About

I'm a New York Rangers fan living in South Florida, along with my wonderful wife and two fantastic kids. I am truly blessed.

I also write for a living, and consider myself fortunate to have this "second career" with Bleacher Report. As a lifelong Blueshirts fan, this is a great way for me to feed my soul, while I help pay the bills toiling in the corporate world. To tell you the truth, my first career ain't too shabby, either.

So I get the best of both. Grateful for it, too.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Mark Messier, Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Franco Harris

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    New York Rangers, New York Giants, New York Yankees

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Tortorella, Tom Coughlin

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Watching the Rangers win the Stanley Cup in 1994. Surreal.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    The home opener for the Rangers after the '95 lockout, when they raised the Cup banner.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Glen Hall - 502 straight games in goal. Not likely to happen again. How did he do it?

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth. Not to discount the Say Hey Kid, but Ruth was such a larger than life figure. And a great player.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana. Didn't get to see Johnny U. a whole lot. But Montana was something else.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. The greatest ever. Period.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Tough one. But I'll go with The Great One. The knees killed Orr's career, unfortunately.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele. Watched him with the Cosmos all those years ago. What an athlete.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus. Tiger is just a louse.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty. #43 rules. RIP Dale, Sr.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Big East - but the 80's version, complete with the Lou Carnesecca sweaters.

Bulletin Board

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  • Nick Krapf posted 224 days ago

    Nick Krapf

    Of course Ben. Anytime!

  • Nick Krapf posted 282 days ago

    Nick Krapf

    Ben, thanks for fanning me. Love your work. Let's Go Rangers!!!

  • Chigbundu Otanjah posted 284 days ago

    Chigbundu Otanjah

    Love the bio!

  • Steve Silverman posted 291 days ago

    Steve Silverman

    Thanks for fanning me, Ben. Best of luck to you.

  • Chigbundu Otanjah posted 296 days ago

    Chigbundu Otanjah

    You should write a bio, I'd love to know what your background in sport writing is and where you gained your affinity for it.

  • tom murphy posted 301 days ago

    tom murphy

    51 games not 61.. I think future looks great and admire Sather for not buckling to Prust.....a fan favorite. As far as making it to 3rd round this year, we both know that series 1 & 2 easily could have gone the other way. Just sayin'. Torts is not my guy but Rangers are my team.

  • KENNETH OHLIGER posted 312 days ago

    KENNETH OHLIGER

    think you do a great job but this one we are going to have to agree to disagree! keep up the good work!