About

-Contributed NFL, MLB and NBA stories to HelmetandPadsRequired.com from October 2010-April 2012

-Wrote for St. Edward's University's baseball team for the 2011-12 season

-Graduate of Bleacher Report's Sportswriting Intern Program (August-October 2012)

-Houston Texans Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report since November 2012

You can follow Ben on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/houtexmajorin

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    J.J. Watt, Jose Altuve, James Harden

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Texans, Rockets, Astros

  • Favorite Coaches

    Jerry Glanville

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Astros use 6 pitchers in no-hitter vs. Yankees 6/11/03

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2005 World Series Astros-White Sox Game 3 (longest game in WS history)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Ripken's 2,632 straight games

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

Bulletin Board

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  • Will Leivenberg posted 294 days ago

    Will Leivenberg

    Thanks for becoming a fan, Ben! I see you are pretty new to B/R — how are you liking it so far? Also, how did you find it? Terrific piece on players who need to step it up in the second half. I'm a Dodger fan, so I'm hoping Ethier is one of the guys to really find his stride over the next few months.

    Thanks again, Ben.