The Toronto Raptors enter tonight’s second round series opener coming off of a solid showing that saw them dispose of the Washington Wizards in 6 games (4-2). It was a series that included a trio of mini two-game winning streaks that the teams traded back and forth, but the Raptors ultimately did their job as the #1 seed and proved
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Ahhh, baseball season is upon us once again. With Major League Baseball clubs opening up their season’s this past Thursday, those of us on the bench figured it was time to dust off our crystal ball (or dartboard) and fire away with a blog packed full of a variety of our predictions for the upcoming season. What follows is a
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The Bench Life team are taking the gloves off for a winner-take-all prediction battle to prove once and for all (at least for now) who is most in tune with playoff hockey. Winner of the challenge gets a case of ice cold Rolling Rock beer paid for by the losers. Whoever finishes dead last will get punished in some
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Another round of the NHL Playoffs has come to an end, and we’re left with only two teams. In the Western Conference, the underdog Nashville Predators have been the surprise of the playoffs this year, taking down Chicago, St. Louis and Anaheim on their path to the Finals. From the Eastern Conference, the Pittsburgh Penguins are looking to be the first
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With the NHL Playoffs down to the final 4 teams, I take a look at the next round and pick my Stanley Cup Final matchup.
Read moreFor this 2016-17 NHL season my brother Phillip and I made a list of predictions of potential outcomes that we feel strongly about. We plan to assign points for each correct guess and the winner will get… something. We were initially going to say that the loser will buy the winner a brand new Leafs jersey, but then we realized
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Schedule Game 1: Tuesday May 17; 8:30 @ Cleveland on Sportsnet Game 2: Thursday May 19; 8:30 @ Cleveland on TSN Game 3: Saturday May 21; 8:30 @ Toronto on Sportsnet Game 4: Monday May 23; 8:30 @ Toronto on TSN Game 5: Wednesday May 25; 8:30 @ Cleveland on TBD Game 6: Friday May 27; 8:30 @Toronto on TBD
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The 2016 season is coming in hot! I’ve already dusted off the old glove (and subsequently already thrown my arm out), read as much Blue Jays content as I can, and acquired a couple of tickets for April. The only thing keeping me from total baseball mode are those pesky 50-win Raptors. I am ready for a summer of Pillar web gems, Donaldson bombs,
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