COMMENTARY

Ben is a Toronto native who has been passionate about sports his entire life. He took that passion south of the border and graduated from Syracuse University in Upstate New York with a major in broadcasting and digital journalism. While at Syracuse, Ben broadcasted select Syracuse men's basketball games for the local NPR station, WAER-FM. He also broadcasted Syracuse women's basketball games on the radio for WJPZ-FM and on television for ACC Network Extra. In the summer of 2022, Ben called the morning sessions of the first Globl Jam for Sportsnet, a U23 international men's and women's basketball competition based in Toronto.

He has also worked in several sports outside of basketball including hockey, football, baseball, soccer, and lacrosse. He served as a fill-in play-by-play broadcaster on the Sportsnet Radio Network for seven Toronto Blue Jays games during the 2022 season. This is his first year as the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Raptors 905.