Ben grew up in Mabel, Minnesota before going on to get a degree from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. He spent much of his youth listening to Twins games on KFIL. Ben moved on and wrote articles for his college sports website and also wrote Rochester Honkers game summaries while interning with Townsquare Media in Rochester. Ben likes most all the sports, though he knows the letdown that is associated with the Minnesota teams. One of his first CD's was Alan Jackson, and you can hear a mix of country music, from Merle Haggard to Taylor Swift when Ben is on air.
Ben Aberg
Spring Grove Earns 20th Win
More boys basketball was on KFIL Monday night. Spring Grove took on Fillmore Central, winning by a score of 74-24. Fillmore Central played without senior Riley Means, who was out due to symptoms of the flu. Alex Folz's symptoms had tapered off just enough so he felt just good enough to play for Spring Grove...
#84 Turns 40 Today
Today is the 40th birthday of one Randy Moss, former Vikings wide receiver. Randy had an NFL single-season high 23 touchdown catches with New England in the 2007 season, but we like to remember his phenomenal years with our Minnesota Vikings...
Cardinals Squeak Past Trojans
Friday night was a wild on on KFIL. The Lewiston-Altura Cardinals left town with a 47-45 win over the Rushford-Peterson Trojans.
The early going saw a lot of back and forth, with the Trojan defense forcing turnovers, but the Cardinals answering with rebounds to make up for it...
Cougars Surge Past Lions
Thursday night, KFIL had high school girls basketball action on the air-with Mabel-Canton playing Spring Grove for the 100th time! Thursday's game evened the all-time series at 50 wins apiece!
It was Parents Night, so we started a bit late after a tight B-team game, but Spring Grove looked ready...
MJ Baseball History
More Michael Jordan history was made on February 7th. Back on this date in 1994, his Airness, who had retired from basketball after winning his first three NBA titles, signed a baseball contract.
Yes, Michael Jordan played baseball, and the contract with the Chicago White Sox was signed on February 7, 1994...
Love+LeBron=Unreal
Last night, there was more greatness happening in the NBA. After a John Wall made free throw, the Cavaliers trailed the Wizards by 3 with 3.4 seconds to go in regulation. There needed to be a good inbound pass and a clutch three-pointer to send the game to OT...
Basketball History
His Airness made slam dunk history on February 6, 1988.
Though many young folks may know Michael Jordan for the memes and the shoes, MJ was the greatest player in the NBA in the generation before LeBron and the Internet became all the rage...
Fat Bike Race This Weekend
With no more football on, there is even more time for winter activities! This weekend in Winona, we have a weekend event just for you!
The 4th annual Snow Bomb Fat Bike Race is coming to Winona this Saturday, February 11th. Not sure what a fat bike is...
Lions Dominate Hurricanes
Thursday night on Southeast Minnesota's Sports Leader, we brought you more high school boys basketball. The Spring Grove Lions got the big win 80-20 over the Houston Hurricanes.
The home Lions scored the first seven points of the game before Houston's Wesley Johnson got inside for the first bucket for the Hurricanes...
More Bad NFL Lip Reading
Three days until Super Bowl Sunday, and we're waiting for football. We'll take this. The first time I watched a video like this, Adrian Peterson was asking, "An orange peanut? For me?" Now we have some funny things to think about these athletes...