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.

Big Ben Tuesday: Are the Mets as Dysfunctional as the Trump Administration?

June 6, 2017 Ben Whitney 0

Queens, NY: 2017 was going to be the year that the young gun rotation would come together and the New York Mets would finally win […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Judging Aaron Judge; How Good is Yankees Giant?

May 30, 2017 Ben Whitney 0

DETROIT ROCK CITY, MI: There’s nothing like a long weekend in a Detroit suburb to make you thankful for your city’s sports teams. What do […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Elephant Crushes Hunter in Zimbabwe, Tebow and the Trials of Job, and a Motivated Ereck Flowers

May 23, 2017 Ben Whitney 19

Zimbabwe, Africa: There’s not much inspiration in New York sports lately. The Yankees are fun, but they’ve been well covered on these pages. Even making fun […]

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Ben Ben Tuesday: Danger Signs in Yankee Land, Mets Crumbling, Giants OL Improvement

May 16, 2017 Ben Whitney 16

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Oh man, I spaced on my column. I’ll blame it on my twin babies and a hockey game last night. A […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Dysfunctional Mets and Curious Case of the Giant “Toy”

May 9, 2017 Ben Whitney 14

METSVILLE, USA – As the baseball season moves toward summer, things are looking bright in the Bronx but querulous in Queens with the Dysfunctional Mets. […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Rangers Move on, Westbrook is the MVP, Daniel Murphy Tortures Mets Again, Eli Manning is Innocent

April 25, 2017 Ben Whitney 21

Big Arm, Montana: There is a lot to talk about from the weekend, including, the New York Rangers moving on; Russell Westbrook banging out first […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Who Said It, Trump or Jackie Robinson? Snapshots of the Yanks, Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks

April 18, 2017 Ben Whitney 15

MAR-A-LAGO, FL – It was Jackie Robinson Day in baseball on Saturday. The day when all players on all teams wear number 42 to celebrate the […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: NBA MVP Race for the Ages – Harden and Westbrook’s Season Rivals Robertson, Wilt and Russell

April 11, 2017 Ben Whitney 24

HOUSTON, TX – Based on my peripheral view of the NBA MVP race, it’s hard to fathom how Russell Westbrook could average a triple double and […]

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Big Ben Tuesday – NY Sports Quick Hitters: Knicks, Jets, Giants, Yankees, Mets, Rangers

April 4, 2017 Ben Whitney 20

WHY NOT, NC – What a great NCAA Final! Just kidding. You didn’t think I was going to stay up that late for this column, […]

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Big Ben Tuesday: Was Colin Kaepernick Blackballed?

March 28, 2017 Ben Whitney 14

MOSQUITOVILLE, VT: The Washington Post said the NFL is basically blackballing Colin Kaepernick. Spike Lee agreed, saying on Instagram that it was “MAD fishy” and […]

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