This section features Ben’s writing samples from a variety of publications over the years.

Articles for The Burton Wire:

• “Seven HBCU Players Named to 2013 NFL Draft“– published on April 26, 2013.
• “Venus Williams Clinches Fed Cup Win for USA” — published on April 25, 2013.
• “American Tennis Association at Forefrunt of African-American tennis” — published on April 1, 2013.
• “Serena Williams Defeats Azarenka on World Tennis Day” — published on March 8, 2013.
• “Serena Williams Returns to No. 1” — published on February 28, 2013.
• “Serena Williams, Sloane Stephens: ‘Idol’ Misrepresentation” — published on February 12, 2013.

Articles for World Tennis Day:

• “Serena, del Potro claim victory in BNP Paribas Showdown NY” — published on March 4, 2013.
• “Radwanska, McEnroe win BNP Paribas Showdown in HK” — published on March 4, 2013
• “BNP Paribas Showdown New York Preview” — published on March 3, 2013.
• “BNP Paribas Showdown Hong Kong Preview” — published on March 2, 2013.

Articles for USOpen.org:

• “The biggest breakout stars of the US Open” — published on September 8, 2012.
• “Crawford, Peliwo headline junior finals” — published on September 8, 2012.
• “Junior seeds Coppejans, Townsend crash in quarters” — published on September 7, 2012.
• “Top juniors race to quarterfinals in stacked schedule” — published on September 6, 2012.
• “Tipsarevic reaches second consecutive quarterfinal” — published on September 5, 2012.
• “Bryan brothers enter seventh Flushing semifinal” — published on September 5, 2012.
• “Americans tested early, earn mixed results” — published on September 4, 2012.
• “Vinci scores biggest upset of women’s event” — published on September 4, 2012.
• “Match of the Day presented by Emirates Airline” — published on September 3, 2012.
• “American juniors tested, earn mixed results” — published on September 3, 2012.
• “Vinci scores biggest upset of women’s event” — published on September 3, 2012.
• “Day 8 – Andy Murray (3) vs. Milos Raonic (15)” — published on September 3, 2012.
• “Robson’s run stopped by defending champ Stosur” — published on September 2, 2012.
• ‘Top seed Townsend ‘going for gold’ in girls’ event” — published on September 2, 2012.
• “Kerber consolidates victory over Venus” — published on September 1, 2012.
• “The Oudin of 2012? Robson reaches round of 16” — published on September 1, 2012.
• “Tipsarevic taints Baker comeback with win” — published on August 31, 2012.
• “American Johnson halts Gulbis’ birthday celebration” — published on August 31, 2012.
• “Stephens minces Malek’s crafty play for win” — published on August 30, 2012.
• “Kirilenko ousts veteran Arn in career-best season” — published on August 30, 2012.
• “US Open champ Clijsters’ career ended by Robson” — published on August 29, 2012.
• “Nine secure two-set deficit comebacks for record” — published on August 29, 2012.
• “Day 3 – (3) Maria Sharapova vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino” — published on August 29, 2012.
• “Serena bashes Vandeweghe in bid for fourth title” — published on August 28, 2012.
• “Djokovic dominates in start to defending title“ — published on August 28, 2012.
• “Azarenka serves bagel, breezes through first round” — published on August 27, 2012.
• “Sock punches out ailing Mayer for first-round win“ — published on August 27, 2012.
• “Four American girls in action in junior tournament” — published on September 9, 2011.
• “Rain delays force junior tournament off site” — published on September 8, 2011.

Article for USOpenseries.com:

• “Cincinnati winners sound off” — published on August 19, 2012.
• “Top players talk about upcoming US Open” — published on August 18, 2012.
• “Cincinnati: 100 years of tennis” — published on August 18, 2012.
• “CEO Bruening tells what makes the tournament tick” — published on August 17, 2012.
• “Kvitova talks travel, Federer, Serena laud Cincy” — published on August 15, 2012.
• “Stephens talks about lessons in maturity after Cincy win” — published on August 14, 2012.
• “Can young guns break into the top?” — published on August 13, 2012.

Articles on Cincytennis.com:

• “Federer, Djokovic, Li, Kerber Advance on Saturday” — published on August 18, 2012.
• “Li, Kerber to Meet in Final” — published on August 18, 2012.
• “Doubles Finals Set for Sunday” — published on August 18, 2012.
• “Federer, Djokovic to Face for Championship Title” — published on August 18, 2012.
• “Djokovic, Venus Headline Semifinal Saturday” — published on August 17, 2012.
• “Serena Out, Venus Wins for First Semi Since 2012” — published on August 17, 2012.
• “Federer, Djokovic, del Potro Race to Semifinals” — published on August 17, 2012.
• “Federer, Williams Sisters Play for Semifinal Spots” — published on August 16, 2012.
• “Murray Out, Federer, Fish Advance” — published on August 16, 2012.
• “Radwanska, Williams Sisters into Final Eight” — published on August 16, 2012.
• “Seven Major Titlists in Action Thursday” — published on August 15, 2012.
• “Federer, Djokovic, Murray Reach Round of 16” — published on August 15, 2012.
• “Radwanska, Venus Advance with Wednesday Wins” — published on August 15, 2012
• “Top Seeds Federer, Radwanska Take Center Stage” — published on August 14, 2012.
• “Fish, Querrey Win, Roddick Loses” — published on August 14, 2012.
• “Williams Sisters Record Wins on Tuesday” — published on August 14, 2012.
• “Western & Southern Open Holds Military Appreciation Day” — published on August 13, 2012.
• “Ten Americans Play in Packed Tuesday Schedule” — published on August 13, 2012.
• “Baker, Davydenko Reach Second Round on Monday” — published on August 13, 2012.
• “Peng, Giorgi, Barthel Among Women into Round Two” — published on August 13, 2012.
• “Two Former World No. 1s Headline Monday Play” — published on August 12, 2012.
• “Doubles Champions King, Shvedova, Bryans Return” — published on August 12, 2012.
• “Levine Leads American Men into Main Draw as Qualifier” — published on August 12, 2012.
• “American Qualifiers Keys, King Advance to Main Draw” — published on August 12, 2012.
• “Fans Get Chance to Hit with Sock on High School Day” — published on August 12, 2012.
• “Americans Blake, Harrison Begin Men’s Main Event” — published on August 12, 2012.
• “Levine Leads American Men into Qualifying Round Two” — published on August 11, 2012.
• “Americans King, Keys Advance in Women’s Qualifying” — published on August 11, 2012.
• “Frazer, McCabe, Smith, Flory Inducted into Hall of Fame” — published on August 11, 2012.
• “Fans Celebrate Kid’s Day Alongside Qualifying” — published on August 11, 2012.
• “Radwanska, Serena, Stosur: Top-Ranked Women” — published on August 10, 2012.
• “Federer, Djokovic, Murray Headline Stacked Men’s Field” — published on August 10, 2012.
• “Oudin, Gibbs, Davis, Sock Headline American Qualifiers” — published on August 10, 2012.
• “Field Getting Finalized Ahead of Opening Weekend” — published on August 10, 2012.
• “Sharapova Claims Cincinnati Title Over Jankovic” — published on August 21, 2011.
• “King, Shvedova and Bhupathi, Paes Claim Doubles Titles” — published on August 21, 2011.
• “Murray Wins Second Cincinnati Title” — published on August 21, 2011.
• “Food Court to be Expanded” — published on August 21, 2011.
• “Men’s and Women’s Doubles Finals Set” — published on August 20, 2011.
• “Murray, Djokovic and Sharapova, Jankovic into Finals” — published on August 20, 2011.
• “Women’s Semifinalists Play Tonight” — published on August 20, 2011.
• “Berdych, Petkovic Advance to Semifinals” — published on August 19, 2011.
• “Fish Defeats Nadal, Zvonareva Advances to Semis” — published on August 19, 2011.
• “Djokovic Continues Nearly Perfect Season” — published on August 19, 2011.
• “Attendance Up 23% from 2010” — published on August 19, 2011.
• “Federer, Jankovic and Bryan Brothers Advance” — published on August 18, 2011.
• “Nadal, Stosur, Sharapova Reach Quarterfinals” — published on August 18, 2011.
• “Eight Grand Slam Champions Play Thursday” — published on August 18, 2011.
• “Djokovic, Peer into Round of 16” — published on August 17, 2011.
• “Day Match Recap: Nadal, Zvonareva Advance” — published on August 17, 2011.
• “McHale Upsets World No. 1 Wozniacki” — published on August 17, 2011.
• “Six World No.1s in Action Wednesday” — published on August 17, 2011.
• “Federer, Sharapova Advance to Third Round” — published on August 16, 2011.
• “Day Match Recap: Serena Williams Wins, Isner Loses” — published on August 16, 2011.
• “Chinese Juniors Watch Li Defeat Safarova” — published on August 16, 2011.
• “Federer, Sharapova Lead Tuesday Night Matches” — published on August 16, 2011.
• “Roddick Upset, Ivanovic Advances” — published on August 15, 2011.
• “Nine Grand Slam Winners Play Tuesday” — published on August 15, 2011.
• “Federer, Sharapova Praise Newly Combined Event” — published on August 15, 2011.
• “Roddick, Ivanovic Head Monday Night Matches” — published on August 15, 2011.
• “Blake, del Potro Advance to Second Round” — published on August 14, 2011.
• “Stepanek, Craybas Qualify into Main Draw” — published on August 14, 2011.
• “Peschke, Srebotnik Lead Women’s Doubles Draw” — published on August 14, 2011.
• “Harrison Throws First Pitch for the Reds” — published on August 14, 2011.
• “Venus Williams Highlights Early Sunday Action” — published on August 14, 2011.
• “Bryan Brothers Lead Cincinnati Doubles Field” — published on August 14, 2011.
• “Blake, Stephens Headline Kid’s Day” — published on August 13, 2011.
• “Four Americans Advance to Qualifying Second Round” — published on August 13, 2011.
• “Sharapova, Blake, Isner Prep for W & S Open” — published on August 13, 2011.
• “Qualifying Tournament Kick Off” — published on August 12, 2011.
• “2011 Draw Party” — published on August 12, 2011.
• “Roddick, del Potro, Wozniacki Lead Practice Court Action” — published on August 12, 2011.
• “Federer and Clijsters’ Last 8 Months” – published on April 5, 2011.

Articles for Wimbledon.com:

• “Records tumble alongside Federer’s achievement” — published on July 8, 2012.
• “Men’s final preview: record in sight for Federer” — published on July 8, 2012.
• “Past junior champions seek road to glory” — published on July 6, 2012.
• “Serena chases two titles in one day” — published on July 6, 2012.
• “Saville through after Milojevic retires” — published on July 5, 2012.
• “Williams sisters end Russians’ run” — published on July 4, 2012.
• “Radwanska takes change of courts in her stride” — published on July 3, 2012.
• “Radwanska ends run of qualifier Giorgi” — published on July 2, 2012.
• “Shvedova’s golden set leaves Errani pointless” — published on June 30, 2012.
• “Kirilenko and Giorgi make breakthroughs” — published on June 29, 2012.
• “Del Potro powers into third round” — published on June 28, 2012.
• “Lindstedt and Tecau given testing start” — published on June 28, 2012.
• “Big-hitting Raonic races through” — published on June 27, 2012.
• “Experience wins over youth for rising female stars” — published on June 26, 2012.
• “Nishikori and Raonic lead wins for up and coming men” — published on June 26, 2012.
• “Mixed day for men’s up-and-comers” — published on June 25, 2012.

Articles for The Quindecim:

• “Academic Internship Fee Set to Start in Summer 2013” — published on February 13, 2013.
• “Coker Appointed New Vice President, Dean of Students” — published on February 13, 2013.
• “Committee to Choose Vice President and Dean of Students” — published on December 4, 2012.
• “Listening Up: Peer Listeners Support Fellow Students” — published on December 4, 2012.
• “Club Presidents, Administration React to Revised Trips Policy” — published on October 19, 2012.
• “Club Travel Policy Changes After Students Voice Concern” — published on October 6, 2012.
• “Women’s Soccer Secures Five Straight Shutouts” — published on September 19, 2012.

Issues of The Quindecim:

• The Classic – June 2009
  • My articles:
    • “Budget ‘crisis’ brings severe budget cuts; approval for extra funding possible” — published on front page.
    • “Cowen steps down after ‘fairy tale’ career” — published on page three.
• The Classic – May 2009
  • My articles:
    • “Marine Biologist Ott discusses Exxon Valdez oil spill” — published on page four.
    • “NY1 films fencers” — published on page twelve.
• The Classic April Fools – April 2009
• The Classic – March 2009
  • My articles:
    • “SPARK program under fire” — published on page two.
    • “Spark faces budget cuts; possible removal” — published on page two.
• The Classic – February 2009
  • My article:
    • “Fight for Funding: A Call to Rally” — published on page two.
• The Classic – December 2008
  • My articles:
    • “Ceremony celebrates Intel award” — published on front page.
    • “Budget cuts slash per-session spending” — published on front page.
• The Classic – October 2008
  • My articles:
    • “So Not Our Thing shows humorous satire” — published on page two.
    • “Final budget cuts leave Harris with 1.4 percent less” — published on page three.
• The Classic – June 2008
  • My articles:
    • “Planned Budget Cuts Deemed ‘Outrageous’” — published on front page.
    • “Cunningham retires, bids farewell” — published on page three.
• The Classic – May 2008
  • My article:
    • “Principal search moves to Level II: — published on front page.

Articles for The Oxford Student:

• “Crofty Heights of World Tennis” — published on May 17, 2012.
• “New Boss Please’ at All England Club” — published on May 3, 2012.
• “Naked Ambition: The Real Tennis Player” — published on February 11, 2012.
• “Why 2012 Is Not Looking Rosy for Tennis” — published on February 4, 2012.
• “Chipping In: Is Andy Murray the Arsenal of Tennis?” — published on February 4, 2012.
• Additional reporting for “You come to expect inappropriate touching” — published on October 27, 2011.

Articles for Tennis Magazine US Open Preview digital issue:

• “Andre the Elder” — published on August 15, 2011.
• “Rafa Through the Years” — published on August 15, 2011.

Articles for The Baltimore Sun:

• “Junior Tennis Champions Center ‘One of the Best‘” — published on July 21, 2011.
• “Ellicott City Native Capra Will Have Busy Summer Before Heading to Duke” — published on June 19, 2011.

Multimedia Galleries on Tennis.com:

• “Fortnight Finished: Wimbledon Wrap-Up” — published on July 5, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 8” — published on June 28, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 7” — published on June 27, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 6” — published on June 25, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 5” — published on June 24, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 4” — published on June 23, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 3” — published on June 22, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 2” — published on June 21, 2011.
• “What We Watched at Wimbledon, Day 1” — published on June 20, 2011.
• “Experience the US Open Experience” — published on June 14, 2011.

Articles on WTT.com:

• “Kastles’ Rodionova, Stubbs Discuss Perfect Season” — published on August 11, 2011.
• “Serena, Hingis to Play with Live Stream Available” — published on July 16, 2011.
• “Schnack ‘Blessed’ to Play for Sacramento Capitals in First WTT Season” — published on July 11, 2011.
• “Week Two Features Bjorn Borg Against John McEnroe, Top WTT Talent” — published on July 10, 2011.
• “Obama Family Watches as Serena’s Kastles Defeat Lobsters” — published on July 8, 2011.
• “Evans Looks to Compete ‘at the Highest Level’ with Freedoms” — published on June 30, 2011.
• “Kuznetsov’s Focus is On Helping Explorers Repeat as WTT Champs” — published on June 30, 2011.
• “Kastles’ Williams Sisters Reach Third Round” — published on June 23, 2011.
• “McEnroe, Chenoweth Talk WTT and Billie Jean King in Times Square” — published on June 21, 2011.
• “Wimbledon Draw for WTT Players Revealed” — published on Jun 17, 2011.
• “Venus Plans to Play WTT for ‘as Long as You’ll Have Me’” — published on June 14, 2011.
• “WTT Stars Q & A” — published on June 7, 2011.
• “Doubles Results from Roland Garros: Eight WTT Players Earn Success in Paris” — published on June 2, 2011.

Posts Contributed to Tennis Served Fresh:

• “Going Green: Venus Williams (‘s Diet)” — published on November 21, 2011.
• “PAST&E: After-School Success in PDX” — published on July 27, 2011.
• “It’s On: Serena Makes Her Comeback” — published on June 14, 2011.
• “Meet Plane Jumper, Nick Bollettieri” — published on May 25, 2011.
• “Short Balls: Jewelry Gets Ballsy Inspiration” — published on April 7, 2011.
• “Short Balls: An Ailing Andy (and Rafa Drinks Rum!)” — published on March 30, 2011.
• “Serena Goes…Sexy?…in Game Ad” — published on March 25, 2011.
• “Short Balls: Tennis Goes Cross Country” — published on March 23, 2011.
• “Short Balls: March Madness” — published on March 18, 2011.
• “Short Balls: Serena’s Out, 3D’s In and Mac’s Prodigy” — published on March 11, 2011.
• “That’s a Wrap: Re-hashing Davis Cup” — published on March 9, 2011.
• “Davis Cup: Feeling the Heat in Chile” — published on March 4, 2011.
• “Short Balls: Bad Blood – Old and New” — published on March 3, 2011.
• “Short Balls: Goodbye Counselor” — published on February 23, 2011.
• “The Raonic-Dancevic Equation“  — published on February 19, 2011.
• “Short Balls: Ladies in Wanting” — published on February 16, 2011.
• “The Battle of the Husbands” — published on January 29, 2011.
• “A Letter to Juju from the Tennis Establishment” — published on January 26, 2011.

Article for CNN.com / CNNmoney.com / Fortune.com:

• “Tony Hayward’s greatest hits” — published on June 10, 2010.

Articles on Fortune.com:

• “Pandora by the dashboard light” — published on August 25, 2010.
• “Why HCL Technologies puts employees ahead of customers” — published on July 22, 2010.
• “Analysts remain bullish on Google, still lower price targets” — published on July 16, 2010.
• “How technology can help spread literacy“  — published on July 14, 2010.

Multimedia gallery for Yahoo.com / Fortune.com:

• “America’s most unusual planned communities” — published on July 15, 2010.

Multimedia galleries for Fortune.com:

• “The Oprah Spinoffs” — published on September 27, 2010.
• “The Fortune Global Forum Visionaries” — published on June 16, 2010.
  • Quoted in The Times of India in “Lakshmi Mittal, two other Indians in Fortune’s visionary list” on June 20, 2010.
• “The rise of BP” — published on June 14, 2010.
• “Inside Abu Dhabi’s insane Ferrari theme park” — published on June 14, 2010.
• “Bizarre drug knock-offs around the globe” — published on June 7, 2010.

Article in The Island Times from Peaks Island, Maine:

• The Island Times – September 2008
  • My article:
    • “Peaks Island Norway maple in competition for largest in Maine” — published on front page.

Issues of The Classic from Townsend Harris High School:

• The Classic – June 2009
  • My articles:
    • “Budget ‘crisis’ brings severe budget cuts; approval for extra funding possible” — published on front page.
    • “Cowen steps down after ‘fairy tale’ career” — published on page three.
• The Classic – May 2009
  • My articles:
    • “Marine Biologist Ott discusses Exxon Valdez oil spill” — published on page four.
    • “NY1 films fencers” — published on page twelve.
• The Classic April Fools – April 2009
• The Classic – March 2009
  • My articles:
    • “SPARK program under fire” — published on page two.
    • “Spark faces budget cuts; possible removal” — published on page two.
• The Classic – February 2009
  • My article:
    • “Fight for Funding: A Call to Rally” — published on page two.
• The Classic – December 2008
  • My articles:
    • “Ceremony celebrates Intel award” — published on front page.
    • “Budget cuts slash per-session spending” — published on front page.
• The Classic – October 2008
  • My articles:
    • “So Not Our Thing shows humorous satire” — published on page two.
    • “Final budget cuts leave Harris with 1.4 percent less” — published on page three.
• The Classic – June 2008
  • My articles:
    • “Planned Budget Cuts Deemed ‘Outrageous’” — published on front page.
    • “Cunningham retires, bids farewell” — published on page three.
• The Classic – May 2008
  • My article:
    • “Principal search moves to Level II: — published on front page.