline-says-im-so-sorry-if-i-offended-jeremy-this-was-an-honest-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/espn-editor-fired-for-writing-offensive-jeremy-lin-headline-says-im-so-sorry-if-i-offended-jeremy-this-was-an-honest-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESPN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESPN fires editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york knicks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let the record show that the first real casualty of Linsanity was Anthony Federico, editor for ESPN.com, who was fired on Sunday for a very unfortunate headline choice: &#8220;Chink in the armor.&#8221; Federico said today that the headline about Knicks guard Jeremy Lin was not meant to be a racial slur; and in fact that&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56184&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/espn-editor-fired-for-writing-offensive-jeremy-lin-headline-says-im-so-sorry-if-i-offended-jeremy-this-was-an-honest-mistake/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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			<media:title type="html">New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin looks on against the New Orleans Hornets in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York</media:title>
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		<title>The Beatdown: Nick Diaz and the purpose of drug testing</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/the-beatdown-nick-diaz-and-the-purpose-of-drug-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/the-beatdown-nick-diaz-and-the-purpose-of-drug-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Gilmour</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Diaz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC drug testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Poor Nick Diaz was busted for marijuana for the second time in his career. Wait, only the second? Good for him, actually. The dude is not hiding his marijuana use, and has even said before that he values it more than his fighting career. To have tested positive only twice is a testament to his&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56133&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR cancels Bubba Watson&#8217;s Dukes of Hazzard car appearance because it has a Confederate flag</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/nascar-cancels-bubba-watsons-dukes-of-hazzard-car-appearance-because-it-has-a-confederate-flag/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/nascar-cancels-bubba-watsons-dukes-of-hazzard-car-appearance-because-it-has-a-confederate-flag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NASCAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bubba Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dukes of Hazzard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motor Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix International Raceway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The General Lee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our previous episode, golfer Bubba Watson had just purchased the General Lee &#8212; or more specifically, one of the original General Lee Dodge Chargers that were used in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. He paid $110,000 for it, and even drove it to the Phoenix Open earlier this month. And Watson was&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56174&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctions possible for Dereck Chisora following wild post-fight melee</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/what-the-blazes-happened-after-the-chisora-klitschko-press-conference-on-saturday-video/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/what-the-blazes-happened-after-the-chisora-klitschko-press-conference-on-saturday-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boxing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Haye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dereck Chisora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitali Klitschko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dereck Chisora was detained by German police and his press conference antagonist, fellow British boxer David Haye, is nowhere to be found &#8212; believed to be somewhere in England &#8212; after a wild melee between the two on Saturday. You need a scorecard to keep track of this one. Let&#8217;s get ready to rumble. In&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56157&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/what-the-blazes-happened-after-the-chisora-klitschko-press-conference-on-saturday-video/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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			<media:title type="html">Former WBA heavyweight champion Haye punches Chisora during a news conference following the WBC heavyweight bout between Klitschko and Chisora in Munich</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Former WBA heavyweight champion Haye and Chisora confront each other before a brawl during a news conference following the WBC heavyweight bout between Klitschko and Chisora in Munich</media:title>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin&#8217;s grandmother has released his baby pictures</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jeremy-lins-grandmother-has-released-his-baby-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jeremy-lins-grandmother-has-released-his-baby-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Chandler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin baby pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin grandmother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin Palo Alto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally I&#8217;m pretty interested in hearing about your kids until the baby photos come out: then I&#8217;m checking my watch. And so it is with Linsanity: look, it had to end sometime, right? In this case the proud grandma is Linchu A-mien, Lin&#8217;s grandmother who lives in Changhwa county, central Taiwan. On Saturday she released&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56141&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Linchu A-mien, 85, grandmother of NBA New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, displays Lin&#039;s childhood photographs to the reporters in Changhwa county, central Taiwan</media:title>
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		<title>Australian soccer owner Clive Palmer calls soccer &#8216;a joke&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that you hear a professional sports owner state to the media that he hates the sport of the team that he owns but Australia soccer owner Clive Palmer is not like any other owner. Palmer currently owns Gold Coast United, a bottom-feeder in Australia&#8217;s A-League and Clive decided it was a good&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56127&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to be Natalie Gulbis caddy? There’s an auction for that</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/want-to-be-natalie-gulbis-caddy-theres-an-auction-for-that/</link>
		<comments>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/want-to-be-natalie-gulbis-caddy-theres-an-auction-for-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the legion of Natalie Gulbis fans out there, some of them probably dream about being her caddie for a day and holding her&#8230;umm&#8230;golf clubs. Well, it appears that Miss Gulbis has allowed that dream to come true as she is auctioning off the rights to one lucky winner. That winner will have the chance&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56069&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin&#8217;s pastor tells him to resist NBA sin and temptations</title>
		<link>http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/jeremy-lins-pastor-tells-him-to-resist-nba-sin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you wondering what Jeremy Lin&#8217;s pastor thinks of the rise of Linsanity, he was recently interview by the New York Post and had some words to remind Jeremy about resisting the NBA&#8217;s certain temptations. His name is Stephen Chen of the Redeemer Bible Fellowship, an English sect of the Chinese Church of&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=offthebench.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932989&amp;post=56117&amp;subd=nbcoutofbounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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