Ben Whitney

Ben Whitney comes from journalistic stock. Aside from his brothers, rumor has that his great-great grandfather was the youngest brother of Eli Whitney and covered the earliest “rounders” games. Big Ben is also another New York Rugby Club player/pal of Different Matt, Short Matt and Junoir Blaber. He likes film noir discussions, has twin girls and took up ice hockey after retiring from rugby.

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Big Ben’s Christmas Special: 2020 Alternate Endings to Five Christmas Classics

December 22, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

NORTH POLE – As you may have heard, 2020 sucked. In a fruitless attempt to cope, I’ve been watching Christmas classics. I’m wondering how these […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: The NFC East Again, Who’s Going to Win it? Ravens Browns Thriller.

December 15, 2020 Ben Whitney 1

STAMFORD, CT – Wow, that was some game between the next two teams to beat the Giants. How about that NFC East? Just when you […]

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Big Ben’s NFL Hot Takes – Week 13: Trevor Lawrence, Kirk Cousins, Taysom Hill

December 8, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

STAMFORD, CT – It was a banner week for the NFL teams representing NY City, as the Giants pulled off an impressive win and the […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: NFL Week 12 Smokin’ Hot Takes, First-Place NY Giants

December 1, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

STAMFORD, CT – NFL Week 12 is not quite in the books, as we still have an afternoon delight between the Steelers and Ravens. Are […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Who Will Win the NFC (L)East?

November 24, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

STAMFORD, CT – The NFC East has traditionally been one of the toughest divisions in football. For years, if you came out of the NFC […]

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Big Ben: Ruining the Movie “Major League” with Analytics

November 17, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

CLEVELAND, OH – I caught the last half of the 1989 classic Major League the other night and I was struck by how much of […]

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Big Ben: 2020 Isn’t Over, Terrible Sports Stuff is Still Coming

November 10, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

STAMFORD, CT –  Sure, Trump got the boot. (Special shout out to my great great grandfather Jebediah for crawling out of his grave to vote […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Godzilla, Gremlins, and Ghosts – Making Sense of the NFL Contenders

November 3, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

STAMFORD, CT – We’re sort of halfway through the NFL season and only a few teams look like actual contenders. Let’s tier up the playoff […]

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Big Ben: The Giants Unending Offensive Line Woes and the Dolphins Turn to Tua

October 27, 2020 Ben Whitney 1

Stamford, CT: It was a fun Week 7 in the NFL, unless you’re a fan of the New York Giants or the Jets.  I might […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: NFL Banter, Bumbling Two-Point Conversions, A Putrid Performance by the New York Jets

October 20, 2020 Ben Whitney 0

STAMFORD, CT – NFL Week 6 was hard on the eyes, featuring Aaron Rodgers playing like Kenny Rogers (RIP), and a couple of head-scratching two-point […]

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