Grantland released an article today titled Patriot Games: Deflategate and the Golden Boy That Never Was written by Charles Pierce that seems to give ex-Grantland editor-in-chief, Bill Simmons, the New York wave. Just to set the stage for anyone who isn’t familiar with Bill Simmons: Bill Simmons is from Massachusetts, and doesn’t hide his passion for […]
Watch Your Back, Hillary Clinton and Lois Lerner
(Above image courtesy of Elsa/Getty Images) * Although every effort has been made for this article to be objective, it discusses politics as it relates to current events in sports. Any views expressed in this article are only views of the writer, and not necessarily On The Bench Report. Deflate-Gate. How a story about the air pressure […]
Watch Your Back, Aaron Rodgers
(Image Courtesy of Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports) The Deflate-Gate drama continued yesterday (May 14, 2015) with Tom Brady formally appealing his suspension and Bob Kraft and the New England Patriots releasing a rebuttal report on their very own “The Wells Report in Context” website. Not only do these two events ensure we are all going to […]
Sports Thoughts
One of the coolest, and most awe-inspiring things I have ever seen (and I’ve seen it done in person before) is the HAKA! For those of you who have no idea what the Haka is, it is a Maori traditional war dance that for over one hundred years has been incorporated into Rugby pre-game festivities […]
NFL Fines, an Ocean’s Eleven style heist?
“I don’t understand…what happened to all that money?” – Michael DeLano, as Casino Manager Walsh, from Ocean’s Eleven. Every time I hear about a player, a coach…or Bill Belichick, getting fined in the NFL, that scene from Ocean’s Eleven plays through my mind. I have been fortunate to meet Michael DeLano at Casa di Amore, […]