Sentence examples for bench himself from inspiring English sources

"Coach didn't bench himself," said Jackson, who will call the plays indefinitely.

All of which means that Roman Abramovich may have to risk another financial gamble in January on a player who will either keep Torres out of the team or have to spend significant periods on the bench himself.

Last week the Giants tight end lost a fantasy football game because he decided to bench himself – right before he went out and caught three touchdown passes against Washington.

Midway through Vancouver's 6-3 victory, Lundqvist skated off the ice so quickly after Pavol Demitra's power-play goal that it appeared he had made the decision to bench himself.

On Sunday, the Anaheim Ducks' executive vice president and general manager announced that he had relieved Randy Carlyle of his duties and would be stepping behind the bench himself for the rest of the 2018-19 season.

But on May 2, 1939, in Detroit, he benched himself.

Lowlights in Green Bay Receiver Santana Moss benched himself after his fumble was returned for the decisive score in the Redskins' 17-14 loss to the Packers.

The Orioles lost to the Yankees, 5-4, on the day that Cal Ripken benched himself because -- get this -- he didn't want his consecutive game streak to become a distraction.

The story Jordan might have told Stricker and Woods, who is 9-15-1 in teamteam portion of Ryder Cup, is of the playoff game against Charlotte in 1995 when he benched himself.

Ever since the New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig benched himself in 1939, never to return to the game, the ailment that now bears his name has stoked dread in the American imagination.

When Lou Gehrig, weakened by what would be diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, benched himself in Detroit on May 2, 1939, after 2,130 consecutive games, 493 home runs and a.340 lifetime average, Ellsworth Dahlgren, known as Babe, was the new first baseman.