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Daniel R. Benton (born March 26, 1983) is an American sportswriter and columnist for AOL Fanhouse, MSG Network and Screaming Sports (FS Dashboard, Incorporated). Benton is best known for creating Giants 101 and for co-hosting Outsider Radio with Brandon Rosage. He is a staff writer at both FanHouse and MSG, and currently serves as the Content Director and a G101 contributor for Screaming Sports.

MVN

In December of 2003, Benton was successfully recruited by Frank Palmieri and Evan Brunell, who had recently started a sports blogging network known as Most Valuable Network. As part of his job with the company, he began avidly covering the New York Yankees, New York Mets, New York Rangers and Albany Conquest. However, as the company grew, Benton was asked to expand into field of football coverage, where he eventually founded the now-famous and award-winning Giants 101 blog<ref> Giants 101 Retrieved on 2008-02-07</ref>.

In the fall of 2005, Benton became the Public Relations Director for MVN, followed by a quick promotion to the Vice President position. He served on the executive board for two years before his departure in October 2007. He currently resides in his mother's basement but hopes to some day become a homeowner.

FanHouse

In August of 2006, Benton was successfully recruited by Jamie Mottram to join AOL Sports' newest platform -- FanHouse. It was the latest in sports blogging networks and would soon become the largest and well-known blogging network in the world.

Since joining FanHouse, Benton has covered various NFL teams including the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and New York Giants.

MSG

Thanks in large part to a referral courtesy of FanHouse producer John Ness, Benton was signed as a staff writer at Madison Square Garden in October of 2007. As an employee of the world's most famous arena, Benton covers all New York area sports teams for MSG's "Game On!" section.

Screaming Sports

In October of 2007, shortly before his hiring at MSG, Benton was also hired to become the new Content Director for Screaming Sports. In only a few short months, Benton had assembled a team of over 15 professional staff writers that covered each area of the fantasy world, and added a little spice to the one-of-kind FS Dashboard application.

Early in 2008, Benton began to expand his role at Screaming Sports and become more involved with the marketing side of the business. In addition to managing his team of writers, he also began running Search Engine Marketing campaigns and dealing with various content exchanges.

Acknowledgment

Benton has had work featured or linked on Deadspin, Yahoo! Sports, AOL Sports, ESPN Hashmarks, Big Blue Interactive, The Writers (TheMirl.com)<ref> The Writers Retrieved on 2008-02-07</ref>, 12 Seahawks Street, The Dallas Morning News, New York Yankees Fans, Fox Sports, Pro Football Talk, The Big Lead, BuffaloBills.com, The 700 Level, Pro Sports Daily, USA Today and Sports Illustrated. He's also made guest radio/podcast appearances on ESPN Radio, The Blitz, The Pitch, Pro Football Talk, AOL Sports Bloggers Live and Yankee Fan Club Radio, hosted by Ty Hildenbrandt.

Education

Benton attended Onteora High School in Boiceville, New York from 1997 through 2001, where he graduated with his senior class.

At Onteora, he played junior varsity and varsity football, as well as varsity baseball.

In 2006, Benton enrolled at the University of Phoenix and recently graduated with his Associate's Degree in Business Administration.

Awards

Thanks to years of hard work from Hazem Kiswani, Sean Carroll, Paul Perdichizzi and David Syversten, Dan and G101 have won the following awards: Deadspin Blogdom's Best Giants Blog<ref> Deadspin Retrieved on 2008-02-08</ref>, 2006 Sports Blog Award for Best NFL Blog<ref> Sports Blog Awards Retrieved on 2008-02-08</ref>, Blog of the Day's Blog of the Day award<ref> Blog of the Day Retrieved on 2008-02-08</ref> and Blogger's Choice Award for Best NFL Blog in 2007<ref> Blogger's Choice Awards Retrieved on 2008-02-08</ref>.