Dan Benton

Dan Benton

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About

Dan Benton is an avid New York sports fan who burst onto the online scene in late 2003. He began blogging about the New York Yankees and New York Giants for Most Valuable Network (MVN) where he soon became the Vice President. Since then, he has worked for AOL Sports, Madison Square Garden (MSG) and most recently, [Private Outlet] (VP of Operations).

He is also the owner and creator of Giants 101, a well-decorated New York Giants blog that has won various awards ranging from Deadspin's #1 Giants blog to the 2007 Sports Blog of the Year.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Brandon Jacobs, Eli Manning, Joba Chamberlain, Derek Jeter, Ahmad Bradshaw and Derrick Ward

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    New York Giants, New York Yankees, New York Knicks, New York Rangers, Duke Blue Devils, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Penn State Nittany Lions and the Auburn Tigers

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Giants defeating the then undefeated* New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XLII.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Hideki Matsui hitting a grand slam in his first game at Yankees Stadium (2003).

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken Jr.'s game-played streak.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Babe Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    ...Eli Manning

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Michael Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Wayne Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    [Yawn]

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Andre Agassi

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger Woods

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Jeff Gordon

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    [Yawn]

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

    SEC

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  • Brian Oswald posted 707 days ago

    Brian Oswald

    Are you still interested in doing MMA writing?

  • Craig Santucci posted 820 days ago

    Craig Santucci

    I thought I would check in with some bye week perspective...

    NY misses Spagnuolo...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/292733-spagnuolo-owes-a-giant-thank-you

  • Craig Santucci posted 832 days ago

    Craig Santucci

    The Giants Collapse!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282700-ny-giants-out-played-out-coached

  • Matt Bertram posted 908 days ago

    Matt Bertram

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/240509-kenny-phillips-is-bound-for-a-giant-leap-forward-in-2009

  • Matt Bertram posted 909 days ago

    Matt Bertram

    Hey Dan, just wanted to say that I'm an avid follower of your work over at Giants101.com and that you're putting out great stuff man!

    Cheers,
    Matt Bertram

  • JW Nix posted 916 days ago

    JW Nix

    you may dig this :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/236290-the-almost-all-time-san-francisco-49ers-offense

  • Craig Santucci posted 919 days ago

    Craig Santucci

    I thought you would like this new look on college football(Illinois) and the NY Giants recent drafts.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/234198-drafting-ny-giants-the-state-of-illinois-producing-football-studs

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