Our View From the Bench

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[Our View From the Bench @ourviewftb]

Back on The Bench today and we are talk @wnba basketball as we near the end of the regular season. Joined by our friends Erin and Brittany all the way from Ohio to talk ball. @lvaces @minnesotalynx @valkyries @indianafever #wnba #wnbafinals #wnbanews

[Our View From the Bench @ourviewftb]

Corey is back on The Bench to discuss the @mlb trade deadline. There was one obvious winner with the @dodgers getting Skubal, but there were a couple surprising moves as well. #mlb #mlbtradedeadline #mlbnews #mlbmemes #mlbbaseball

[Our View From the Bench @ourviewftb]

Corey is back on The Bench and trying something new with friends Aaron and Tyler. It’s a Snake Draft: Sports Movies. Let’s see how bad Aaron did with his picks. @nba @mlb @nhl @nfl @nascar @pgatour #sportsmovie #snakedraft

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

LeBron James reportedly had concerns about Joel Embiid’s durability, per @ramonashelburne

“Embiid played only 57 games over the past two regular seasons, fewer than James played last season in his age-41 season. He sat out games in both of the 76ers' playoff series in 2026, though it should be noted it was because of emergency appendicitis surgery, not because of his knees.
James has long admired Embiid's talent and basketball IQ, sources close to him said. But like many in the league, he had questions about Embiid's durability.”

(Via https://t.co/VpCNYUXnvr)

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

The NHL has only seen one Black head coach in its 109-year league history, and not even for a full season.

If Joel Ward gets his way, he will be next. And it will be overdue.

https://t.co/ff4j428atT

[ABC News @ABC]

New York City police released dramatic drone footage of officers tracking down a group of teens who authorities say were subway surfing on top of a train in Brooklyn. https://t.co/EmffxydKZo

[NBA @NBA]

What an accomplishment for the 2026 WNBA All-Star Most Valuable Player 😤

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Traded midseason and then goes 11-2 with a 1.65 and drags Milwaukee to October.

One of the better half-seasons a starter has ever thrown.

[Dave McMenamin @mcten]

New story: LeBron James is not five, not six, but a Philadelphia 76er. And seeking a fifth ring before retirement https://t.co/yVeJ3m2i4G

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski and Lou Brock before the 1979 All-Star Game.

Rose already had 3,000 hits. Brock would get there less than a month later. Yaz would join them in September.

Three men who finished with 10,698 hits between them.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Mickey Mantle ended Game 3 of the 1964 World Series with a walk-off homer on the first pitch he saw from Barney Schultz, his record-breaking 16th World Series home run.

Even late in his career, on ruined knees, Mantle owned October.

[ESPN @espn]

THE AUSL MAKES SOFTBALL HISTORY 👏

This is the first-ever professional softball game to be televised on broadcast TV!

[Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Memphis Grizzlies are negotiating a buyout and the veteran 3-&-D specialist intends to team back up with LeBron James and sign with the Philadelphia 76ers, league sources tell me.

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

An NBA coach reportedly told the Miami Heat to stay away from Russell Westbrook because he’s difficult to coach, per @flasportsbuzz

“An NBA source who has relationships with Erik Spoelstra and other coaches said that a coach that Spoelstra trusts told him that he advised the Heat not to sign Westbrook, asserting that he’s difficult to coach.”

(Via https://t.co/aQDwHlyDRr)

[Lakers Lead @LakersLead]

THANK YOU LEBRON 🐐

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump ordered his administration on Friday to install signs in front of the Smithsonian Institution's U.S. history museum, telling visitors that some of the exhibits are inaccurate. https://t.co/bnXVnp5o1R

[Lakers Lead @LakersLead]

Philly @ New York opening night might be the most expensive game in NBA history

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: President Trump ordered new signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to warn that its depiction of U.S. history, in his view, is “inaccurate.” It was the latest escalation in his dispute with the institution. https://t.co/lTdZ0uZKSc

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Bills Mafia is immortalized inside of Highmark Stadium with a built in broken folding table

[LakersMuse @LALMuse]

Imagine showing this photo to a Lakers fan just 18 months ago 🤯